Substation Physical Project Designer - Grid
About The Position
The Substation Physical Project Designer works in a project team with engineers and other designers to develop high- and extra-high-voltage substation designs. The role prepares and reviews detailed substation drawings and design deliverables, supports project calculations, and helps ensure designs meet applicable codes, standards, client requirements, budgets, and schedules. The position is based on a hybrid schedule requiring in-office work three days per week at a Sargent & Lundy office. The designer provides technical leadership and guidance to project staff, reviews vendor deliverables and team comments, leads field and constructability walkdowns, coordinates design inputs across disciplines, and mentors designers and drafters. The role also supports quality-system improvements and oversees routine performance and personnel matters for an assigned group. Sargent & Lundy describes its benefits as including comprehensive healthcare plans, paid time off, and other financial and work-life benefits. The listed compensation range is $94,247–$143,989, with eligible positions potentially participating in a yearly discretionary bonus. The company does not sponsor U.S. work authorization for this position.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Drafting or equivalent technical experience.
- 15 or more years of substation physical design experience.
- Advanced knowledge of computer drafting tools such as AutoCAD and/or MicroStation.
- Ability to visualize equipment details and phase-to-ground and phase-to-phase clearances.
- Ability to multitask across projects.
- Ability to visualize parts in 3D without computer assistance.
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree in Computer Aided Design.
- Familiarity with Bentley Substation, Inventor SDS, and BlueBeam.
- Familiarity with ground-based LiDAR and converting point-cloud information to vector.
- Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles used to produce technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Knowledge of practical applications of engineering science and technology, including relating equipment to a technical design.
- Interest in learning and effectively using emerging technologies where relevant; experience with AI, automation, programming, or similar technologies is valued where relevant but is not required unless specifically identified elsewhere.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and conduct detailed reviews of substation general arrangement drawings.
- Prepare and review substation electrical equipment plans.
- Prepare and review substation electrical section views and elevations.
- Prepare and review detailed substation bills of material.
- Prepare and review substation lightning stroke shielding plans.
- Prepare and review substation grounding plans.
- Prepare and review substation conduit, electrical connection, and grounding details.
- Prepare and review below-grade conduit and raceway plans.
- Prepare and review control-building equipment, cable tray, lighting, grounding plans, and sections.
- Technically review project-team comments on vendor design deliverables for specification compliance, coordinate incorporation of comments, and consolidate and resolve comments.
- Lead field walkdowns at client facilities, gather data, discuss walkdown issues with clients and contractors, and conduct constructability walkdowns.
- Identify applicable codes and standards, guide their application, maintain working knowledge of design standards and practices, and ensure designs comply with codes, standards, and client requirements.
- Participate in the company quality system by developing enhancements to company standards and processes.
- Guide and mentor designers, drafters, and project stakeholders in design/drafting tools and client-specific tools.
- Review and supervise production of design deliverables.
- Provide technical guidance on preparing and reviewing calculations for applicable design processes.
- Develop cost-effective design approaches.
- Coordinate with other disciplines to obtain required design inputs and ensure the inputs are adequate for integrated design.
- Obtain inputs for calculations and independently prepare and review calculations.
- Implement work-plan requirements within budget and schedule using efficient methods, and guide the project team in meeting budget and schedule goals.
- Delegate and monitor assigned staff's technical work on project assignments.
- Provide performance feedback as a primary evaluator and participate in performance and personnel matters for assigned staff.
- Oversee routine day-to-day performance and personnel matters for the assigned group.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Life and accident insurance
- Disability coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Back-up daycare
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 401(k)
- Pre-tax commuter account
- Merit Scholarship Program
- Employee Discount Program
- Corporate Charitable Giving Program
- Tuition assistance
- First Professional Licensure Bonus
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Paid annual personal/sick time (PST)
- Paid vacation
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Paid bereavement leave
- Flexible work arrangements
- Potential eligibility for a yearly discretionary bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
