Staff Electrical Designer

Work Location:  Torrance, CA (HQ) with periodic travel to the Utah project site (Orangeville, UT)

Rate: Not Defined / need Candidate’s requested rate

Hours: 40+

Per Diem: GSA Rates - M&IE $86.00 & Lodging $199.00 per day = $285.00/day, 7 days per week

Mob/Demob: $500 each way

Job Details: Staff Electrical Designers serve as technical authorities for electrical and instrumentation design across the full plant scope — Reactor, Nuclear Fuel, Power Conversion, and Power Distribution. Beyond producing and owning the most complex drawing packages, the role owns assigned areas of the CAD standards and EPLAN/AVEVA database architecture, helps run the drawing checking program, leads design solutions for first-of-a-kind installation challenges, reviews and approves the work of other designers and drafting contractors, and mentors the designer team. Accountable for the quality and consistency of the drawing packages issued within assigned scope, across projects and sites.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a design discipline technical authority; check and approve drawing packages produced by other designers and drafting contractors, and share ownership of the drawing checking program including check standards, checker qualification, and check documentation

• Own assigned areas of the CAD standards — drawing templates, title blocks, symbol libraries, layer conventions, and file organization — and enforce them across internal and contractor-produced drawings

• Own assigned areas of the EPLAN and AVEVA Electrical database architecture — project structures, master data (devices, cables, symbols), and report/deliverable templates that keep cable schedules, load lists, and wiring reports consistent and trustworthy

• Lead design solutions for first-of-a-kind and unconventional installation challenges — unusual routing, separation, and environmental constraints — developing the design approach, installation details, and constructability strategy

• Define the drawing production strategy for assigned programs including internal versus contractor drafting allocation, package sequencing against construction need dates, and contractor oversight

• Produce and own the most complex electrical and instrumentation drawing packages — one-lines, three-lines, schematics, wiring and interconnection diagrams, panel schedules, load lists, and motor elementaries

• Own cable and raceway design for assigned scope, including approval of separation approaches for safety-related and non-safety circuits per project standards

• Own control panel and enclosure design (UL 508A), grounding, bonding, and lightning protection layouts, hazardous area classification drawings (NEC Article 500/505 or IEC 60079), and instrument installation deliverables developed with I&C hardware engineers

• Lead 3D model coordination for electrical and I&C scope — clash resolution, routing and clearance decisions, model-based drawing extraction — and own resolution of interdisciplinary routing conflicts with piping, structural, mechanical, and HVAC designers

• Approve bills of material and take-offs; support requisitions and procurement technical evaluations

• Lead field walkdowns and own the as-built program; own disposition of vendor and contractor drawing packages and the design-side response to construction and commissioning (RFIs, field changes, punch list closure); mentor senior and junior designers and contribute to hiring and technical interviewing

The required qualifications are as follows:

• Associate degree or technical diploma in electrical design, drafting, or engineering technology, or equivalent practical experience (Bachelor’s in an engineering discipline is a plus)

• 8+ years of electrical or I&C design experience in power generation, process industries, or industrial facilities

• Demonstrated ownership of the complete electrical/I&C drawing scope on at least one major capital project, from early design through construction support and as-built turnover

• Track record of design leadership: formally checking and approving other designers’ work, setting or improving CAD standards, and directing drafting contractors

• Expert proficiency with EPLAN (Electric P8 or equivalent) and/or AVEVA Electrical at the administration level — project structures, master data, and report templates — with willingness to work in both

• Strong working knowledge of the NEC (NFPA 70) as applied to design, sufficient to check others’ work against it

• Experience with cable and raceway separation design for safety-related circuits (IEEE 384 or equivalent), or demonstrably transferable rigorous separation/segregation experience

• Experience with 3D plant design coordination including clash detection and model-based drawing extraction

• Extensive field experience: walkdowns, redlining, as-built production, and construction support

• Experience mentoring, checking, or supervising the work of other designers or drafters

Strongly Preferred:

• Proficiency in both EPLAN and AVEVA Electrical, including database/master data administration in both

• ADDA Certified Drafter, NICET certification, or equivalent credentials

• UL 508A listed industrial control panel design

• Medium-voltage distribution design (4.16 kV and above), generator connections, and utility interconnection drawings

• Working familiarity with nuclear quality requirements (NQA-1, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B) as applied to design documents, drawing control, and design change traceability

• Electrical installation design in nuclear, cleanroom, glovebox, or contamination-controlled environments

• CAD automation or scripting (EPLAN API, AutoLISP, or equivalent) for deliverable generation

• Familiarity with IEC 62443 or NIST SP 800-82 as applied to the physical OT network layer

Physical Requirements: Yes — role includes field walkdowns in an active plant/build environment; must be able to access field areas (climbing, walking, kneeling, bending).