Lead Wiring Designer

Overview

Lead a team designing wiring diagrams and control panel layouts at IEM.

Key Responsibilities

• task assignment
• autocad onboarding
• drawing standards
• design review
• site visits
• progress monitoring

Tasks

-Assign drawing tasks to Wiring Designers based on project priority and individual capacity. -Create and maintain a training curriculum (checklist of skills and competencies) to ensure consistent ramp-up for junior designers. -Develop checklists, best-practice guides, or quick-reference documents to standardize common tasks (wire tagging, terminal mapping, panel spacing). -Onboard new Wiring Designers, providing hands-on demonstrations of in-house AutoCAD tool palettes and custom blocks. -Lead periodic process-review workshops to identify inefficiencies or error sources within the wiring drafting workflow. -Ensure all drawings incorporate the latest revision of the drawings and adhere to company conventions (layer naming, block usage, annotation). -Act as the primary point of contact between Lead Wiring Designer and Electrical Engineering Managers—communicating capacity constraints, skill gaps, or urgent deadlines. -Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering and Production Leads to gather feedback on as-built equipment, translating production-driven insights into drafting improvements. -Identify recurring errors or knowledge gaps; develop and deliver targeted training sessions or documentation to address them. -Conduct periodic visits (up to 2–3 times per year) to multiple plant locations alongside senior production staff to review in-process panels and gather frontline feedback. -Conduct thorough reviews of Wiring Designers’ outputs (point-to-point diagrams and panel layouts) to verify accuracy, completeness, and compliance with company standards. -Monitor progress of each team member’s deliverables, ensuring on-time completion.

Requirements

• lead
• supervisory
• 2 yrs
• 4‑6 yrs
• wiring diagrams
• control panels

What You Bring

-Minimum of 2 years in a lead or supervisory capacity, managing a small team of technical drafters or designers. -4–6 years of hands-on experience creating point-to-point wiring diagrams and control panel layouts—ideally within panel-shop, industrial control, or switchgear manufacturing environments.

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About Industrial Electric Mfg. (Iem)

-Early adoption of CAD/CAM fabrication in 1979. -Supplies electrical distribution and switchgear to tech giants like HP and Apple. -Subsidiary IEM Power Systems offers turnkey power solutions worldwide.

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