Job title: Senior Electrical Designer
Company: Johnson Service Group
Job description: Johnson Service Group is recruiting for, Senior Electrical Designer, for a 12-month contract assignment supporting the U.S. Air Force facility near Ogden, UT.This onsite role offers a W2 hourly base rate with time and a half for overtime, per diem, and mobilization / demobilization. Our client is targeting $90.00/hour for this role.Position Summary:
This role will support design development of electrical systems and equipment for the Sentinel project. The candidate will work with electrical engineers, junior designers, and other technical disciplines in a team environment. This is an onsite position at Hill Air Force Base, just outside Salt Lake City, Utah. Full time presence on project is required.Responsibilities:
- Leads or administers work of electrical designers and drafters to include the preparation of layouts, study drawings, detailed 2-D and 3-D Computer Aided Design (CAD) design models and construction drawings.
- Develops designs for complete and complex electrical engineering systems such as earthwork, drainage, road design, foundation, and steel detailing with minimum supervision from which detailed scale models and/or construction drawings are completed.
- Ensures electrical systems designs comply with all applicable installation codes, regulations, and standards.
- Assists in constructing detailed scale models.
- Monitors and checks work for compliance with approved electrical design standards to provide quality design, reliable/safe plant operation, and construction economy.
- Participates in constructability reviews.
- Prepares design and drafting procedures to standardize design effort.
- Coordinates or makes jobsite visits, as required, to resolve problems and interpret drawings and documents.
- Reviews electrical design scope changes, as required, for project management.
- Supporting, coaching, and training less experienced designers.
- Modeling of electrical rooms, equipment, cable tray, conduit, conduit duct bank, lighting, receptacles, etc. in a Smartplant 3D model environment.
- Creating bill of materials and drawing installation details for the modelled items listed above in addition to grounding, lightning protection, support details, and other details using SmartSketch and AutoCAD.
- Performing calculations utilizing AGI 32 for lighting layouts and ETAP for ground grid layouts.
- Assist with coordination of 3D model activities, i.e. input, interference reconciliation, etc. with other physical related disciplines.
- Responsible for physical design implementation by producing drawings of interior and exterior layouts/plans/elevation views of the raceway design (conduit/cable tray/duct bank), equipment location and layout, lighting layouts, lightning protection layouts, and grounding plans.
- Coordinate with systems engineering department to establish and verify design/project requirements.
- Capable of independent creative design, with direction, using client and industry-proven concepts, and procedures.
Education / Experience:
- Requires an Associate Degree or Certificate in Engineering/CAD Design.
- 7+ years of experience in drawings for electrical systems and equipment on nuclear or industrial process facilities, data centers, central utility plants, or complex building electrical systems.
- Demonstrated experience using SmartPlant 3D, SmartSketch, and/or AutoCAD.
- Broad knowledge of the application of electrical engineering design principles.
- Strong knowledge of electrical systems, schematics, and layouts.
- Thorough knowledge of engineering deliverables, such as drawings and specifications.
- Knowledge & application of NEC code and NEMA/ANSI/IEEE Standards.
- Must have experience with an electronic Cable Management System, such as the SETROUTE program, and be able to input and complete corrections to the database.
- Ability to cope with conflicting deadlines, frequent interruptions, and multiple tasks.
- Ability to express technical issues in a clear and concise manner, both written and verbally.
- Ability to resolve design issues independently and collaboratively with other engineering disciplines, construction, and the client.
- Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous DoD/DoE, USACE, NAVFAC, USAF, or NASA project experience.
- Experience working with procedures meeting quality assurance programs such as ISO-9000.
JSG offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance options, short-term disability, 401(k), weekly pay, and more. Johnson Service Group (JSG) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. JSG provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.#D310
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Location: Ogden, UT
Job date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 23:16:13 GMT
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