Job Title: Senior Electrical Designer
Duration: 6+ Months Contract to hire
Location: Houston, TX 77027

Description:

• This position offers the opportunity to exercise your design skills, plan and produce 2D/3D deliverables, and showcase your leadership talents through coordination, communication, and execution of projects.
• The Electrical Designer will work on a diverse portfolio of projects with various clients in the refining, midstream, chemicals and renewable market industries to perform the following duties:
• Design physical layouts for grounding, duct bank, conduit, cable tray, and lighting.
• Plan and develop a full range of drawing deliverables such as one-lines, motor schematics, hazardous areas, grounding, duct bank, lighting, power, cable tray, installation details, and section/elevations.
• Perform calculations for grounding, duct bank, conduit, cable tray, and lighting.
• Follow all company, client, and project design and drafting standards.
• Execute, organize, and maintain project revisions to designs and drawings in a logical and well-structured manner.
• Interpret and apply design codes and specifications related to design requirements.
• Review design deliverables for quality assurance within scope, budget and schedule.
• Incorporate schedules, budgets and project criteria into electrical design and layouts.
• Coordinate drafting and design efforts with both internal and external clients and vendors.
• All other duties as assigned.

 
Requirements: Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in drafting technology or related field and 7 years related experience or associate's degree and 8 years related experience or 9 years progressive detailing and design experience.
• Ability to utilize both 2D and 3D applications to prepare engineering drawings. Strong preference for experience in SmartPlant 3D and AutoCAD.
• Tree or more years of refinery, gas processing, or pipeline experience preferred.
• Experience in Class I Division 2 Groups B, C, D hazardous areas is a plus.
• Good understanding and ability to navigate NEC code, Electricity Basics, and CAD Standards.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others (Project Managers, Engineers and Designers) in a multi-discipline project team environment to resolve design or drawing issues as appropriate and to accomplish objectives.
• Must be willing to travel to the job site and meet with clients and construction personnel to scope the project and answer construction problems as needed.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.

 

About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
 
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
 
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
 
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer. 


At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $49.16/hr.