What You'll Do
Coordinates and consults with construction, engineering, land agent, survey, customer, contractors, developers, owners, and other internal and external stakeholders to develop design layout of electrical facilities that meet safety and standards.
Acts as liaison with customers, contractors, developers, owners, and other external stakeholders throughout the entire design process.
Manages expectations of internal and external stakeholders- service level agreements, job process, responsibilities, deliverables, cost, schedule, and safety.
Collaborates closely with CAD Tech throughout the design process. This includes providing accurate preliminary design sketch, monitoring progress, setting priorities and deadlines, and reviewing work for accuracy. Meets with and assists CAD Tech as needed to achieve these goals.
Understanding and use of CAD tools.
Manages, reads, interprets, and utilizes plan sets and base maps required for design. Plan sets include but are not limited to electrical, architectural, civil, geographical, and structural documents provided by developers/customers, internal research files, municipal plans, or other sources as needed.
Performs field checks to validate the accuracy of reference maps, design constraints, and scope.
Self-manage and prioritize deliverables to make determination on when to proceed with design work.
Utilizes Work Management System by reviewing, documenting, and updating to ensure job tracking policies are being followed.
Assigns and monitors due dates for internal and external milestones/tasks.
Oversees design steps specific to business area processes.
Prepares material inventory required for project construction.
Determines the design and construction fees to be assessed in compliance with corporate costing policies and procedures and creates an accurate and appropriate design and construction contracts for each job.
Demonstrates understanding of various municipal requirements and incorporates these into the completed design to successfully secure construction permits.
Demonstrates understanding of various municipal permit requirements, construction and engineering standards, engineering tools, land rights, and incorporates these into the completed design.
Assist or train other design resources within the department as needed.
Resolve job-related hazards and encroachment situations.
Understanding of electrical systems such as applicable components and conductor types.
Ability to provide detailed job history and knowledge as requested.
The Design Consultant manages complex distribution designs throughout their lifecycle. This process involves creating safe and efficient designs that that meet both customer and the company's needs.
Hybrid - In office two days per week
**During training they could be required to come in 4 days per week.