Southern States, LLC

Designer I - Electro-Mechanical

PSD - Hampton, GA - Full Time

Job Summary:

Designers are primarily responsible for actively driving and managing the development of
mechanical general arrangement, part, and assembly drawing packages for high-voltage
switchgear and power switching devices. Coordinating with sales, manufacturing, and quality
teams as the key technical advisor and product advocate, the Designer I must be able to identify
and provide reliable solutions for all technical issues to ensure complete customer satisfaction
through all stages of the engineering process. The Designer I must be able to establish and
maintain strong relationships throughout the engineering cycle.

Responsibilities Primary:
  • Consistently apply basic drafting and design fundamentals and practices to promptly produce high-quality part, assembly, and general arrangement drawing sets pertaining to high voltage switchgear and power switching devices.
  • Adhere to ANSI, IEEE, ASTM, ASCE, AWS, CSA, and other organizational standards.
  • Retain expert level of product knowledge and its application.
  • Coordinate with sales, vendors, customers, and other Southern States divisions to ensure order fulfillment is satisfactory.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve fabrication, assembly, and field installation difficulties that is consistent with Southern States’ mission, values, and financial objectives, in a timely manner.
  • Issue formal documentation descriptively detailing engineering changes in accordance with Southern States engineering standard practices and procedures
  • Produce ongoing status reports for active orders.
  • Maintain accurate records pertaining to target accounts, opportunities, quotes, projects, contacts, and correspondences within company approved databases.
  • Identify customer needs and engineering opportunities for future growth.
  • Travel to project sites to aide in sales support, startup, integration, and training services as required.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Required:
  • Education: Associate's degree in applied science with a concentration in Computer Aided
  • Drafting and Design (CADD), equivalent, or five years’ related experience
  • Demonstrated AutoCAD experience
  • Basic SolidWorks experience
  • Applied Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word) experience
  • Strong fundamental drafting and design understanding
  • Proficient written and oral communication skills
  • Motivated with the ability to perform in a team environment
  • Punctual, business-casual attire, and well-groomed
  • Available to travel <10%

Preferred:
  • AutoCAD Electrical or SolidWorks Electrical experience
  • High-voltage switchgear drafting and design experience
  • Steel fabrication, galvanizing, and welding design experience
  • Strength of materials knowledge is a plus
  • Project management experience is beneficial
  • Hands-on construction, assembly, factory, or mechanic experience
  • Statics calculation, such as bending moments, shear, compression, and tension, is a plus
  • Visual Basics, Business Central, PowerPoint, and SharePoint applied knowledge
  • Basic electrical and electronics control wiring and schematics experience is a plus
Apply: Designer I - Electro-Mechanical
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