Civil - Staff Engineering Technician - Substation

Role Overview:

Job Title: Civil - Staff Engineering Technician – Substation

Location: Overland Park, KS - Ann Arbor, MI - Houston, TX - Dallas, TX - College Station, TX - Denver, CO - Phoenix, AZ - Orlando, FL - Cary, NC - Tualatin, OR

Duration: 6 months - Temp to FTE

This opportunity offers the chance to collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams within the Technology, Commercial & Industrial Market Sector, supporting Grid Solutions projects, including substation and overhead transmission line projects. The role focuses on developing critical civil infrastructure for complex industrial and commercial facilities.

The Staff Civil Engineering Technician will contribute to the planning, design, and implementation of site development projects, including grading and drainage, erosion control, roadways, fencing, and underground utilities.

Working as part of the Virtual Design & Data Solutions (VDDS) team, this position plays an important role in developing high-quality engineering deliverables for complex infrastructure projects. Under general supervision, the technician performs technical tasks requiring intermediate knowledge of civil engineering principles and practices, with a focus on creating and modifying site plans, grading designs, and utility layouts using industry-standard design tools such as Autodesk Civil 3D and Bentley MicroStation.

The position may also provide technical guidance and direction to other engineering professionals and technicians to ensure quality and consistency across project deliverables.

Job Summary

• Functions in a project engineering technician capacity.
• Supports engineering and design teams by developing and modifying technical deliverables.
• Applies foundational engineering principles and established design practices to develop moderately complex design concepts and solutions.
• Utilizes digital tools and design software, including CAD, BIM, and 3D modeling, to create, modify, and maintain technical documentation, drawings, and project deliverables.
• Provides technical guidance and may offer direction to other engineering professionals and technicians to ensure quality and consistency across project outputs.

Key Responsibilities

• Establishes and communicates appropriate design and graphic standards
• Reviews project requirements to determine correct formats and deliverable content
• Promotes quality and consistency across projects, groups, and sections
• Reviews design inputs to ensure alignment and consistency
• Ensures deliverables comply with applicable codes and standards
• May contribute to continuous improvement of design guides, standards, and processes
• May participate and lead process improvement and change management activities
• Manages drawing control and maintains historical project records
• Applies engineering principles and established design practices to complex designs
• Exercises sound judgment in interpreting inputs and making deliverable-related decisions
• Handles complex technical assignments and provides guidance to other professionals
• Performs design calculations, material quantity takeoffs, estimates, and documentation
• May review deliverables produced by others for quality and accuracy
• May coordinate presentations, production design, and use of electronic design tools
• May monitor production to ensure consistency, budget, and schedule
• May program control systems or support plant start-up activities within area of expertise
• Coordinates with other design groups to exchange information for design development
• May support field activities as required
• Communicates project design requirements, progress, and schedules
• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers and may determine the key clients in some instances. Communicate client interests and drivers to project team members and develop approaches to accommodate these concerns. Assist discipline or department management in developing and communicating appropriate design standards and process improvement activities
• Identifies and supports training and development needs for supervised personnel
• Recognized for expertise in one or more areas. May be assigned special assignments depending on technical expertise. Assignments may involve solving a particular design problem or participating in a design team focused on completing an assigned project task
• Makes presentations and conducts training classes within a specialized area of expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Drafting or an Engineering Design Related Technology required.
• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering Design Related Technology preferred.

Minimum Qualifications

• Typically a minimum of 11 years related work experience.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.