Electrical Design QA Lead

We can merge these into responsibilities. Requirements: Minimum Education & Experience Requirements: - Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related discipline. - Senior level: minimum 6 years of relevant experience in overhead distribution design, engineering, or construction. - Advanced level: minimum 8 years of relevant experience, including demonstrated independent technical review or design QA/QC experience. Qualifications (Preferred): - Working knowledge of *** DDO, standards and construction details, or equivalent utility overhead distribution design standards. - Direct experience with 4.8kV to 13.2kV or comparable voltage conversion projects. - Experience with staged (30/60/90%) design review processes. - Experience with sag/tension analysis, pole loading analysis, or related engineering verification tools. - Familiarity with Maximo, Documentum, and Bluebeam tools used in ***'s design and work management workflow. - Experience identifying, documenting, and dispositioning standards exceptions and deviations. - Professional Engineer (PE) license, preferred but not required. Other Requirements (Skills etc): - Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently assess design adequacy rather than rely on checklist compliance alone. - Strong documentation discipline; findings must be clear, specific to work location, and traceable to a standard or design criterion. - Ability to work independently against review cycles and manage multiple concurrent design packages. - Effective communicator, able to deliver direct and defensible technical feedback to design service providers and escalate unresolved issues appropriately. - Proficiency in computer applications relevant to the role, including document markup and review tools. We could put these under Skills section. Now produce HTML:

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About the role

The Design QA/QC Lead - Overhead Distribution serves as the first-line independent technical reviewer for conversion and distribution overhead work packages within ***'s OHD QA/QC function. This role performs structured design reviews at the 30%, 60%, and 90% completion stages, validating that designs from external service providers comply with *** Distribution Design Operating (DDO) standards, are constructible, and are free of defects before packages advance toward scheduling and construction. This position is being created to establish staged (30/60/90%) design review for conversion and distribution work. The role does not redesign ***'s existing engineering process; it applies an independent quality review layer over that process. The Design QA/QC Lead is expected to engage during the 0 to 30% window as well, helping shape project scope and design criteria before formal design begins. The Design QA/QC Lead reports to the QA/QC Engineering Supervisor, who retains final review authority and sign-off. This role carries no supervisory responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Conduct structured 30%, 60%, and 90% design reviews of conversion and distribution overhead work packages submitted by external design service providers, documenting findings against DDO, standards and *** construction details.
• Verify design accuracy and standards compliance across conductor sizing and ampacity, clearances, grounding, pole class and loading, and armless versus crossarm construction.
• Verify conversion-specific design changes, including insulation levels, arrester and cutout ratings, and secondary impacts associated with 4.8kV to 13.2kV conversion.
• Evaluate constructability and safety considerations, including tree trim requirements, joint use coordination, top cut sequencing, and construction list completeness.
• Conduct field site visits as required to verify existing conditions, constructability, and design accuracy.
• Track and document standards exceptions and non-standard designs; route deviations to the Standards group for disposition and log outcomes in the Standards Exceptions and Deviations tracker.
• Log all findings, RFIs, and review outcomes.
• Contribute to the QA/QC lessons learned process by identifying recurring defects and trends that should inform checklist updates, standards clarifications, or reviewer training.
• Provide design service provider performance input, including accuracy, completeness, and rework frequency, to support vendor scorecards and quality metrics reporting.
• Partner with the QA/QC Engineering Supervisor to validate and refine AI-assisted review tools used to support conversion and distribution package reviews.
• Conductor loading, ampacity, and approved conductor sizes for new construction.
• Voltage drop and voltage regulation checks for new overhead laterals.
• Transformer sizing and loading, including flags for oversized or undersized transformers.
• Fuse sizing and coordination with upstream protective devices.
• Vertical and horizontal clearance requirements over roadways, driveways, and structures, including where *** standards are more restrictive than NESC.
• Pole loading analysis triggers, wind/ice loading zone application, and pole class requirements.
• Grounding and neutral continuity requirements, including ground rod spacing.
• 4.8kV to 13.2kV conversion-specific equipment and design standard changes.
• Standards exceptions and non-standard design documentation requirements.
• Armless versus crossarm construction triggers.
• Span length and sag/tension table verification.
• Construction list and material list completeness, including CU text accuracy.
• Stakeholder and permit review status, including Real Estate, Environmental, Construction, Forestry, and Project Management touchpoints.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related discipline.
• Senior level: minimum 6 years of relevant experience in overhead distribution design, engineering, or construction.
• Advanced level: minimum 8 years of relevant experience, including demonstrated independent technical review or design QA/QC experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of *** DDO, standards and construction details, or equivalent utility overhead distribution design standards.
• Direct experience with 4.8kV to 13.2kV or comparable voltage conversion projects.
• Experience with staged (30/60/90%) design review processes.
• Experience with sag/tension analysis, pole loading analysis, or related engineering verification tools.
• Familiarity with Maximo, Documentum, and Bluebeam tools used in ***'s design and work management workflow.
• Experience identifying, documenting, and dispositioning standards exceptions and deviations.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, preferred but not required