Substation AutoCAD Designer

Found in: beBee jobs US - 2 weeks ago

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States Colorado Springs Utilities Full time

Are you passionate about performing a wide variety of complex paraprofessional Engineering support? Do you specialize in technical design, electrical schematics, and AutoCAD? We want Changemakers and we want you to consider reading more about this position below if this resonates with you.

Colorado Springs Utilities is seeking one talented individual to join the Substation and Transmission Engineering team as a Substation AutoCAD Designer. The successful candidates will provide technical drafting support in the preparation of Substation Electrical and Mechanical design packages and Substation Construction Standards, while working with a team of engineers and engineering support personnel.

You will most likely be responsible for the most complex engineering support projects and may actually perform engineering functions under the general supervision of engineers. Who wouldn't want to gain this valuable experience in their career?

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Key responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to:

· Advanced level engineering support utilizing AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, and AutoCAD Civil 3D software for utility design projects.

· Drafting, design, maintenance and preparation of electrical substation and transmission engineering projects using AutoCAD/AutoCAD Civil 3D software.

· Perform QA/QC for projects in design and as-built phases.

· Preparing preliminary designs for electrical schematics, wiring and associated documentation such as cable lists using design specifications typically provided by the project engineer.

· Preparing physical and mechanical layouts, plan and profile, schematics, and wiring diagrams for substation projects from detailed sketches, verbal instructions, and notes under the direction of an engineer or senior engineering support personnel.

· Prepares construction drawings (CAD) and materials specifications; ensures that construction materials meet specifications.

· Communicating with engineers and field technicians to answer questions and address concerns.

· Using drafting techniques and principals to draft, measure, draw, and revise plans, as-built and installation drawings according to field mark-ups while adhering to drafting standards.

· Identify needed electrical, mechanical, and civil drawings needed for substation and transmission engineering projects.

· Identifying additional information needed for mechanical and civil designs. (Survey data)

· Knowledge of point clouds and ability to import and interpret data using AutoCAD Civil 3D

· Creation of base files (on FIMS Coordinate System) for construction staking purposes

· Creation of basic 3D models using AutoCAD programs for electric substation layouts.

· Interpreting construction drawings and designs including land surveying, easements, and legal descriptions.

· Substation and transmission engineering project coordination, including reservation of materials, coordination of surveying requests, geotechnical services, machine weld shop, substation inspectors, etc.

· Produce 3D models of steel fabricated designs.

· Creation and maintenance of substation and transmission electrical construction standards.

· Maintaining project tracking databases (As-Built Database) to track efficiencies and benchmark internal processes.

· Maintenance and database management for new substation and transmission electrical materials (PDM's)

· Research of new and existing materials used for construction applications.

· Reading, writing and interpretation of technical documents.

· Participation in procurement teams for the purchase of various electrical substation materials and equipment.

· Preparing various drawings of topographic maps, existing utility facilities, and proposed utility structures

· Preparing material lists and evaluating appropriate application of materials on assigned projects

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