Electrical Designer Professional

Senior Electrical Designer

Location:

Ogden, UT

Duration: 12 Months

Employment Type:

Full‑time, Office/Project – No Telework.

In this role, you will plan, develop, and review electrical engineering design work, produce drawings and documentation, and prepare design estimates for a project. You will coordinate with clients, facilitate technical discussions, review key electrical drawings, calculations, and bid summaries, solve complex technical issues, and ensure electrical designs comply with regulations and standards.

• Lead or administer the work of electrical designers and drafters, preparing layouts, study drawings, and detailed 2‑D and 3‑D CAD models and construction drawings.
• Develop designs for complex electrical engineering systems, ensuring compliance with all applicable installation codes, regulations, and standards.
• Assist in constructing detailed scale models and preparing material requisitions and bid evaluations.
• Monitor and check work for compliance with approved design standards to guarantee quality, reliability, safety, and construction economy.
• Participate in constructability reviews and prepare design and drafting procedures to standardize design effort.
• Coordinate or make jobsite visits to resolve problems and interpret drawings.
• Review electrical design scope changes for project management.
• Support design development of electrical systems and equipment for the Sentinel project, preparing models, drawings, and evaluations in accordance with applicable procedures, codes, standards, and contract requirements.
• Support, coach, and train less experienced designers.
• Model electrical rooms, equipment, cable tray, conduit, duct bank, lighting, receptacles, and other items in Smart Plant 3‑D, Smart Sketch, and AutoCAD environments.
• Create bills of materials, drawing installation details, grounding, lightning protection, and support details using Smart Sketch and AutoCAD.
• Perform calculations using AGI 32 for lighting layouts and ETAP for ground grid layouts.
• Coordinate 3‑D model activities, including input and interference reconciliation with other disciplines.
• Produce interior and exterior layouts, plans, elevation views of raceway design, equipment location and layout, lighting, lightning protection, and grounding plans.
• Develop material specifications with Specs Intact.
• Coordinate with systems engineering to establish and verify design/project requirements.
• Provide independent creative design using client and industry‑proven concepts and procedures.

• AA/AS or Certificate in Engineering/CAD with 7–8 years of experience or 9–12 years of relevant work experience.
• United States citizenship required.
• Successful completion and passing of a pre‑employment drug screen and background check.

• Knowledge and application of NEC code and NEMA/ANSI/IEEE Standards.
• Experience with an electronic Cable Management System, such as SETROUTE, and ability to input and correct database entries.
• Strong collaboration skills across disciplines.
• Ability to manage conflicting deadlines, frequent interruptions, and multiple tasks.
• Relevant experience designing electrical systems and equipment for nuclear or industrial process facilities, data centers, central utility plants, or complex building electrical systems.
• Hands‑on and advanced experience with Smart Plant 3‑D, Smart Sketch, and AutoCAD.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with engineering and office automation tools.
• Broad knowledge of electrical engineering design principles, systems, schematics, and layouts.
• Knowledge of client corporate guides and standards.
• Thorough understanding of engineering deliverables such as drawings and specifications.
• Ability to articulate technical issues clearly and concisely in written and verbal communication.
• Ability to resolve design issues independently and collaboratively with other engineering disciplines, construction teams, and the client.
• Experience modeling piping, HVAC, and mechanical equipment in Smart Plant 3‑D.
• Experience with DoD, DoE, USACE, NAVFAC, USAF, or NASA projects and quality assurance programs such as ISO‑9000.