Early Career Substation Civil Designer

WSP is a leading engineering and professional services firm seeking an Early Career Substation Civil Designer for their Freeport, Maine office. The role involves supporting the Power Delivery Northeast Civil/Structural Substation Team in various aspects of transmission line design and civil design, including CAD knowledge implementation and preparation of drawing packages.

Responsibilities

• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs
• The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of transmission line design for new lines, relocations, upgrades, and fiber optic additions
• All aspects of electrical civil design including permitting support, site design, foundation design, structure design, and control building design
• The successful candidate will be responsible for learning, understanding, and implementing CAD knowledge; learning client standards, practices, and procedures to ensure that work produced conforms to the client's standards and expectations; being responsible for knowing and following POWER's standards, procedures, and processes; collaborating on design issues; and seeking guidance from those with more experience
• Preparation of drawing packages to satisfy client and code requirements

Skills

• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements
• 0-2 years civil design/drafting experience with AutoCAD and/or MicroStation, preferably in an engineering work environment
• Ability to successfully participate in multiple projects concurrently
• Mechanical reasoning skills and attention to detail
• The candidate must have strong command of the English language with good written and oral communication skills in order to work effectively with other team members
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work permanently in the U.S. without the need for work sponsorship
• Associates/technical degree in an accredited drafting program, or sufficient industry experience
• Experience in electric utility substation design (15kV through 500kV)
• Experience with AutoCAD Civil3D or Microstation Open-Roads (In-Roads)
• Experience with Autodesk Raster Design or Bentley Descartes
• Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel
• Good background with mathematics

Benefits

• Coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life
• Retirement savings
• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation (or other personal time)
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings

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