Substation Physical Project Designer - Grid

Sargent & Lundy•Richmond, VA

10h•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Substation Physical Project Designer, you will be working in a project team environment with engineers and other designers involved in high and extra high voltage substation design. Responsibilities will include the preparation and detailed review of various substation drawings, including general arrangement, electrical equipment plans, section views, bill of material, lightning stroke shielding plan, grounding plan, conduit details, and control building plans. Other responsibilities include performing technical reviews of vendor design deliverables, acting as the lead for field walkdowns, gathering data at client facilities, interfacing with clients and contractors, identifying applicable codes and standards, participating in the company's quality system, maintaining working knowledge of design standards, ensuring designs conform to codes, applying client standards, providing guidance and mentoring to junior staff, reviewing and supervising design deliverables, providing technical guidance for calculations, developing cost-effective design approaches, interfacing with other disciplines, obtaining and preparing calculations, implementing work plan requirements within budget and schedule, delegating and monitoring the work of assigned staff, and overseeing performance and personnel issues for assigned staff.

Requirements

An Associates Degree in Drafting or equivalent technical experience
15 or more years of substation physical design experience
Advanced knowledge of computer drafting tools (i.e. AutoCAD and/or MicroStation)
Ability to visualize Equipment Details, Phase to Ground and Phase to Phase Clearances
Ability to multi-task from project to project
Ability to visualize parts in 3D without the aid of a computer

Nice To Haves

An Associates Degree in Computer Aided Design
Familiarity with Bentley Substation, Inventor SDS, and BlueBeam
Familiar with ground-based Lidar, converting point cloud information to vector
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models
Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology, including the ability to relate various equipment to a technical design

Responsibilities

Preparation and detailed review of Substation General Arrangement drawings
Preparation and detailed review of Substation Electrical Equipment Plans
Preparation and detailed review of Substation Electrical Section Views (Elevations)
Preparation and detailed review of Substation Detailed Bill of Material
Preparation and detailed review of Substation Lightning Stroke Shielding Plan
Preparation and detailed review of Substation Grounding Plan
Preparation and detailed review of Substation Conduit, Electrical Connection and Grounding Details
Preparation and detailed review of Substation Below Grade Conduit/Raceway Plan
Preparation and detailed review of Control Building Equipment, Cable Tray, Lighting, Grounding Plans and Section
Performs technical review of project team's comments on vendor design deliverables
Acts as the lead while conducting field walkdowns and gathers data at client facilities
Interfaces with clients and contractors to discuss walkdown issues
Performs constructability walkdowns with clients and contractors
Identifies applicable codes and standards for team use
Provides guidance in applying codes and standards
Participates actively in the company's quality system in developing enhancements to standards and processes
Identifies applicable standards for technical tasks
Maintains and utilizes working knowledge of design standards and practices
Ensures that designs conform to codes and standards
Applies Client's standards related to the project
Provides guidance and mentoring to designers, drafters, and other project stakeholders
Reviews and supervises the production of design deliverables
Provides technical guidance to others in the preparation and review of calculations
Develops cost-effective design approaches for a given project
Interfaces with other disciplines to obtain required design inputs
Obtains required input for calculations and independently prepares and reviews calculations
Implements work plan requirements within budget and schedule
Provides guidance to the project team in attaining budget and schedule
Delegates and monitors the work of assigned staff on technical matters
Provides performance feedback as a primary evaluator and is involved in performance and personnel issues for assigned staff
Oversees routine, day-to-day performance and personnel issues for assigned group