Electrical/Instrumentation Designer
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- Edmonton, AB
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Flexible/hybrid working arrangements, depending on position
- Market competitive salaries, with annual reviews
- Matching company pension program, increasing over time
- Comprehensive benefits including:
- Health/dental/vision coverage
- Fitness allowance
- Employee and family assistance programs
- Mental health supports
- Paid time off so that you can recharge including:
- Generous paid vacation
- Paid office closure over December holiday break
- Industry leading paid sick time
- Parental leave top up program
- Ongoing support for your professional development and growth
- Active Young Professional group
- Formal mentoring programs
- Paid professional development hours
- Capacity building seminars
- Engineer In Training programs
- Opportunities to participate in social club activities and events
- Company-wide social events
- Regular lunch-and-learns
- Community volunteer opportunities
- An active Social Club that promotes social activities in and outside the office, and offers subsidized tickets to local events, such as the Taste of Edmonton.
- A centrally located office in the heart of downtown Edmonton that is easily accessible.
- Performing electrical design calculations and analyze electrical systems.
- Applying electrical engineering principles and techniques to provide power, controls and automation engineering and design services for a wide variety of industries and clients.
- Developing and review single line diagrams, cable and conduit schedules, control panel layouts, conduit routing, heat tracing, motor power and control schematics, and field wiring.
- Developing plans and details for hazardous area classification, grounding, lighting, and fire alarm systems.
- Developing specifications for electrical equipment such as electrical switchgear, motor control centres, and electrical back-up systems.
- Applying industry codes, standards, and safe guards such as the CEC, IEC, NFPA and client company standards to designs at hand.
- Providing support for inspection of electrical and control systems.
- Cross-discipline coordination to ensure that the multi-discipline design intent is met.
- Supporting the project team in development of design, documentation, plans and reports for relevant project design elements.
- Working closely with the Electrical Engineer and engineering group in recommending the best use of project tools to achieve project objectives, troubleshoot and resolve issues with the project tools.
- An Electrical/Instrumentation Technology diploma or Engineering Design & Drafting diploma from an accredited technical college.
- Strong knowledge of electrical theory.
- 5+ years in design and CAD drafting of electrical projects.
- Proficient in AutoCAD.
- Experience with Revit is an asset.
- Experience with ETAP, AGI 32, ElecDES, Navisworks & PanelsDES is an asset.
- Proficient in Microsoft (MS) Office Suite.
- Working knowledge of the CEC, IEC, and NFPA.
- Comfortable in a field setting.
- Ability to work with others on large complex projects.
- Ability to solve problems using sound professional judgment, creativity, and innovation.
- Comfortable working under and meeting tight deadlines.
- Strong troubleshooting, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
- Committed team player and the ability to work independently.
- Valid driver’s licence.
- Ability to travel within Alberta.
- Growth and development of our employees – chart your career course, whatever stage you are at!
- A broad variety of meaningful work that supports local communities – we are a medium-sized company working on significant projects, helping to shape communities!
- We care, we commit, we create – our promise to both clients and each other!