Job ID: 12121
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Employment Type: Contract
Date Added: 07/01/2026
Job Description
Location: Reading, PA
Description:
You will provide transmission line design services to the company and its Customers as an integral part of the Power Networks team.
Responsibilities:
Independently perform tasks that typically include:
- Prepare scaled physical electrical drawings for high voltage substation projects such as one line diagrams, general arrangements, plan views and elevation views, grounding plans and details, conduit plans and details, with minimal amount of supervision and engineering input.
- Develop a complete design drawing package for checking or check the design drawing packages prepared by others.
- Interface with other disciplines in the development of the drawing package.
- Create and/or review bills of material, conduit, and cable schedules for ubstation projects.
- Work closely with engineers and other disciplines to ensure coordinated design systems.
- Read and interpret vendor supplied drawings, construction specifications and other project related documents.
- Works in a team environment, takes direction from the lead engineer and creates project drawings.
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Work at times with limited direction and have the ability to assist with conceptualizing layouts using go-by information.
- Effective technical and practical electrical design and drafting skills ability to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work to the organization and its clients.
- Ability to travel to job sites to perform site walkdown.
- Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable drawing standards and responsible for the proper document management procedures are followed.
- Ability to complete tasks in accordance with project procedures, applicable codes and/or standards, on schedule and within budget.
- Extensive relevant design experience
- Has a competent understanding of regulations, electrical codes, manufacturing standards and industry standard practices.
- Proficient in AutoCAD and MicroStation. 3D CAD is a plus.
- Proficiency with the manipulation of scaled vector and raster drawing files in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation.
- Ability to understand and implement a wide range of client CAD standards.
- Familiarity with electrical design codes and standards.
- Familiarity with MS Office (Word, Excel and Access).
- Candidate must be self-motivated, organized, and be able to work independently.
- Ideal candidate should have strong interpersonal and written communication skills that permit working efficiently alongside senior substation engineers and designers in a team setting.
Required:
- Associate Degree or Diploma in Electrical Design / Drafting with discipline specific training.
- Substation design and familiarity is required.
- Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in electrical design and drafting.
