Drafting and Designing

Posted Date 16 Mar 2024



Experience Icon Experience 2 Years Salary Salary 118000USD - 139000USD
Job Type Icon Job Type Full Time Company Company National Grid
Job Category Icon Job Category Architecture Qualification Icon Qualification BS Agriculture
Gender IconGender Both Date Last Date 14 Jun
Vacancies IconVacancies 1 Remote IconRemote No
Location Location(s) New York , United States

Description Job Description


Every⠀day⠀we⠀deliver⠀safe⠀and⠀secure⠀energy⠀to⠀homes,⠀communities,⠀and⠀businesses.⠀We⠀are⠀there⠀when⠀people⠀need⠀us⠀the⠀most.⠀We⠀connect⠀people⠀to⠀the⠀energy⠀they⠀need⠀for⠀the⠀lives⠀they⠀live.⠀The⠀pace⠀of⠀change⠀in⠀society⠀and⠀our⠀industry⠀is⠀accelerating⠀and⠀our⠀expertise⠀and⠀track⠀record⠀puts⠀us⠀in⠀an⠀unparalleled⠀position⠀to⠀shape⠀the⠀sustainable⠀future⠀of⠀our⠀industry.

To⠀be⠀successful⠀we⠀must⠀anticipate⠀the⠀needs⠀of⠀our⠀customers,⠀reducing⠀the⠀cost⠀of⠀energy⠀delivery⠀today⠀and⠀pioneering⠀the⠀flexible⠀energy⠀systems⠀of⠀tomorrow.⠀This⠀requires⠀us⠀to⠀deliver⠀on⠀our⠀promises⠀and⠀always⠀look⠀for⠀new⠀opportunities⠀to⠀grow⠀both⠀ourselves⠀and⠀our⠀business.

Job Purpose

  • Prepare⠀electrical⠀power and⠀control⠀designs on⠀modifications⠀and⠀additions⠀to⠀existing⠀assets,⠀systems⠀and⠀components⠀in steam⠀electric⠀and gas⠀turbine⠀generating⠀stations,⠀substations,⠀transmission⠀lines and⠀gas⠀facilities.
  • Comply⠀with the⠀National⠀Grid Asset⠀Management⠀requirements.
  • Assess⠀field⠀conditions⠀to⠀effectively⠀develop⠀designs⠀for⠀construction⠀and⠀operations.

Key Accountabilities

  • Maintain⠀safety and⠀regulatory⠀qualifications⠀to support⠀safe⠀operations.
  • Prepares⠀electrical⠀power and⠀controls⠀wiring⠀engineering⠀drawings.
  • Prepares⠀any⠀calculations⠀or⠀analysis⠀if⠀appropriate⠀using⠀computer⠀programs⠀in support⠀of the⠀modifications⠀and⠀additions.
  • Review⠀vendor,⠀consultant⠀drawings⠀and⠀approve⠀shop⠀drawings.
  • Selects⠀electrical⠀power and⠀controls⠀material⠀and⠀prepare⠀material⠀takeoffs.
  • Assemble⠀construction⠀design⠀packages.
  • Interface⠀with⠀designers⠀and⠀engineers⠀within and⠀outside⠀electrical⠀and⠀controls⠀disciplines⠀on the⠀development⠀of⠀designs.
  • Review⠀and⠀provide⠀guidance⠀on designs⠀to⠀generating⠀plant⠀staffs,⠀National⠀Grid⠀maintenance⠀support⠀departments,⠀and⠀installation⠀contractors.
  • Prepare⠀design⠀work hour⠀estimates⠀and cost⠀estimates.⠀Analyze⠀variances⠀and⠀communicate⠀variances⠀to⠀responsible⠀stakeholders.
  • Provide⠀commissioning⠀assistance⠀in⠀resolving⠀field⠀problems⠀encountered⠀during⠀construction⠀of any⠀designed⠀modification⠀or⠀addition.⠀Witness⠀and⠀perform⠀key⠀inspections⠀during the⠀course of⠀construction.
  • Perform⠀field⠀surveys to⠀support⠀design⠀development⠀and record⠀as-built⠀conditions.
  • Provide⠀design⠀support to⠀electric⠀production⠀as⠀required.
  • Participate⠀in project⠀meetings.
  • Perform⠀field⠀inspections,⠀measurements⠀and⠀prepare⠀reports.

Qualifications

  • 10 or more⠀years of⠀related⠀utility⠀design and⠀construction⠀experience.
  • Knowledge⠀of power⠀plant⠀systems,⠀components,⠀equipment⠀and⠀operations.
  • Working⠀knowledge⠀of⠀applicable⠀codes⠀(ANSI,⠀IEEE,⠀ASTM, NEC,⠀NESC),⠀NERC⠀Standards⠀and other⠀regulations⠀relevant⠀to⠀electrical⠀and⠀controls⠀work.
  • Familiarity⠀with⠀Occupational⠀Safety⠀Health Act⠀(OSHA)⠀guidelines.
  • Competent⠀with⠀AutoCad,⠀raster⠀design⠀(CAD⠀overlay),⠀Opentext⠀or other⠀Document⠀Management⠀systems,⠀and⠀Microsoft⠀Office⠀programs
  • Experience⠀with⠀inspection⠀and⠀construction⠀work.
  • Experience⠀with other⠀engineering⠀disciplines.
  • Experience⠀preparing⠀specifications,⠀calculations,⠀studies,⠀budget⠀estimates⠀and⠀schedules.
  • Demonstrated⠀ability to⠀work⠀independently⠀and⠀collaboratively⠀with⠀groups.
  • AutoCad⠀design⠀software⠀certification
  • Associate⠀degree⠀preferred.
  • Excellent⠀verbal,⠀written,⠀interpersonal⠀and⠀computer⠀skills.
  • A⠀valid New⠀York State⠀driver’s⠀license.

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    Salary
    $118,000⠀- $139,000⠀a⠀year
    This⠀position⠀has a⠀career⠀path which⠀provides⠀for⠀advancement⠀opportunities⠀within and⠀across⠀bands as⠀you⠀develop⠀and evolve⠀in the⠀position;⠀gaining⠀experience,⠀expertise⠀and⠀acquiring⠀and⠀applying⠀technical⠀skills.⠀Candidates⠀will be⠀assessed⠀and⠀provided⠀offers⠀against⠀the⠀minimum⠀qualifications⠀of this⠀role and⠀their⠀individual⠀experience.


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