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Pike Corporation · 4 days ago

Designer 3-Transmission and Substation

Marietta, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Pike Corporation is a leading provider of construction, repair, and engineering services for electric and gas utilities. They are seeking a Designer 3 for Transmission and Substation to provide technical support and design services, manage project schedules, and mentor junior staff while ensuring quality and cost-effective solutions.

AutomotiveElectrical DistributionElectronics

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Provide engineering/technical expertise and guidance in the identification, analysis, and resolution of problems

Effective planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling, and monitoring of work activities

Thorough, timely, and accurate technical correspondence, documentation, calculations, and sketches

Continuous improvement of job-related technical and professional knowledge, skills, and performance

Effective oral and written communication skills

Understand and create substation physical arrangement drawing packages for construction

Support the company's goals and represent the company positively and professionally

Interact with customer’s internal technical personnel on an as needed basis

Support professional relationships with customers

Monitor deliverables, schedules, and present solutions to the client

Perform other duties as assigned by management

Qualification

Substation designAutoCADPower deliveryProject managementTechnical documentationMathematical skillsField experienceEffective communicationProblem-solvingTeam leadership

Required

Either a graduate from a college or university with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology (or equivalent), or 2 to 4 years of experience and Associate Degree in Engineering Technology (or equivalent), or 5 to 10 years equivalent experience with no degree

5-7 Year(s) Experience as a Substation Designer with the electrical industry in the field of power delivery

Ability to read and interpret documents such as procedure manuals, operational procedures, etc

Ability to write simple correspondence

Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or the business community

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations

Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret spreadsheets

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists

Understanding of basic engineering theories and principles

Understanding of basic practices of researching design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting recommendations

Ability to work alone or with limited supervision

Ability to deal with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds

Good written and oral communication skills

Effective oral and written communication skills

Self-motivated and able to work independently

Regular attendance is required

Preferred

Ability to use AutoCAD for creating engineering drawing packages

Ability to interpret written specifications and implement them on engineering drawings

Thorough understanding of substation design and industry standard design practices

Ability to interpret physical design for utility substations – including arrangements, elevations, fence and grading plans, grounding plans and details and equipment support structures

Ability to provide cross discipline coordination with other disciplines to create foundation and grading plans

Ability to produce complete physical substation drawing packages suitable for use by construction crews to demo/install substation projects

Create substation physical design project scopes, estimates, budgets, and schedules for substation projects

Oversee the work of junior staff and mentor designers/drafters

Accomplish projects in an efficient manner

Ability to visit sites, advise on substation physical issues, and modify design to solve issues during construction

Experience working in a field or construction environment implementing or verifying engineering drawings

Ability to think both creatively and logically to resolve design and development problems

Experience in the utility industry

General knowledge of NEC and NESC

Additional enhancement - ability to design foundations and piers

Additional enhancement - ability to design structures and steel supports

Company

Pike Corporation

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The Pike family of companies is a leading provider of utilities solutions to over 300 investor-owned, municipal and cooperative utilities in the United States.

Founded in 1945

Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.pike.com/

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