Location: Vancouver, Washington

Type: Contract

Job #8280

Overview: ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. The Electrical Engineering Tech 1 position will provide professional support to the Engineering Support organization by assisting in the production of design drawings, material requests, and other documentation necessary for indoor and outdoor electrical power substation and facility projects. This role may be assigned to collaborate and provide support for internal and external Transmission Engineering departments throughout the agency as assigned. This Electrical Engineering Tech will perform tasks for indoor and outdoor electrical power substation and facility design and associated documentation, for example: computer-aided design and drafting in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization; review of project submittals, design packages, and as-built drawings; adherence to technical standards, templates, policies, processes, and procedures; development of design solutions for com plex and complicated projects; and work involving substation indoor and outdoor equipment. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA. Pay range: $22.81 - $28.08 Benefits:

Paid holidays: 11

PTO: Starting at 10 days

Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)

EAP: Employee Assistance Program

Benefit options: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)

Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks

Responsibilities:

Develop preliminary plot plans, one lines, and grounding drawing associated with substation scoping and Concept Design Document (CDD).

Draft work from engineers and as-built drawings using advanced CAD skills and proper CAD and organizational standards for capital and expense projects. Those mark-ups may contain drafting from Substation Outdoor electrical equipment, Data Systems, Telecommunication, Remedial Action Schemes (RAS), Control & Protection, and facilities drawings.

Produce indoor and outdoor electrical power substation and facility design drawings, material requests, and other documents required for the design of assigned projects.

Use the CAD System and other computer methods and applications for design and design document production; utilize Cascade to find existing substation equipment information, verifying equipment ratings and other pertinent information needed to complete designs.

Consult and collaborate with engineering staff and other personnel to:

Review, discuss and interpret design concepts.

Identify and/or recommend requirements for detailed working drawings; and provide technical input and recommendations to resolve problems.

Perform detailed wire checking from substation schematics and wiring diagrams.

Provide review on assigned design projects produced by internal design groups and external service contract design vendors; verify compliance with current standards and policies established by the organization and the Substation Project Engineering organization; make recommendations for corrections to BFTE staff including workplace manager, Tech Team Lead, and/or senior engineers.

Review rough sketches, drawings, specifications, and other engineering data received from engineers to validate that they conform to design concepts.

Coordinate availability of designs with contracting firms and the indoor design groups to facilitate design needs.

Facilitate regular meetings with switchboard electric

Automation and Control Strategies Group, INC. dba ACS Professional Staffing

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