Joint Use Designer

🕒 March 26

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✍️ Designer

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Orbital Engineering, Inc.

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1969

⚡ Energy

Energy • Utilities • Infrastructure

Orbital Engineering, Inc. is a veteran-owned engineering and technical services firm that provides full-service solutions in engineering and design, construction management and QA/QC, asset integrity, and safety for industrial and infrastructure clients. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Pittsburgh with multiple regional offices, the company supports utilities, downstream and midstream oil & gas, metals (steel/aluminum), and public/private infrastructure projects, using advanced inspection technologies (drones/robotics) and proprietary tablet-based apps and databases to deliver inspections, retrofits, greenfield design, and turnkey asset management.

📋 Description

• Prepare construction documents including plan and profile drawings for overhead and underground electric distribution, fiber optic, and telecommunications facilities • Prepare make-ready work for joint use projects • Assist in the preparation of engineering/project cost estimates and execution schedules • Provide field support during construction • Provide quality reviews of work prepared by others and adhere to the QA/QC process • Evaluate loading of various equipment components being installed such as transformers and structural loading of poles to ensure a cost-effective, safe and reliable design utilizing client specifications. • Apply National Electric Safety Code (NESC) Standards, Client Standards, Federal, State or Local Municipal Guidelines, and/or other applicable guidelines to complete engineering designs (Pole Replacements, Communication Space Rearrangements, Joint-Use Design) for possible joint-use or make-ready construction • Ability to analyze field collected data (including imagery) and accurately update applicable software packages for successful design implementation • Regularly utilizes Client proprietary software packages or equipment to complete daily responsibilities in the engineering design workflow process, may include facilitating new attachment permitting process • Accountable for work assigned and responsible for completing work on project schedule and within project budget while regularly communicating status with management team • Frequently communicates with Client(s) on engineering design to best determine the most cost-effective solution for their project • Provides timely and detailed documentation and support to Orbital accounting functions for ensuring projects are on budget and appropriately accounted • Transcribe notes, use measuring devices to identify, inspect, and record the data which is found in an organized manner • May be required to attend meetings at clients’ sites and regularly interact with the general public, including landowners and operators • Ability to visually identify, inspect, and record equipment and different construction situations in the field, including rights-of-way • Communicate with others, including co-workers and clients, to agree on the best solution for engineering design • Can endure frequent driving, standing, walking (numerous miles a day), navigating (on foot or in a vehicle), and balancing objects which may weigh up to 20 pounds in congested and/or complex terrain • As needed, must be able to work in all weather conditions and in residential, commercial, and industrial areas • Work is primarily remote/office based, but fieldwork may be needed throughout the engineering design process • Must be willing to travel overnight or for extended periods of time, based on project assignment

🎯 Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required with 3+ years of experience in fieldwork or a construction environment, drafting, utility experience, or technical design • Or Associate Degree in engineering technology, construction, drafting technology, or related technical discipline with 0-2 years of experience, with interest in fieldwork, surveying or equivalent experience • Knowledge of utility distribution design and construction standards, industry practices, and the ability to use design software packages • Must be an organized person who can keep data organized from start to finish on a project • Ability to prioritize work on multiple projects and effectively communicate project statuses • Computer proficiency including general Microsoft Office products, design, and business enterprise software • Effective written and oral communication at all levels within an organizational structure • Reasoning skills and ability to solve practical problems • Must have dependable transportation and a valid driver’s license with insurance • Must be able to pass a fit for duty test • Ability to work from home and an office setting, as required • This position requires the ability to pass a post-offer drug (including marijuana) and alcohol test in compliance with Federal regulations and is also subject to random testing as a condition of continued employment.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical • dental • vision • prescription drug • 401(k) • supplemental insurance