Designer, Engineering Design & Technologists, Civil Engineering

Job Posting End Date

06-18-2026

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

This position supports civil site development and geotechnical engineering activities with guidance and periodic supervision. The role involves using Civil 3D and related CAD tools to prepare and maintain site layouts, grading plans, utility designs, and other engineering drawings. The position assists engineers in developing construction documents for substation and site development projects, including grading, drainage, and erosion control features.

• Create, revise and maintain engineering and record drawings, and sketches.
• Support the creation, revision, and maintenance of facilities and equipment documents; including but not limited to construction, equipment, property documents and records.
• Obtain information required to perform work from verbal communication, sketches, marked drawings, listings, field notes, vendors' catalogs and technical reference manuals and site visits.
• Perform mathematical calculations required to accomplish assigned work.
• Proficiency in the use of computer aided design software.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office software.
• Work with other organizations of the Company to coordinate the work and assure that it is performed in a safe and efficient manner.
• Read vendors' prints, shop and other drawings and equipment operating instructions, and incorporate that information into the work being performed.
• Assist in training AEP employees in basic skills of the position.
• Promote and support the Company's Accident Prevention and Safety and Health programs.
• Demonstrate ethical behavior as outlined in the AEP corporate policies.
• Support the AEP Corporate Compliance policies.
• Assume other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

On‑Site in our Roanoke, VA location.

Qualified candidates shall possess knowledge of civil site design principles through education and/or demonstrated project experience related to:

• site grading
• stormwater management
• drainage design
• roadway design
• erosion and sediment control
• permitting
• surveying
• plan set development

• Civil 3D
• Vault
• Infraworks
• Hydro
  
  CAD/HyrdoFLOW
• ArcGIS

Associate degree in applied science (AAS) drafting and computer aided design (CAD) or in civil, electrical or mechanical engineering technology, with one to two years of relevant equivalent experience.

Equivalent experience without AAS degree — high school graduate and six (6) years of experience in electric utility and/or related industrial drafting and/or computer aided drafting work.

• Must be available to work overtime, call‑out overtime and shift work, as required.
• Travel requirements are expected > 50 % of the time.
• Must be familiar with conventional drafting symbols and drafting methods and have the ability to distinguish colors.
• Must be able to operate a motor vehicle and possess and maintain a valid state driver's license.
• Must meet all vehicle operation requirements as designated by federal and/or state law.
• This position may require shift work or overtime.
• Occasional overnight travel to and work within a substation or power plant environment in obedience to all safety regulations and use of personal protection equipment.
• Physical demand level is Sedentary.

Compensation Grade: SP20-006

Compensation Range: $22.14 - $38.16

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work:
Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.

Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the…