Senior Drafter - Electrical (Contractual)

Requisition ID: 276327 

•  Relocation Authorized: National - Family 
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Various Permanent Bechtel Office Locations 

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Job Summary:

In this role, you will use your knowledge of engineering practices to gather information from vendor drawings, files, and other documents to use as guides to draft clear, complete, and accurate working plans or detail drawings from sketches or notes from layouts or models. Your suggestions for changes, adjustments, or corrections will support quality and compliance of electrical design activities.

Major Job Responsibilities:

• Prepares 2-D Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings and modeling of electrical rooms, equipment, cable tray, and conduit from which detailed design 3-D CAD models and/or construction drawings are completed.
• Prepares portions of 3-D CAD design model under the supervision of experienced designers.
• Reviews and checks calculations, design models, drawings and design documents prepared by others in the group and by material suppliers, as assigned.
• Prepares bulk material quantity takeoffs and material requisitions for materials applicable to the discipline.
• Works with designers in other disciplines in the overall assignment to coordinate designs.
• Answers questions from client or construction group on design for assigned responsibility.
• Compiles, maintains, and accesses job drawing files, records, and drawing controls, as instructed.
• Prepares design calculations used in the discipline.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Min. 3 Years of experience, specialized courses in drafting, design and engineering practices, and CAD, or a recognized diploma.
• Site experience will be an added advantage.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Sound knowledge of CAD design and drafting techniques using S3D, Revit, Microstation/AutoCAD, engineering drawing, graphic arts, reading of drawings and reproduction methods used by the discipline.
• Familiarity with relevant design standards and guides, Skill in reading, interpreting, and using related documents and drawings prepared by other project groups.
• Knowledge of the application of engineering and construction materials related to the discipline’s design responsibilities.
• Basic Knowledge of industry and regulatory standards, design criteria, and codes relevant to the discipline.
• Knowledge and understanding of Raceway, lighting, grounding design and modelling, cable sizing.
• General knowledge of technical responsibilities of other groups associated with the total design effort.
• Experience in using Navisworks for model review and clash detection, proficiency in SPR.
• Extraction and preparation of material quantity take-offs from design drawings.
• Able to work in a team and cross functional environment.

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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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