PRE-CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICAL DESIGNER

Location: Chicago, IL

Job type: Contract to Hire

Pay Rate: $ - $ per hour (depending on experience)

Our client, a privately owned Electrical Contractor, is hiring a Pre-Construction Electrical Designer for their dynamic team in Chicago, IL .

The Pre-Construction Electrical Designer is responsible for creating engineering packages for RFI and new business development projects for commercial, industrial and institutional electrical demands.

RESPONSIBILITIES Perform initial review of project drawings to examine for any RFI's or information needed prior to starting a project

Review project submittals

Perform job walk-throughs and create tool/material lists for field use

Be able to communicate with office, electricians, and general contractors regarding project needs

Attend job meetings at the beginning of projects

Review site logistics for any initial impacts on progress

Create design/shop drawings for all conduit routing and circuiting

Review drawing changes throughout the project

Create a bill of material/takeoffs of job materials

Design tasks and items to be prefabricated before field installation

Be able to understand efficient conduit routing and circuiting

Produce initial project schedules and proper project documentation for the field to use. Also, make these files available digitally to the field

Create methods to streamline preconstruction/field communication processes

Be able to makes sketches/drawings of prefabricated items specific for the job or templates for future jobs

Be able to organize numerous jobs running concurrently REQUIREMENTS Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering a plus. But not required.

+ years of Design Experience

Electrical field installation knowledge

Knowledge of NEC by experience or electrical license

Bluebeam PDF editor

Microsoft project scheduler

Primavera P scheduler

Microsoft word, excel, outlook

AutoDesk, AutoCad, Revit