326 results
326 results
Engineering Technician
Offices
Englewood, CO
Categories
Civil Engineering
Engineering Technician
Duties and Responsibilities

• Create, edit, and modify CAD drawings
• Apply Westwood Company CAD standard, practices, and procedures in creating and modifying CAD drawings
• Collaborate in a team environment
• Coordinate filing, storage, and retrieval of drawings and documents
• Work with extreme precision and accuracy in creating design drawings
• Plot and check drawings
• Willing to take on other duties as assigned

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Engineering Technician
Offices
Las Vegas, NV
Categories
Civil Engineering
Engineering Technician
Duties and Responsibilities

• Create, edit, and modify CAD drawings
• Apply Westwood Company CAD standard, practices, and procedures in creating and modifying CAD drawings
• Collaborate in a team environment
• Coordinate filing, storage, and retrieval of drawings and documents
• Work with extreme precision and accuracy in creating design drawings
• Plot and check drawings
• Willing to take on other duties as assigned

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Civil Project Engineer - Water Resources
Offices
Las Vegas, NV
Categories
Water Resources
Civil Project Engineer - Water Resources
Duties and Responsibilities

Work as a critical member of a drainage design team under the direction of various project managers. Job duties may include, but are not limited to:

 

• Perform research and data collection.
• Prepare hydrologic assessments to support drainage patterns and storm runoff.
• Prepare hydraulic assessments to support storm drain infrastructure recommendations for flood protection.
• Prepare technical reports to document data sources, assumptions, assessments, results, and recommendations.
• Prepare schematic exhibits.
• Prepare detailed construction drawings using AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Coordinate with other disciplines, support services, and sub-consultants.
• Coordinate with government agencies, utility providers, or other external entities.
• Coordinate with clients.
• Identify applicable codes, standards, or other design requirements.
• Prepare quantities, cost estimates, and technical specifications.
• Perform field reviews and other assessments for use in design.
• Participate in contract bidding, review construction submittals, and RFIs, and provide limited field observation during construction.
• Attend meetings with governmental agencies to represent the company and clients.
• Develop and track milestones to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery.
• Oversee technical aspects of various projects with diverse design teams.
• Produce high quality work and maintain quality assurance and quality control procedures.
• Make decisions independently regarding various issues and methods after receiving general instructions.
• Proactively communicate and engage with project managers and design teams.
• Engage in on-the-job training to learn company policies, practices, and standards, as well as agency/entity regulations and standards.
• Mentor, train, and supervise the work of less experienced engineers and/or technical support personnel.
• Prioritize and effectively manage own workload and junior staff's work.
• Ensure office and company values, policies, and procedures are consistently followed.
• Lead by example – display solid judgment, good values, trust, honesty, openness, and professionalism.

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Assistant Project Manager - Land Development
Offices
Las Vegas, NV
Categories
Civil Engineering
Assistant Project Manager - Land Development
Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in the management of projects from inception through completion
• Provide direction and manage work quality of a team of engineering designers, interns, and technicians
• Assist in the preparing and managing proposals, contracts, invoicing, work in process and account receivables
• Represent clients and firm in meetings with governmental agencies
• Prepare, maintain, coordinate project schedules of multiple concurrent projects with clients and design team
• Communicate directly with clients and public governing agencies
• Assist project manager in Developing and tracking project milestones to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery
• Recruit, manage, develop, lead, inspire and coach design team
• Prepare plan documents and supporting design calculations
• Produce high-quality work and implement and maintain QA/QC procedures
• Assist in business development
• Resolve design conflicts and field construction issues
• Able to understand proposals and contract scope of services
• Able to identify scope creep, write and capture additional services in a timely manner
• Assist in Overseeing the technical and financial aspects of various projects
• Coordinate with other disciplines and support services
• Make decisions independently in regards to various issues and methods
• Able to accept and give performance feedback

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Substation Designer - Physical
Offices
Raleigh, NC
Categories
Substation
Substation Designer - Physical
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Computer-Aided Design and Drafting: Create and draft all engineering products and deliverables using CAD software, specifically for substation projects.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with engineers and other drafters to identify and correct discrepancies in drawings and designs related to substations.
  • Drafting Tasks: Produce various types of drawings specific to substations, including:
    • General Arrangements of substation layouts
    • Plan Views and Elevation Views of substation structures
    • Grounding Plans and Details for substation grounding systems
    • Foundation Plans and Details for substation equipment
    • Cable Trough/Conduit Plans and Details for cable management
    • Foundation Layout Plans for substation components
    • Import tables and calculations (e.g., BOMs) and create notes for each drawing.
    • Steel Structure Fabrication Drawings (preferred) for substation structures
    • Concrete Foundation Detail Drawings (preferred) for substation equipment
    • Oil Containment Detail Drawings (preferred) for transformers and other equipment
    • Metal Grate Platforms Detail Drawings (preferred) for access and safety
    • Fire Wall Detail Drawings (preferred) for fire protection in substations
  • Self-Checking: Review and verify all work for accuracy before submission to the supervisor or designated reviewer.
  • Project Management: Understand and meet project schedules and quality requirements specific to substation projects.
  • Efficiency: Complete drawings accurately and efficiently, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
  • Detail Orientation: Maintain a high level of detail and quality in all work related to substation design.
  • Multi-Project Handling: Manage multiple substation projects simultaneously and adapt to changes in work assignments as needed.
  • Project Delivery Support: Assist in the overall delivery of substation projects, including communication via phone or email, attending meetings, and preparing necessary project documents.
  • Provide interdepartmental support when required.
  • Project Execution: Ability to coordinate designer efforts to develop required deliverables while working on multiple projects concurrently.
  • Ability to coordinate designer efforts to develop required deliverables while working on multiple projects concurrently.
  • Ability to coordinate efforts with other various external and internal project team members
  • Familiarity in identifying when coordination is needed with certain design disciplines such as transmission line engineers, distribution line engineers, civil engineers, geotechnical engineers, and surveyors.
  • Act as the QA/QC lead for drafting reviews
  • Support assigned PM in project management activities, including but not limited to proposal development, resource allocation, and schedule adherence.
  • Coaching Others: Leverage experience by mentoring and training members of the team.
  • Lead by example and be accountable for own actions.
  • Support Consistency: Follow department processes and procedures.
  • Continue strong customer focus attitude that Westwood is known for.
  • Support Business: Serve as a specialist for Physical design and provide consultation and guidance to colleagues and other project teams.
  • Provide clear and honest feedback to project team, external stakeholders, and clients.
  • Help develop approaches to accommodate client unique requests.
  • Work to advise Management about how to maximize return on investment for the team.
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Sr. Electrical Lead Engineer
Offices
Plano, TX
Categories
Electrical Engineering
Sr. Electrical Lead Engineer
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Manage the electrical engineering of commercial and utility scale solar projects and be responsible managing the electrical design budget for the project to insure budgets are met
  • Responsible for contractual electrical engineering scope, verify incorporation into design, and coordination of change orders with project manager
  • Responsible for insuring project deliverable schedules for electrical engineering scope are met
  • Assist project managers in responding to RFP’s by preparing proposal scope and fees for the electrical engineering
  • Coordinate with other project disciplines including civil engineers, geotechnical/structural engineers, and surveyors
  • Schedule and plan necessary resources needed to support projects weekly
  • Perform and Lead Electrical Engineering design and creation of construction documents for projects as well as be the primary electrical contact for client
  • Oversee project electrical team resources and be responsible for staff performing electrical calculations and studies such as short circuit, load flow calculations and voltage drop.
  • Coordinate with clients, utilities, and code enforcement officers.
  • QA/QC of design work performed on projects for which you are the lead electrical engineer responsible for the project
  • Maintain awareness of currently available equipment and industry best practices
  • Collaborate with and support electrical engineering teams in other offices as projects and workload sharing between offices dictates.
  • Support construction of the projects by responding to contractor and owner requests including RFIs and submittal review
  • Assist Market Directors as needed for marketing efforts and creation of marketing materials surrounding electrical engineering work
  • Supervise, train, and/or mentor graduate engineers, staff engineers, and design technicians
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Electrical Engineering Manager - Solar
Offices
Plano, TX
Categories
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering Manager - Solar
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Supervise and manage an electrical engineering team of up to 10 individuals.
  • Manage, coordinate, and drive employee career path development.
  • Implement Risk Management best practices and build internal organizational processes for consistency across organization.
  • Cultivate and mature Westwood’s relationships with existing clients and assist in fostering new ones.
  • Manage the electrical engineering portion of the BoP design of industrial-to-utility scale solar and/or hybrid renewable energy projects.
  • Responsible for ensuring timely delivery of team’s work product, and ensuring projects remain within budget.
  • Coordinate with other project disciplines including civil engineers, geotechnical/structural engineers, and surveyors.
  • Responsible for overseeing team’s drawing packages, electrical calculations, and studies (e.g. ampacity study, cable schedules, voltage/power loss calculations, etc.).
  • Coordinate with clients, utilities, and AHJs.
  • QA/QC of design work performed on projects for which you are the lead electrical engineer responsible for the project.
  • Maintain awareness of currently available equipment and industry best practices
  • Collaborate with and support other electrical engineering teams to balance and distribute workload amongst them.
  • Oversee development of new and upgrades to existing proprietary electrical engineering tools.
  • Support leadership, existing and future organizational staffing needs.
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Electrical Engineering Intern
Offices
Madison, WI
Categories
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering Intern
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Construction document production support for commercial and utility scale solar, wind, and energy storage projects 
  • Coordinate with design team disciplines including civil engineers, geotechnical engineers, and surveyors 
  • Utilize AutoCAD to create construction documents and perform quantity takeoffs. Construction documents will include site layouts, wire/cable routing plans, one lines, details, equipment/wire schedules, etc. 
  • Create wiring/cable schedules based on takeoffs and sizing input from senior and staff designers/engineers 
  • Maintain awareness and knowledge of Westwood design/CAD standards 
  • Learn about electrical engineering for renewable energy projects and this potential career path after graduation while working in a fun and friendly environment 
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Electrical Engineering Intern
Offices
Minneapolis, MN
Categories
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering Intern
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Construction document production support for commercial and utility scale solar, wind, and energy storage projects 
  • Coordinate with design team disciplines including civil engineers, geotechnical engineers, and surveyors 
  • Utilize AutoCAD to create construction documents and perform quantity takeoffs. Construction documents will include site layouts, wire/cable routing plans, one lines, details, equipment/wire schedules, etc. 
  • Create wiring/cable schedules based on takeoffs and sizing input from senior and staff designers/engineers 
  • Maintain awareness and knowledge of Westwood design/CAD standards 
  • Learn about electrical engineering for renewable energy projects and this potential career path after graduation while working in a fun and friendly environment 
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Geotechnical Engineering Internship/Co-Op
Offices
Raleigh, NC
Categories
Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering Internship/Co-Op
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Participate in geotechnical site investigations, assignment and assessment of geotechnical laboratory tests, preparation of investigation reports, and application of site data to analyses and design.
  • Interpret and analyze geotechnical data to establish type, classification and engineering characteristics of materials. Complete or assist with geotechnical engineering analyses including, but not limited to, seepage, slope stability, bearing capacity, rotational stiffness, liquefaction, and settlement analyses.
  • Keep management advised of work status, workload, problems and progress as related to work assignments.
  • Participate in preparation of proposals, bid documents and capital cost estimates, construction drawings and design reports.
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