Designer I

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary:

The Designer I - Electrical role is primarily responsible for actively driving and managing the development of electrical control drawing packages for high-voltage switchgear and power-switching devices. Coordinating with sales, manufacturing, and quality teams as the key technical advisor and product advocate, the Designer must be able to identify and provide reliable solutions for all technical issues to ensure complete customer satisfaction through all stages of the engineering process. The Designer must be able to establish and maintain strong relationships throughout the engineering cycle.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Consistently apply basic electrical drafting and design fundamentals and practices to
  promptly produce high-quality wiring diagrams and schematics drawing sets pertaining to control, motor, and heater circuits for high-voltage switchgear and power switching devices.
• Adhere to ANSI, IEEE, ASTM, ASCE, AWS, CSA, and other organizational standards.
• Retain expert level of product knowledge and its application.
• Coordinate with sales, vendors, customers, and other Southern States divisions to ensure order fulfillment is satisfactory.
• Troubleshoot and resolve wiring and field installation difficulties that is consistent with
  Southern States’ mission, values, and financial objectives, in a timely manner.
• Issue formal documentation descriptively detailing engineering changes in accordance with Southern States engineering standard practices and procedures
• Produce ongoing status reports for active orders.
• Maintain accurate records pertaining to target accounts, opportunities, quotes, projects,
  contacts, and correspondences within company approved databases.
• Identify customer needs and engineering opportunities for future growth.
• Travel to project sites to aide in sales support, startup, integration, and training services as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Associate's degree in applied science with a concentration in Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD), equivalent, or five years’ related experience
• Demonstrated AutoCAD experience
• Applied Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word) experience
• Fundamental electrical control and protection systems understanding
• Proficient written and oral communication skills
• Motivated with the ability to perform in a team environment
• Punctual, business-casual attire, and well-groomed
• Available to travel <10%

Preferred Qualifications: 

• SolidWorks Electrical experience
• High-voltage switchgear electrical controls and protection systems experience
• Working knowledge of basic electrical tools including multi-meters and basic electrical hand tools
• Project management experience is beneficial
• Hands-on assembly, factory, or job site experience in controls wiring
• Control cabinet and enclosure design experience is a plus
• Visual Basics, Business Central, PowerPoint, and SharePoint applied knowledge