Electrical Designer II

Harrison French Architecture - Bentonville, AR

Full-time - Entry Level

Bentonville, AR

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

HFA has an exciting role for an experienced electrical designer to make sparks and magic with a vigorously growing employee owned organization providing best in class design and problem solving solutions within the industrial building market sector. The designer will be working on buildings and spaces across the continental US. We are a multi-disciplinary firm and you'll be using your skill and experience to work in collaboration with in-house engineers and architects. Our coordinated documentation is all done in Revit. So, experience in that design platform is required. We embrace a work from anywhere mindset and can hire individuals that thrive in that environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with Electrical Engineer and/or Electrical Design lead to communicate with client, deliver completed construction documents, and assist in construction administration as required for most project types.
• Utilize education and experience to independently develop, implement, and draft construction documents for most project and/or project type (or at least major portions), as well as, solve medium to difficult design challenges that arise on a project or simple projects.
• Apply knowledge of NEC and other national standards to simple projects, with minimal oversight from Electrical Engineer or Electrical Design Team Lead.
• Have a basic understanding of energy codes and application to power and lighting design with oversight from Electrical Engineer or Electrical Design lead.
• Have a basic understanding of photometric calculations, lighting design, fault current and be able to independently select lighting systems and controls for simple projects.

Requirements

• Proficient in AutoCAD and/or REVIT.
• Ability to train new employees on company standards, drafting techniques, and answer basic questions on NEC and/or other national standards.
• Ability to provide a high level of quality control on all projects and possibly others, for final review by the Electrical Engineer or Electrical Design Lead.
• Ability to work within established budgets and be responsible for financial success of projects.
• Ability to do fault current calculations and provide 1-Line diagrams with minimal supervision for simple systems.
• Ability to edit specifications for small to medium size projects.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
• Flexible work schedule
• Access to professional development opportunities and learning stipends