Distribution Designer - Champaign IL

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We are seeking to grow our Distribution Design Engineering Team and would like to hire candidates who can complete design tasks with minimal oversight and can learn quickly and provide training to other staff while ensuring that EPEs reputation for providing clients the highest level of quality is maintained.

Location: This position is hybrid; located around Champaign Illinois.

Howyou can make an impact:

System Design Engineering and Supervisory roles:

• Create distribution design sketches and supporting documents per the Clients distribution design guidelines and standards.
• Specify distribution construction standards.
• Review approve and stamp distribution designs and drawings.
• Specify necessary materials per Client distribution construction standards.
• Perform and provide cost estimates to customers.
• Support distribution designers with customer related issues and expectations.
• Prepare new drawings utilizing AutoCAD and/or Autodesk Utility Design methods

Perform all necessary steps to produce and release to Client design drawings including:

• Field inspects pole locations.
• Stake pole locations.
• Create unique tracking numbers for each pole/project location.
• Coordinate with Clients internal stakeholders including Construction Civil Inspection Forestry Public
• Maintain knowledge of current procedural/process documents.
• Create and update process documents as needed
• Maintain accurate documentation of project correspondence project schedules/timelines
• Provide professional and timely communication with the client other contractors and utility customers as well as other project stakeholders

Field inspect locations of the impacted field locations to gather necessary information for design purposes.

• Perform and/or check engineering calculations to determine and confirm design feasibility.
• Create distribution construction notes.
• Specify materials required for distribution construction projects.
• Perform and provide cost estimates to customers.
• Follow Client approved safety procedures both in the office and in the field.
• Wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Other distribution engineering and design services as required such as permitting or project coordination
• Fielding trips will occasionally require overnight stays and travel 510

Bring your passion here whats needed:

• Experience with electrical distribution decision making and related design calculations
• Distribution Design Construction Units (CUs and MUs)
• Familiarity with the NESC and NEC
• Experience with Utility Work Management Systems (Maximo etc)
• Experience with Utility Design and Construction Standards
• CAD Experience (AUTOCAD/MicroStation or similar)
• Must have experience using ESRI ARC GIS or other utility design software packages
• Ability to travel to client site

How we support you:

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical dental and vision with 100 premium coverage foryou.
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Continuous Education Benefits
• Work with industry leaders
• 401K up to a 4 match 100 vested from day 1

Location: This position is primarily Hybrid however the successful candidate should be within commutable distance to the Champaign IL office to support occasional travel to client and field sites.

Travel: Occasional travel may be needed 20 or less

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