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Electrical Designer/Drafter, Knoxville

Requisition ID: 276016 

  • Relocation Authorized: National - Family 
  • Telework Type: Part-Time Telework 
  • Work Location: Knoxville, TN 

 

Company Overview
Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

 

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

 

Core to Bechtel is our values – ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants – integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

 

Position Summary

As an Electrical Designer your role will be to support development of raceway design, equipment location and layout, C&R schedule inputting and updating using SETROUTE, conduit, and raceway design. Responsible to produce lower and higher tier drawings and documentation in accordance with established conceptual design and scope, modelling, including cable pull calculations, design of lighting using AGi32, grounding layout, grounding designs, and lightning protection systems.

 

This role will be based in Knoxville, TN, with periodic business travel required.

 

Responsibilities

  • Electrical Physical Design (and circuit and raceway).
  • Responsible for raceway design, equipment location, C&R schedule inputting and update, conduit, and aboveground raceway design.
  • Works under the direction of senior engineers/designers.
  • Produces drawings and documentation in accordance with established design and scope including design of lighting, communications, grounding layout, grounding designs/calculations, and lightning protection systems.
  • Capable of independent creative design, with direction, using Bechtel and industry proven concepts and procedures.
  • Ensures electrical systems designs comply with all applicable installation codes, regulations, and standards.

 

Qualifications and Skills

Basic Qualifications

  • Level 1: AA/AS degree; or in lieu of degree, high school diploma or equivalent with 4 years technical experience with certification in engineering drafting/design or CAD.
  • Level 2: AA/AS degree with 2 years of related design experience; or in lieu of degree, high school diploma or equivalent and 6 years of related design experience.
  • Must be a United States citizen.
  • Must be able to complete a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

 

Minimum Qualifications

  • Proficient experience in Microsoft Office Suite programs.
  • Hands-on use or classes using industry wide design/drafting tools such as 2D/3D CAD.
  • Must be able to collaborate well with other disciplines.
  • Ability to cope with conflicting deadlines, frequent interruptions, and multiple tasks.
  • Excellent oral & written communications skills.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proven electrical 2D/3D CAD design skills.
  • Experience with Revit and/or S3D.
  • Experience with AutoCAD or AutoCAD Electrical.
  • Knowledge of NEC code and ANSI/IEEE standards.
  • Experience with an electronic Cable Management System.
  • Previous Bechtel and/or DOD or DOE project experience.

 

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Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through five global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals; and Manufacturing & Technology. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.  
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Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Bechtel employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or show proof of a negative test result prior to accessing Bechtel sites/facilities to the extent required by applicable law or by customer requirements.
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