Senior Principal Electrical Wiring Designer

Airswift is seeking an Electrical Wiring Designer for a major oil and gas client in Reading, PA.

About the Role

You will provide electrical design and drafting services to the EPC and its customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide discipline team supervision by directing project execution activities and preparing discipline-specific deliverables for one large or several smaller projects.
• Work within a team environment with minimal supervision, adhering to client, company, and industry standards.
• Perform moderately to difficult drafting assignments using established techniques, standards, practices, and software.
• Apply company procedures relevant to the electrical discipline.
• Oversee the preparation of design and detail drawings from sketches, plans, or other design/specification data.
• Take responsibility for the design and drafting of HV and LV electrical installations.
• Direct the work of junior designers and coordinate work-sharing activities to ensure drawings meet client requirements and project specifications.
• Participate in design reviews with clients and advise on technical design, drafting issues, and compliance requirements.
• Perform point-to-point reviews on complete electrical design packages.
• Demonstrate a proven track record of completing work scopes within time and budget constraints.
• Develop layouts, plans, sections, elevations, and details for facilities and equipment using reference drawings or catalogues, and perform routine calculations.
• Perform dimensional and routine calculations required for drawing preparation, and record and file electrical discipline documents.
• Travel to job sites to perform panel audits and walk down raceway routing.
• Ensure work complies with the provisions and guidelines of the Quality Assurance system relevant to the project.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in electrical design.
• Proficiency with Smartplant Electrical (SPEL), Smartplant Instrumentation (SPI), AutoCAD, and MicroStation design software packages; AVEVA E3D is a plus.
• Experience with Smart Plant 3D and participation in 3D model reviews.
• Specialization in:
  • Detailed drawings for lighting, small power, and earthing systems.
  • HV/LV single line diagrams, wiring and control schematic diagrams.
  • AC/DC distribution panels, process area electrical equipment layouts.
  • Substation and switchyard layouts, cable tray, above-grade and underground cable layouts.
  • Duct bank sizing and layouts, preparation of installation details, grounding plans, lightning layouts.
  • Cable schedules, cable pulling calculations, cable tray sizing calculations, cable selection and sizing calculations.
  • Lighting calculations (using software such as AGI32).

Qualifications

• A Degree or 2–3 year technical diploma with discipline-specific training.
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in electrical design and drafting is preferred.