Mechanical Designer - III, IV, V

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This position is posted at multiple levels. Please see the job description below for more information.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Plan, prepare and check configuration changes to drawings and databases for functional, physical, and administrative changes to structures, systems, and components (SSCs) using manual methods, CADD and other software applications involving a high degree of difficulty and complexity. Assignments may have clearly specified objectives or may require the investigation of options, development of original concepts or the adaptation of standard SSC design configurations to new situations to solve design problems. Configuration changes must conform to design requirements, specifications, design criteria and standards and procedures. Utilize primarily computer aided design and engineering/design drafting techniques.  Ensures all work assignments adheres to budgets and schedules. 

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Technical Direction

• Directs job assignments to team members and provides design and schedule expectations for successful task completion.
• Reviews completed work packages to ensure that configuration changes providing functional and physical modifications to structures, systems and components (SSCs) and administrative document only changes are technically complete and checked and that all affected design data base documentation has been properly revised.
• Ensures conformance with engineering direction, specifications, design criteria, and design standards in all work performed.

Resource Planning

• Prepares formal design time estimates for use in overall project and other work scheduling and advises superiors of resources needed to ensure completion of assigned work scope within schedule.
• Maintains constant review of job status, initiates appropriate measures to overcome delays that might affect established work schedules, and brings unusual problems or delays to the attention of superiors.
• Participates in technical, scoping, and schedule planning meetings with other project and other work participants.
• Advises superiors in budget preparation to ensure resources are available to accomplish assigned workload.
• Provides design and other work schedule expectations for successful task completion.

Team Development

• Establishes and maintains working interfaces with design teams in other disciplines, other organizations, Architect Engineering firms and vendors to foster cooperation and team building, and to ensure that customer/supplier alignments are established and maintained.
• Provides technical guidance, leadership, mentoring and training to less experienced designers and drafters and other team members to ensure resources are available to accomplish assigned workload.

Performance Monitoring

• Constantly monitors and reviews performance of team members to enhance their individual growth and development.
• Provides assistance in the preparation of periodic performance plans and appraisals.
• Utilizes the principles of performance management and core values to develop and maintain the highest possible degree of individual and team performance.
• Acts as the liaison between the Supervisor and Design Engineering Manager.

ERO

Engineering employees are expected to be available and to support the following activities as a condition of employment with Energy Northwest:

1. Emergency Response Organization (ERO) including being on-call (24/7) during your required team.

2. Rotating extended hour work shifts during outages as part of our overall Outage support (24/7) including Outage Command Center and Engineering Outage Center.

3. Engineering duty cycle support (24/7) including call-out availability during your responsible duty assignment (This is a shared responsibility across all engineering positions).

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Designer V

Requires an Associate’s degree in a technical field from an accredited college or university 8 years of highly technical design experience sufficient to provide support of plant systems, structures, component documentation, design, and controlling standards and regulations; OR a high school diploma or GED and 10 years of highly technical design experience sufficient to provide support of plant systems, structures, component documentation, design, and controlling standards and regulations.  

Designer IV

Requires an Associate’s degree in a technical field from an accredited college or university and 7 years of related experience in plant systems, structure and component design, documentation, and controlling standards and regulations OR a High School Diploma/GED and 9 years of related experience in nuclear plant systems, structure and component design, documentation, and controlling standards and regulations.

Designer III

Requires an Associate’s degree in a technical field from an accredited college or university and 5 years of related experience in plant systems, structure and component design, documentation, and controlling standards and regulations OR a High School Diploma/GED and 7 years of related experience in nuclear plant systems, structure and component design, documentation, and controlling standards and regulations.

Pay Range:

Designer V Salary: $106,670 - $160,006

Midpoint: $133,338

Designer IV Salary: $92,750 - $139,124

Midpoint: $115,937

Designer III Salary: $80,704 - $121,056

Midpoint: $100,880

Typically, selected candidates are hired between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience and qualifications, market rate, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.

Offers will be negotiated based on each candidate's qualifications.

Incentive Compensation

This role is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on employee performance against defined metrics and company goals.

Benefits

Energy Northwest (EN) offers a highly competitive and substantial benefits package which allows qualifying employees (and their families) to enroll in medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.  Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring, and identity theft insurance. EN offers three retirement programs to qualifying employees including a matching 401(k) deferred compensation plan, the Washington State Pension Plan (PERS), and a 457(b) savings plan. Qualifying employees will also accrue 160 hours of personal time per year and nine paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate due to race, color, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.

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