Senior Design Technician - Las Vegas, United States - GTN Technical Staffing and Consulting
Description
Senior Design Technician
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Prepares discipline related / specific design drawings with limited guidance: electrical and civil design drawings (Substation and Transmission Engineering)
• Telecommunication design drawings
• Gas distribution design drawings
• Coordinates efforts with other departmental personnel to ensure that design work is in accordance with design standards
• Coordinates and executes the issuance of design package to construction personnel
• Analyzes customer requests to determine compliance with national and local codes and standards
• Develops and maintains professional and technical relationships with external customers and local government agencies
• Implements and coordinates the development, integration, and maintenance of applicable compatible units and other design standards and processes.
• Assists and trains lower-level Design Technicians
• Assists with project close-outs including record drawings and mapping updates
• Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes, and regulations applicable to position and company
• Performs related duties as assigned.
Maintains department facilities access database
Education and Work Experience
• Associate degree from an accredited school in engineering or design related fields and 5 years of experience as an Design Technician.
• Candidates that do not possess an associate degree must have a minimum of 7 years of related work experience in the design field.
Specialized Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrated knowledge of:
Substation Design experience
• Drafting utilizing both manual and computer-aided design tools.
• Design and construction standards as well as interpreting company and outside agency standards.
• Demonstrated skills such as:
• Organizational, interpersonal and communication.
PCs, AutoCAD software, PLS-CADD (Transmission only), word processing, spreadsheet and database software.