EPE are innovators by nature**, **for over 50 years, Electric Power Engineers, LLC (EPE) has partnered with power and energy clients across the globe to focus on complex engineering and grid modeling challenges. As an early leader in the renewables space, EPE continues to see significant opportunities to build a sustainable and secure Grid. Join a team committed to making an impact on the communities it serves.

About the Role

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

Responsibilities

• System Design and Engineering:Create distribution design sketches and supporting documents per the Client’s 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:
• Generate Detailed CAD Drawings through the Efficient use of AutoCAD.Field inspects pole locations. Stake pole locations. Create unique tracking numbers for each pole/project location. Coordinate with Client’s 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.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.

Qualifications

• CAD Certification is a plus.
• CAD Experience (AUTOCAD/MicroStation or similar).
• 1-2 Years of CAD Drafting Experience is a must.

Please apply through this link: https://go.illinois.edu/EPEDistributionDesignCADDrafter