EI&C Designer ; TX

Job Title

EI&C Designer 2

Electrical Engineering

Electrical Director

Non-Exempt

M-F 8 AM to 5 PM

Hours may vary with workload and are dependent on business needs.

Houston, TX

No

Professionals

ZAP is a full-service engineering, design, and construction management firm servicing the oil & gas, heavy industrial, mining, and manufacturing sectors. From our Houston, TX office, we execute projects across North America spanning from California to Florida and Canada down to Mexico. Our projects range in size from simple engineering studies or maintenance repairs to full-scale design of large facilities. ZAP operates at a fast pace while providing a team-centric approach to our work.

This is a hands‑on, full‑time position with day‑to‑day duties that include illustrating the electrical design in 3D models and drawing packages completed in AutoCAD. This position will collaborate with engineers to gather the required information and complete tasks, and calculations to complete these drawing packages.

• Electrical 3D Modeling / Design
  • Completes required tasks, including 3D modeling, red‑lined drawing revisions, electrical design calculations, schematic drawing creation, cable tray layouts, electrical AutoCAD block programming, dimensioned and multilayer drawing creation, onelines, area classification development, schematics, grounding, heat trace, circuit schedules, electrical details, BOM creation, lighting design and calculations.
  • Coordinates with all disciplines to create an accurate and complete model.
• Instrumentation & Controls Design
  • Completes required tasks, including red‑lined drawing revisions, control panel and instrument junction box location plans, control panel and instrument junction box layout and design, I/O wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, control system network architecture, control system power distribution, fire and gas safety location plans, emergency shutdown systems and schematics, instrument locations plans, instrument installation details, work point locations for circuit schedule, and BOM creation.
  • Ability to read and understand Instrument Indexes, I/O Lists and P&IDs.
  • Coordinates with I&C Engineers to create an accurate and complete drawing package.
• Construction Drawings
  • Prepares final construction drawings to reflect the engineered/modeled design.
  • Updates drawings per engineer comments.
• Assist with other duties as assigned.

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Accrued PTO
• Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability
• Basic Life / AD&D
• Voluntary Life / AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Aflac

Position: EI&C Designer 2

Relevant

Experience:

2-5 years of previous experience utilizing Auto Desk products and multidiscipline team projects specific to the engineering required.

Education:

Associate Degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred.

Skills:

All essential duties are listed above. This role should be able to follow precedents and procedures and may set priorities and organize work within general guidelines established by the supervisor.

• Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Problem‑solving skills to be able to resolve simple problems quickly and effectively.
• Ability to self‑direct and take responsibility for own tasks, deliverables, and timelines.
• Leadership skills and some general experience leading work groups or task forces in specific projects.
• Competent user of technology and software required to execute daily tasks.

• The position does not have any regular responsibility for overseeing or supervising the work of other team members.

• Supervisor/manager closely monitors work; detailed instructions and procedures are generally provided.

• The work environment is the typical office environment. The employee must complete their work satisfactorily in an environment where there are significant distractions, including staff, clients, and vendors walking through and conversing, telephones ringing, conversations carrying over, loud…