Distribution Specialist

About This Role

Design and coordinate electric utility distribution projects, including aerial and underground lines, ensuring compliance with company and contract requirements. This role also involves fielding tasks, applying design standards, and potentially training junior designers.

Responsibilities

• Work on electric utility distribution projects, including fielding, designing, and coordinating with the utility and utility customer
• Perform design and engineering tasks for projects
• Conduct occasional training of junior-level designers
• Ensure project engineering activities comply with company and contract requirements and support the overall construction schedule
• Apply design standards to underground and aerial pole line cable plant, including Joint Use (Make Ready) Design, Pole Replacement, Primary Service, and Reliability/Maintenance Design
• Review preliminary and final design drawings using computer-aided drafting systems, including bill of materials, cost estimates, and traffic control plans
• Produce and review detailed design documentation, including utility design systems, line layout/routing, overhead and underground distribution, and identification of conflicting utilities
• Review and apply applicable industry and customer codes and standards for work order drawings, including voltage drop, load balancing, cable and conduit sizing, and NESC clearances
• Perform and review field data collection and prepare accurate field sketches; record and document pole data, measurements, and other relevant conditions
• Prepare documentation and work order construction prints
• Field check design layouts and provide technical support for construction, including participation in construction planning, execution, quality control, and completion
• Coordinate and attend design reviews of distribution projects with utility customers
• Maintain project records for assigned work, package records per contract requirements, and facilitate turnover to the client's representative
• Communicate ongoing project status and timely identify issues to the PM/Lead and pending or actual changes that may impact cost, schedule, contract, or customer relationship
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, designers, and drafters to deliver cost-effective and high-quality infrastructure solutions
• Contribute to and implement design modifications to improve quality of projects and processes

Requirements

• Associates degree or equivalent experience in electrical distribution systems design
• 2+ years of Power Distribution design experience
• Experience with AutoCAD, Crews, Spans, Microstation

Qualifications

• Associates degree, or equivalent related experience with the design of electrical distribution systems
• 2+ years of Power Distribution design experience

Nice to Have

• Prior experience doing design work for FirstEnergy and/or their subsidiaries (Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, West Penn Power)

Skills

* Required skills