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Sr. Electrical Designer​/Checker

Job in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
Listing for: Propak
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-05
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Engineering Design & Technologists, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below

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Job Details

Description

Senior Electrical Designers complete advanced, complex, and confidential tasks requiring strong understanding of engineering principles and a high standard of designing and drafting skills. Understanding of control system will be an asset

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provides design services by gathering information, making studies, computing calculations, and preparing detailed design and deliverables in accordance with project requirements
  • Designs components or portions of systems and modifies existing designs to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations
  • Gathers information, makes studies, computes calculations, and prepares original rough layouts and sketches to present design proposals
  • Coordinates design criteria with engineering providing layout skid packages including MCC building, cable tray and lighting layouts, and motor schematic drawings
  • Investigates pertinent design factors, such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace ability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements
  • Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to codes, regulations, and standards, procedures, specifications, critical interface compatibility, productibility aspects, and dimensional accuracy of calculations
  • Checks for conformity to design/drafting standards, design specifications, and economy of fabrication and identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies
  • Coordinates assigned engineering and design work with other project groups
  • Recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers
  • Participates in project planning and execution, man-hour estimation, and schedule development
  • Supervises and provides technical direction to intermediate and junior designers

    • Prerequisites

    Education

  • A degree in Electrical Engineering Technology or equivalent education and experience
  • ASET membership is an asset

    • Experience

  • 15 years of directly related experience in electrical design of oil and gas processing facilities with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the Canadian industry
  • 5 years’ checking experience
  • Experience with an EPC work environment
  • Fabrication shop designing and checking experience
  • Proficiency in latest version of AutoCAD

    • Other

  • 2-3 years’ experience with 3D CADWorx
  • 3+ years’ experience with 2D Acad
  • Experience with Autodesk programs including AutoCAD and Inventor
  • Familiarity with CEC, NEC industry regulations, and standards
  • Must be eligible to work in Canada
  • As a condition of employment, employees are required upon hire to sign a Drug-Free Workplace Agreement, a Conflict-of-Interest Agreement, and Confidentiality and Invention Agreement

    • Required

    Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
  • Strong command of the English language
  • Excellent organizational, time management, and planning skills
  • Ability to meet objectives while working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and strict deadlines
  • Adaptable to changing demands
  • Ability to take independent action to accomplish objectives
  • Excellent reading, research, and analytical skills
  • Ability to interpret and utilize complex information
  • Detail-oriented
  • Ability to monitor the quality of own work
  • Advanced mathematics and science skills
  • Problem solving
  • Ability to resolve technical problems
  • Ability to create systems for checking accuracy
  • Ability to understand verbal and written instructions

    • Relationships

    Internal

  • Must work in a team environment
  • Attends meetings and liaises with Electrical Designers and Checkers, multidisciplinary Designers and Drafters, Engineering, and Fabrication
  • Confers with shop and departmental personnel while gathering information
  • May be required to prepare internal reports

    • External

  • Not applicable

    • Authority Level

  • Technical decisions are routine in nature and will follow precedents and procedures
  • Manager is readily available for assistance and guidance
  • Work is reviewed for accuracy and conformance with prescribed procedures

    • Work Environment

    Specific Work Conditions

  • The work is…
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