Electrical Design Checker

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About the role

The Electrical Design Checker reviews and validates electrical engineering schematics and drawings to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with design requirements. This role focuses on comparing drawings against device lists and project documentation, identifying discrepancies or missing components, marking up corrections, and confirming that all engineering data is correct before final release.

The role is typically based in an engineering or design office environment, working closely with electrical designers and engineers. The position involves focused, detail-oriented work with engineering documentation and digital schematics, using electrical design and drafting software such as AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, and SolidWorks Electrical.

Responsibilities

• Review electrical schematics, control panel drawings, and wiring diagrams to verify accuracy and completeness.
• Compare drawings against device lists, bills of materials (BOMs), and I/O lists to ensure all components are correctly represented.
• Identify missing devices, incorrect part numbers, wiring discrepancies, and documentation errors prior to release.
• Create clear and precise redline markups to communicate required corrections and updates to designers.
• Validate engineering data and design details to confirm compliance with project requirements and standards.
• Return reviewed and marked-up documents to designers and collaborate to resolve issues before final approval.
• Maintain a high level of attention to detail when checking multiple drawings and documentation sets.
• Use electrical design and drafting software to view, navigate, and assess drawings effectively.

Skills

• Proven ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, control panel drawings, and wiring diagrams.
• Hands-on experience reviewing and checking drawings for errors, omissions, accuracy, and completeness.
• Demonstrated experience providing redline corrections and markups on engineering documentation.
• Strong capability to compare schematics against device lists, BOMs, and I/O lists to verify component representation.
• Exceptional attention to detail in identifying missing devices, incorrect part numbers, and wiring discrepancies.
• Practical exposure to electrical design software such as AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, SolidWorks Electrical, or similar tools, with the ability to effectively review drawings.
• Background in electrical design or related engineering disciplines is beneficial.
• Familiarity with control panel layouts and industrial electrical systems is an advantage.
• Ability to collaborate with designers and engineers to resolve issues and improve documentation quality.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple drawing sets and documentation reviews.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $35.00/hr. Individual compensation offered within this range will depend on qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Benefits

If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital coverage
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short- and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, or Sick Leave)

Schedule

This is a Contract, fully onsite position based in Eastlake, OH.