AMERICAN MUNICIPAL POWER, INC.
JOB DESCRIPTION
This position may be eligible for a hybrid work environment (combination of remote work and in-office reporting), with the coordination and approval of the appropriate supervisor. The position is located in and will report out of Columbus, OH.
Position Title: Transmission Designer/Drafter (CAD)
Reports To: Director Transmission Engineering
FLSA Status: Exempt
Basic Functions:
1. Drafting engineering drawings, developing and maintaining GIS mapping, and assisting in providing Substation and P&C designs.
2. Update and manage databases, drawings, and document filing systems.
Essential Functions:
1. Participate in capital project engineering-related activities, including creating, revising, and maintaining detailed drawings, designs, records, sketches, and engineering documents.
2. Review and recommend for approval engineering drawings and designs.
3. In close collaboration with transmission operations, transmission planning, and transmission project management, engineering consultants, develop, maintain, and manage AMPT engineering standard drawings.
4. Assist in developing, maintaining, and managing AMPT's Computer Aided Design drawing library, as well as AMPT ‘s Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping.
5. Develop and maintain drawing management file system and engineering databases.
6. Coordinate and collaborate with other AMPT functions, Members, and other stakeholders.
7. Perform other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, & Qualifications:
1. Associate degree (or equivalent/relevant years of experience) in civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering, or architecture and/or related field and coursework with specialization in Drafting and Computer Aided Design (CAD).
2. Minimum of two years of Drafting and Computer Aided Design (CAD) experience required, preferably Autodesk AutoCAD applications. Two years’ experience may include a combination of relevant and specialized coursework, certifications, and/or industry experience.
3. Must have expertise in the use of software tools that produce items such as spreadsheets, written reports, database reports, and graphical presentations (e.g., Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint).
4. Strong verbal, written, and computer skills are essential; must demonstrate previous success in building effective business relationships.
5. Must be willing to travel.
Founded in 1971, American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) is the nonprofit wholesale power supplier and services provider serving 135 members, who include 134 member municipal electric systems in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana and Maryland, as well as the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation, a joint action agency with nine members headquartered in Smyrna, Delaware. Combined, AMP’s member utilities serve more than 650,000 customers.
AMP is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with more than 160 employees at headquarters and generating facilities. The organization is governed by a 21-member Board of Trustees consisting of 20 member communities and one representative of DEMEC.
AMP’s mission is to provide its members with the benefits of scale and expertise in providing and managing energy services. AMP offers a wide variety of services on a cooperative, nonprofit basis for the mutual benefit of all member communities. These include power supply, environmental, finance, technical, legislative, regulatory and legal services, and lineworker and safety training. AMP’s vision is to be public power’s leader in wholesale energy supply and value-added member services.
The organization develops, manages and supplies diverse, competitively priced, reliable wholesale energy to public power members. That diversified resource mix includes wholesale power purchases through AMP and on the open market, plus energy produced from a variety of baseload, intermediate and distributed generation assets using natural gas, advanced coal, hydro, wind, landfill gas, diesel and solar.