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Sargent & Lundy · 1 day ago

SDS Substation Project Designer - Grid

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$92K/yr - $140K/yr

18+ years exp

Sargent & Lundy is a company that specializes in engineering and design services for the power industry. The SDS Substation Project Designer will work in a team environment to prepare high voltage substation design packages and mentor less experienced designers in creating 3D models and drawings.

ElectronicsEnergyInformation Technology

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

As a Project 3D Substation Physical Designer, you will be working in a project team environment with engineers and designers to preparing a high and or extra high voltage substation design package

Mentor less experienced designer to produce a 3D Model that would generate the following drawings: General Arrangement, Electrical Equipment Plans, Sections, Electrical Connection Details, Foundation Plans, Grounding Plans, Grounding Details, Conduit and Trench Plans, Conduit Details, Control Building Layout, Control Building Details, Bill of Material, Cable Schedules, and a Shielding Plan

Using Inventor, AutoCAD, P4A and SDS software

Interpret and incorporate vendor information into design deliverables

Conduct walkdowns at client substation facilities

Performs technical review of project team's comments on vendor design deliverables (ensuring compliance with specifications), coordinates the incorporation of those comments, and consolidates and resolves project team comments

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 for company use

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 in the use of design/drafting tools and client-specific design tools

Reviews and supervises the production of design deliverables

Provides technical guidance to others in the preparation and review of calculations associated with applicable design processes

Develops cost-effective design approaches for a given project

Interfaces with other disciplines to obtain required design inputs and ensures adequacy of input for an integrated design

Obtains required input for calculations and independently prepares and reviews calculations

Implements work plan requirements within budget and schedule using the most efficient methods

Provides guidance to the project team in attaining budget and schedule

Delegates and monitors the work of assigned staff on technical matters pertinent to project assignments

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

Qualification

3D Substation DesignAutoCADInventorP4ASDS Software3D VisualizationCAD StandardsTechnical ReviewClient InteractionDesign TechniquesBlueprint ProductionBOM CreationAutoCAD ElectricalMentoring

Required

An Associate's Degree in Drafting, and/or a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Technology, and/or a high school diploma and 7 or more years of 3D drafting course work or equivalent technical experience

A minimum of 18 years preparing 3D substation models and physical design experience

Proficient with working in 3D using AutoCAD, Inventor, P4A, Vault Pro and SDS

Ability to visualize in 3D, layout substation equipment based on a clients and or IEEE standards

Able to follow a CAD standard