Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager in the Land Development Division to support our growing Data Center group. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

This position requires Land Development, Real Estate Development and/or Construction specific experience. This position is not for Technical Infrastructure, IT, or Data Network Professionals.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager in the Land Development Division to support our growing Data Center group. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

This person can sit in any of our Virginia or North Carolina office locations. 

This position requires Land Development, Real Estate Development and/or Construction specific experience. This position is not for Technical Infrastructure, IT, or Data Network Professionals. 

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager in the Land Development Division to support our growing Data Center group. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

This position requires Land Development, Real Estate Development and/or Construction specific experience. This position is not for Technical Infrastructure, IT, or Data Network Professionals.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking an ambitious and talented professional to join our transportation service team in as a Senior Project Manager. This is an opportunity to join Westwood’s highly experienced and dynamic team dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. Our ideal candidate will have 10+ years of diverse roadway design and project management experience supporting public sector infrastructure transportation design projects. This position is responsible for complex engineering design tasks as well as marketing, business development, client contact and sustained growth of a transportation design team.

Civil Graduate Engineer

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. A Graduate Engineer is expected to work on a team providing support to a licensed Civil Engineer while learning the company’s standard practices and local agency codes. A large amount of time will be dedicated to becoming proficient in AutoCAD Civil3D. In pursuit of a Professional Engineering license, the applicant needs to be organized, self-motivated, and possess the ability to collaboratively solve complex issues on time and within budget.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Structural Graduate Engineer to join our team in our Fort Worth, TX office. As a Structural Graduate Engineer, you will design various structures for our projects including bridges, TxDot and municipal designs, drainage structures, retaining walls, foundations, and other miscellaneous structures.  Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. As part of our team, you will have an opportunity to shape local and regional infrastructure within the community you live.  Candidates must have a willingness to perform a variety of structural engineering tasks supporting various project types and project managers.

Substation Engineer - SCADA

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Substation Engineer - SCADA to join our team. The SCADA Engineer serves as an engineer on electric substation design projects for high-voltage utility systems and renewable energy interconnection projects. He/she will apply his/her engineering knowledge and experience to fulfill the principal duties and responsibilities listed below. He/she will also work with other internal and external project stakeholders to ensure project milestones and expectations of contracted services are met. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform SCADA, network and communication design and programming duties to include:
• Develop
• Network design
• IT hardware specifications
• IT deployment and integration strategies and processes
• SCADA, network and Communications Specifications
• Points Lists and Associated Mapping
• HMI Configuration files
• RTU and Substation computer programming files
• Automation programming and associated logic files

Perform QA/QC

• SCADA, network and communications schematics

Technical Support

• Procurement
• Construction (Testing and Commissioning) including phone and onsite support
• Design Team
• Off takers, Owners, Utilities, and any other entities that require interfaces with the substation SCADA system.

Active Coordination

• Ability to work seamlessly with and provide guidance to the P&C Design Team in their development of the above-listed schematics
• Ability to provide technical support for field personnel, remote entities, and equipment vendors (WTG and Solar equipment manufacturers) who are responsible for working and communicating with the substation SCADA network.
• Ability to coordinate efforts with other various external and internal project team members, with familiarity in identifying when coordination is needed with certain design disciplines such as the protection and control design engineers, system protection engineers, transmission line engineers, distribution line engineers, telecom engineers, etc.

Other Expectations

• Keenly focused on the production of high-quality work and supports continuous improvement efforts.
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects.
• Responsible for assisting with the identification of key client interests and drivers.
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develop approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work.
• Serves as a technical specialist for SCADA, network and communication and has knowledge and skillset to provide consultation and guidance to project teams.
• Remove any impediments that are obstructing the engineering team from achieving its goals.
• Works to advise Management about how to maximize ROI for the team.
• Attending all client technical review meetings.

Substation Drafter - Physical

Westwood Professional Services is looking for a detail-oriented Substation Drafter to join our team in Raleigh or Charlotte, NC, or Madison, WI. In this role, you'll prepare civil and physical electrical drawings for high voltage substation projects and renewable energy interconnections, working alongside experienced engineers and designers.

Responsibilities:

• Create and draft substation drawings using CAD software, including general arrangements, plan and elevation views, grounding plans, foundation plans, and cable trough/conduit layouts
• Import tables, calculations, and bills of materials, and add drawing notes
• Review your own work for accuracy before submitting for review
• Collaborate with engineers and other drafters to identify and resolve drawing discrepancies
• Support project teams with documentation, meeting attendance, and general project delivery tasks
• Follow department standards and processes to ensure drawing quality and consistency

 Substation Designer - Physical

Westwood Professional Services

 Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a collaborative, detail-orientated Substation Designer - Physical (CAD Technician) to join our team in our Raleigh or Charlotte, NC or Madison, WI offices. The Substation Designer - Physical will prepare civil and physical electrical drawings for high voltage utility substations projects and renewable energy interconnections. The position would require the employee to work with engineers and consultants to create these drawings. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. 

• 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.

Substation Designer – P&C

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a collaborative, detail orientated Substation Designer (CAD Technician) to join a growing energy consulting firm. The Substation Designer would work with our growing Substation Engineering Team to prepare schematic and associated wiring diagrams for high voltage utility substations projects and renewable energy interconnections. The position would require the employee to work with engineers and consultants to create these drawings. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Computer aided design and drafting of all engineering products and deliverables.
• Collaborate with engineers and other drafters to correct discrepancies in drawings and designs.
• Typical CAD Design is that of functional electrical drawings as shown below.
• Operations Diagrams
• Single Line Drawings
• Three Line Drawings
• Current and Potential Schematics
• Protection and Control Schematics
• Communication Schematics
• Alarm Schematics
• Associated Wiring Diagrams (Point to Point Translation)
• Importation of tables and calculations such as BOMs as well as creating notes to be applied to each drawing.
• Self-checks all work performed to ensure its accuracy prior to turning it over to the supervisor or designee assigned to review the work.
• Understand & meet project schedule, and quality requirements.
• Complete drawings accurately and efficiently.
• Detailed and quality oriented.
• Able to handle multiple projects concurrently and maintain flexibility to changes in work assignments as changes occur in projects.
• Actively assist in the delivery of a complete project. This may include phone or e-mail correspondence, Microsoft Teams communications, attending meetings, and other project documents required for project completion.
• Provide interdepartmental support as required.