Senior Panel Designer

Prime Controls, L.P.

Established in 2004, Prime Controls, L.P. is a family-owned Systems Integration and I&C Construction firm dedicated to meeting clients' industrial automation and control requirements. As a Main Automation Contractor, we offer comprehensive solutions, supported by our size, expertise, and extensive experience. With a professional team of 1000+ employees, Prime Controls serves customers nationwide from our Dallas, Texas headquarters and offices throughout the United States.

Our mission is to deliver the highest quality professional services while prioritizing our employees' well-being and fostering an exceptional workplace environment.

As a Panel Designer, you will play a crucial role assisting most aspects of panel design projects by producing panel drawing documentation for production and customers.

A typical day at Prime Controls includes:

• Reading and interpreting customer diagrams and documentation and communicating with project team to understand objectives and preferences.
• Confer with engineering staff, manufacturing staff and other personnel to resolve problems.
• Providing guidance and assistance to other designers and drafters.
• Providing guidance and assistance to production on all aspects of the panel design.
• Selecting parts and interpreting vendor cut sheets to determine functionality of components.
• Using AutoCAD/AutoCAD Electrical to create and update CAD drawings.
• Developing panel layout and detail drawings.
• Developing PLC module and electrical drawings.
• Performing panel power and heat calculations.
• Performing updates to panel layout and detail drawings based on markups in accordance with company and customer standards.
• Performing updates to PLC module and electrical drawings based on markups in accordance with company and customer standards.
• Performing self and peer review checks of panel drawings.

What you will bring:

The basic:

• 2-year technical associate degree
• 10-12 years' experience as a design drafter
• Proficiency in Auto Cad
• Proficiency with MS Office Applications (Word, Excel)
• Capable of reading customer architectural and mechanical plans
• Working knowledge of drafting fundamentals including orthographic views, standard dimensioning practices, scaling plus English and metric units of measure
• Capable of reading and understanding customer requirements in the form of quotations and specifications

The preferred:

• 10 years' experience as a design drafter

What we offer:

• Health, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account(s)
• Generous PTO
• Numerous culture events
• ESOP
• 401k matching and more!

Physical requirements and work environment expectations vary by position. Generally, roles at Prime Controls may involve moderate noise, occasional exposure to outdoor weather conditions, and, depending on the role, work at heights or around airborne particles and electrical components. Physical activities may include standing, walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling, as well as the use of hands, arms, and voice communication.

Some roles may require lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds. Vision requirements may include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Prime Controls is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action/Veteran/Disabled employer.

As a federal contractor, Prime Controls is required to participate in the federal government's E-Verify program, which confirms employment authorization of all newly hired employees and most existing employees through an electronic database maintained by the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security. For new hires, the E-Verify process is completed in conjunction with the Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification on or before the first day of work.

E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates.