Substation Designer - Inventor

Overview

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The Virtual Design & Data Solutions (VDDS) team supports engineering and design deliverables with advanced digital tools and documentation controls.

The Virtual Design & Data Solutions (VDDS) Staff Substation Designer functions in a senior level engineering technician capacity. With minimal supervision, performs advanced functions requiring knowledge and use of electronic applications, standards, and document control processes/procedures in support of creating and modifying deliverables. May provide technical guidance and direction to other engineering professionals including delegation of work assignments. The ideal candidate will have basic experience with Auto Desk Inventor (SDS) and basic experience with Physical substation design (AIS and/or GIS).

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• Engineering Standards:
  Applies knowledge of standards, systems, document control, departmental guides, applicable codes and Black & Veatch policies and procedures.
• Quality / Continuous Improvement:
  Proactively applies knowledge of the Black & Veatch Quality Program relative to deliverables; demonstrates personal accuracy and supports continuous improvement and change management efforts; reviews design inputs to ensure consistency; assists to ensure deliverables are in compliance with the specific codes and standards suitable for the project.
• Engineering Production:
  Broadens the use of applications to continuously evaluate and improve methods, processes and procedures used to accomplish deliverables; creates and develops deliverables based on a variety of design inputs; may develop less complex design concepts and create project design deliverables; may perform computations such as development of detailed material quantities and estimates.
• Project Coordination:
  Coordinates deliverables with other groups involved on the same project to minimize interference or errors; may support field activities; may be responsible for support of project finalization including consolidation of records for as-built drawings or information to take off as-built quantities.
• Client Focus:
  Focuses on the needs of internal clients while gaining an understanding of external client's main interests and drivers.
• Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:
  Proactively seeks and shares knowledge of latest technologies and processes; may apply judgment and make decisions with respect to deliverables and input interpretation.
• People Management:
  May provide work direction and guidance to others.

Preferred Qualifications

• Diploma or Certificate preferred
• Associate Degree in Drafting or an Engineering Design Related Technology preferred
• Typically a minimum of 3-8 years related work experience

Minimum Qualifications

• Typically a minimum of 5 years related work experience

Preferred Technical Skills

• Ability to use Computer Aided Drafting/Design (CADD), information modeling or other applications or design or modeling skills and/or design principles
• Basic experience with Auto Desk Inventor (SDS)
• Basic experience with physical substation design (AIS and/or GIS)
• Intermediate knowledge of engineering standards, systems, document control, departmental guides and Black & Veatch policies and procedures
• Intermediate industry knowledge and technology trends
• Intermediate knowledge of company quality program
• Intermediate ability to interpret engineering deliverable content
• Intermediate knowledge of other disciplines
• Basic knowledge of construction and constructability practices and principles
• Basic knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides related to the assigned engineering discipline

Work environment and additional information, including Equal Employment Opportunity statements, are provided in the original description.