Designer

General Summary

Plan, prepare and check configuration changes to drawings and databases for functional, physical, and administrative changes to structures, systems, and components (SSCs) using manual methods, CADD and other software applications involving a high degree of difficulty and complexity.

Assignments may have clearly specified objectives or may require the investigation of options, development of original concepts or the adaptation of standard SSC design configurations to new situations to solve design problems.

Configuration changes must conform to design requirements, specifications, design criteria and standards and procedures.

Utilize primarily computer aided design and engineering/design drafting techniques.

Ensures all work assignments adhere to budgets and schedules.

Principal Accountabilities

• Technical Direction

  • Directs job assignments to team members and provides design and schedule expectations for successful task completion.
  • Reviews completed work packages to ensure that configuration changes providing functional and physical modifications to structures, systems and components (SSCs) and administrative document only changes are technically complete and checked and that all affected design data base documentation has been properly revised.
  • Ensures conformance with engineering direction, specifications, design criteria, and design standards in all work performed.

• Resource Planning

  • Prepares formal design time estimates for use in overall project and other work scheduling and advises superiors of resources needed to ensure completion of assigned work scope within schedule.
  • Maintains constant review of job status, initiates appropriate measures to overcome delays that might affect established work schedules, and brings unusual problems or delays to the attention of superiors.
  • Participates in technical, scoping, and schedule planning meetings with other project and other work participants.
  • Advises superiors in budget preparation to ensure resources are available to accomplish assigned workload.
  • Provides design and other work schedule expectations for successful task completion.

• Team Development

  • Establishes and maintains working interfaces with design teams in other disciplines, other organizations, Architect Engineering firms and vendors to foster cooperation and team building, and to ensure that customer/supplier alignments are established and maintained.
  • Provides technical guidance, leadership, mentoring and training to less experienced designers and drafters and other team members to ensure resources are available to accomplish assigned workload.

• Performance Monitoring

  • Constantly monitors and reviews performance of team members to enhance their individual growth and development.
  • Provides assistance in the preparation of periodic performance plans and appraisals.
  • Utilizes the principles of performance management and core values to develop and maintain the highest possible degree of individual and team performance.
  • Acts as the liaison between the Supervisor and Design Engineering Manager.

Required Education & Experience

• Designer V

  • Requires an Associate’s degree in a technical field from an accredited college or university eight years of highly technical design experience sufficient to provide support of plant systems, structures, component documentation, design, and controlling standards and regulations; OR a high school diploma or GED and ten years of highly technical design experience sufficient to provide support of plant systems, structures, component documentation, design, and controlling standards and regulations.

• Designer IV

  • Requires an Associate’s degree in a technical field from an accredited college or university and seven years of related experience in plant systems, structure and component design, documentation, and controlling standards and regulations OR a High School Diploma/GED and nine years of related experience in nuclear plant systems, structure and component design, documentation, and controlling standards and regulations.

• Designer III

  • Requires an Associate’s degree in a technical field from an accredited college or university and 5 years of related experience in plant systems, structure and component design, documentation, and controlling standards and regulations OR a High School Diploma/GED and 7 years of related experience in nuclear plant systems, structure and component design, documentation, and controlling standards and regulations.

• Designer II

  • Requires an Associate’s degree in a technical field from an accredited college or university and two years of highly technical design experience sufficient to provide working knowledge of plant systems, structure, and component documentation, design, and controlling standards and regulations; OR a high school diploma or GED and four years of highly technical design experience sufficient to provide working knowledge of nuclear plant system, structure, and component documentation, design, and controlling standards and regulations.

PAY RANGE

• Designer V

  • Salary: $109,870 - $164,806
  • Midpoint: $137,338

• Designer IV

  • Salary: $95,532 - $143,298
  • Midpoint: $119,415

• Designer III

  • Salary: $83,125 - $124,687
  • Midpoint: $103,906

• Designer II

  • Salary: $72,206 - $108,308
  • Midpoint: $90,257

Incentive Compensation

This role is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on employee performance against defined metrics and company goals.

Benefits

• Energy Northwest (EN) provides a phenomenal benefits package.

  • Washington State also has no state income tax, and the Tri-Cities provides a cost-of-living lower than the national average.
  • EN offers substantial retirement benefits through three retirement programs including the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System pension plan (PERS), a 401(k) savings plan with an employer match component, and a 457(b) savings plan.
  • EN also offers multiple options for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage.
  • Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts (FSAs), tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, childcare subsides, health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA), health savings account (HSA), supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring/identity theft insurance, and more!

• Qualifying employees will typically start a personal time accrual rate of 160 hours per year and EN provides nine paid holidays throughout the Calander year; personal time accruals grow significantly at various service intervals.