Commercial Solar CAD Designer

This position will be accountable for CAD design and documentation of large commercial and smallutility solar groundmount and rooftop projects in Radiance Solars Design & Engineering department. The designer creates plan sets for all phases of construction including but not limited to precontract design permitting construction and asbuilts using AutoCAD and sometimes on REVIT software. The designer also creates and delivers higher level Bill of Materials (BOM) and equipment schedule via AutoCAD under the guidance of the Senior electrical engineer. In this role the Solar CAD designer reports to the Senior Design Manager and coordinates across several internal departmental personnel and external engineering firms to produce stamped plan sets with accuracy clarity detailing and completeness.

Responsibilities

• Create drawing packages including site plan 1line drawing elevation drawing ACDC conduit plan stringing plan racking layout labels and other construction specific details
• Design document and develop below design plan sets in AutoCAD for and with stakeholders
  • Permit Ready Plan Sets (IFP); Construction Plan Sets (IFC) and Asbuilt Plan Sets
  • Bill Of Materials (BOM)
• Design solar rooftop and groundmount commercial projects per industry standards including NEC International Fire code IBC and local AHJ requirements
• Maintain and develop technical library of solar equipment conduit fittings as CAD models and blocks in AutoCAD
• Interact directly with the electrical team and the procurement team regarding all technical needs related to successfully completing a plan set
• Maintain expert CAD design knowledge of industrys solar ballast mounting systems and solar groundmount tracker systems

Requirements

• Highly proficient in AutoCAD software including minimum 5years experience
• Minimum 3 years commercial solar experience is required with Architectural and / or construction background
• In depth knowledge of AutoCAD drafting CAD layers scaling and model space/paper space management
• REVIT software experience is a plus
• Wellversed in Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat
• Basic math skills and solid attention to details required
• Ability to interact communicate and present ideas in a group
• Professionalism regarding scheduling time costs and deadlines