Substation Structural Drafter

About the role

This opportunity involves providing local technical design and CADD support on projects to produce designs and specifications for planning, transportation, infrastructure, and technical services business lines. Tasks include generating CADD designs on various aspects of projects ranging from basic to moderate scale.

Responsibilities

• Generate accurate and concise design phase deliverables such as reports, technical memoranda, design manuals, plans, profiles, models, sections, details, specifications, and material lists.
• Ensure responsibilities are delivered with a high level of quality that meets or exceeds industry standards for design, accuracy, and functionality.
• Assist with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, surveys, structural concepts, blueprints, schematics, data, verbal or written specifications, technical drawings, rough sketches, diagrams, and other matrices to support drafting and design activities.
• Resolve design details or discrepancies and prepare drawings requiring a high degree of precision on projects of basic complexity and/or scope.
• Provide routine technical design assistance, ensuring proper illustration, fit form, and function using geometric dimensioning, tolerance, and quantity calculations.
• Verify calculations, design, change orders, interpretation of contract plans and specifications, recognize basic construction or engineering problems, and escalate issues for appropriate resolution.
• Work with cross-functional teams to execute project work, ensure plans adhere to city code, state, and federal regulations, prepare multiple versions of designs for review, and ensure compliance with contract requirements.
• Affirm plans adhere to city code, state and federal regulations.
• Prepare multiple versions of designs for review by engineers.
• Ensure the specification of dimensions, materials, and procedures for assigned projects, ensuring compliance with contract requirements.
• Complete training on assigned tasks.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Requirements

• High School Diploma.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant post-secondary education experience in discipline with prior drafting and design support experience.
• Highly familiar with drafting and design support principles, practices, processes, methods, and techniques.
• Highly familiar with relevant codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Solid interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to a technical and non-technical audience.
• Sound self-leadership with attention to detail, accuracy, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to learn new techniques, perform multiple tasks simultaneously, follow instruction, and comply with company policies.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as part of a team to meet business objectives.
• Analytical mindset to exercise sound judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions.
• Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, technology, math principles, spreadsheets, and tools.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from data collation, calculations, statistical analysis, and arrive at the most effective and logical solution.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree in closely related discipline is preferred.
• Essential professional licensure/certification.
• 3-5 years of drafting experience using AutoCAD and/or MicroStation.

Benefits

WSP offers a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

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