Electrical Designer

Job Description

As an Electrical Designer you are the bridge between Estimation and Operations. The Electrical Designer will work with our Estimators, Pre‑Construction Team, Drafters, and Project Managers throughout the design phase until it is ready to hand off to our Operations team. KE performs Design Build projects, nationwide, in a variety of industries including but not limited to Biodiesel & Ethanol production facilities, Grain storage, Fertilizer Terminals, Feed & Flour Mills, Dairy Processing plants, and Cement/Aggregate plants.

• Assist design leads in customer/client design reviews
• Complete conceptual engineering and design performing the following:
  • Sizing conduit/cable to serve electrical equipment such as MCCs, Switchboards, Panel boards, and Transformers
• Verify vendor quotes and provide submittal packages
• Comprehend MCC BOMs and quotes to ensure sizing, layouts, and controller types are accurate
• Comprehend Switchgear BOMs and quotes to ensure sizing, layouts, and over‑current protection types are correct
• Size conduits and cables to serve:
  • Motors, Controls and Instrumentation devices
  • General power and lighting branch circuiting
  • Low and Medium Voltage Distribution systems such as
• Act as a bridge from estimating to operations or concept to reality
• Periodic travel to customer sites as needed

What You Bring:

• Proficient with Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams)
• Experience with Blue Beam and Excel
• Knowledge of electrical construction practices or industrial electrical work; commercial is fine but industrial is preferred
• Knowledge of the National Electric Code – NEC
• Manage project files, drawings, documents & records in our project system
• Journeyman Electricians License, a degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, or related, or equivalent combination of field experience/education
• Knowledge of motor control devices such as VFDs, Soft Starts, Networked MCCs, and traditional across‑the‑line starters – beneficial
• Experience with Special systems such as:
  • Network cabling
  • Instrumentation
  • Fire Alarm
  • Door access/Security systems

• 100% employer‑paid health and dental coverage for employees
• HSA contributions to support your medical expenses
• Company‑paid life insurance and disability coverage
• 401(k) with competitive company match
• Profit sharing and performance‑based incentives
• Paid weekly with competitive wages
• PTO, six paid holidays, and education reimbursement
• Exclusive employee discounts through Working Advantage

The salary range for this position is $110,000-$130,000 per year, which reflects a good‑faith estimate based on market data and internal equity.

• Must be able to sit, stand, kneel, stoop, walk, and sit for long periods of time

Knobelsdorff (KE) is an EEO to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local law.

• EEO is the Law (English/Spanish)

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