Arizona Public Service - APS · 22 hours ago
Designer Senior
Casa Grande, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expArizona Public Service (APS) is a company dedicated to connecting communities through innovative design. As a Senior Designer, you will lead design efforts for installations and modifications, ensuring compliance with design standards while collaborating with engineers and project managers.
Electrical DistributionEnergySustainability
Responsibilities
Lead Design Efforts: Develop and oversee designs for new installations and modifications to plant facilities, transmission and distribution systems, substations, and customer projects
Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with engineers, project managers, and other stakeholders to prepare project drawings and design documentation
Provide Technical Guidance: Offer engineering recommendations and design reviews to APS crews, contractors, and consultants for repairs and modifications
Support Project Planning: Contribute technical input to manpower estimates, schedules, construction packages, and cost projections
Ensure Compliance: Maintain oversight of engineering documentation to align with established design standards and procedures
Develops design layouts, schematics, equipment arrangements, sections, details, specifications, dimensional requirements, etc., for complete installation drawings
Performs detailed design reviews and project construction inspections to ensure design/code compliance and functionality
Collaborates with Engineers in the development of construction packages, plant design changes, or multiple complex job packages that are within cost and schedule
Creates or revises necessary drawings for a plant, system, substation or customer project utilizing preliminary design information
Reviews design work and provides technical direction and training to less experienced designers ensuring conformance to procedures, government regulations and selected codes and standards to improve effectiveness of the design unit
Updates all drawings to reflect as-built changes to ensure continued drawing accuracy
Updates standardized plant, system, substation and master drawings and templates as needed
Performs studies, field investigations, technical code review and required calculations to produce design drawings and alternatives
Researches design drawings, technical data, and consults with other disciplines/vendors to obtain/verify information for design drawing development
Provides direction and assistance to others on the correct use of system tools and applications as a subject matter expert
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma/GED plus two (2) years college or technical school coursework in Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) or a technical discipline (or equivalent) plus eight (8) years designer, drafting, CAD experience in area of specialization
Some work areas may require a valid driver's license
Strong background in utility or industrial design, with expertise in electrical systems and infrastructure
Ability to identify risks and provide practical solutions for complex projects
Skilled at working with cross-functional teams and communicating technical concepts clearly
Committed to accuracy and compliance with design standards and safety requirements
Comfortable managing both routine and unique design challenges in a dynamic environment
Preferred
Experience performing Computer Aided Design (CAD) work at a subject matter expert level of proficiency
Extensive experience interacting with internal APS departments, external service providers and external stakeholders/customers as needed to support projects
Thorough understanding of all aspects of design and project management process
Effective interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills
Proficiency using Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications (or similar computer applications)
Company
Arizona Public Service - APS
APS is Arizona’s largest and longest serving electric utility, providing power for nearly 1.2 million customers in 11 of the state’s 15 counties.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.95BKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2025-01-08Debt Financing· $1.81B
2024-10-18Grant· $70M
2009-09-16Grant· $70.5M
Leadership Team
Juli West
Vice President Supply Chain, CPO
Monica Whiting
VP, Customer Experience and Chief Customer Officer
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