
Senior Electrical Wiring Designer
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The Senior Electrical Wiring Designer supports Worley’s Power business from its Reading, Pennsylvania office, delivering electrical design and drafting services for power generation projects. The role develops wiring and power-system drawings, performs calculations and reviews, coordinates design across disciplines, and provides technical oversight to junior designers. It requires extensive electrical and instrumentation wiring design experience and proficiency with specified design software.
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Building on our past. Ready for the future Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. Right now, we're bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources, while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects. Purpose: As a Senior Electrical Wiring Designer supporting our Power business, you will be based onsite at our Reading, PA office, delivering high-quality electrical design and drafting services to Worley and our clients. You'll contribute to complex and rewarding power generation projects that help energize industries, infrastructure, and communities. Responsibilities: 1. Independently execute complex design assignments for power generation projects using advanced theories, methods, and tools across multiple small to mid-size scopes. 2. Collaborate effectively within a team environment with minimal supervision, adhering to Client, Company, and Industry standards within the Power sector. 3. Complete moderately to highly complex drafting tasks using established techniques and industry-standard software, in accordance with Worley's procedures specific to electrical power design. 4. Lead the development of design and detailed drawings for power systems from sketches, plans, or other specification data. 5. Take ownership of design and drafting for medium and low-voltage power system installations. 6. Provide technical oversight to junior designers and support offices, ensuring all deliverables meet client expectations and power project requirements. 7. Participate in design reviews with power generation clients, offering insights into technical challenges and ensuring compliance with regulatory and project-specific standards. 8. Consistently deliver assigned scopes on schedule and within budget across power design projects. 9. Develop one line diagrams, MCC and switchgear layouts, elementary and interconnection drawings, instrument loop drawings, DCS and PLC wiring termination drawings, and performing power and instrumentation cabling design for facilities and equipment within power systems, referencing vendor materials and design catalogs. 10. Perform required calculations and maintain thorough documentation for all wiring design related electrical deliverables. 11. Conduct field visits for panel audits. 12. Coordinate the development and integration of wiring design across disciplines. 13. Perform vendor submittal reviews to ensure the equipment complies with the project requirements. 14. Ensure adherence to project-specific Quality Assurance systems and guidelines for the Power discipline. What you will bring Technical/Industry Experience and Qualifications Requirements: 1. Extensive experience in electrical and instrumentation wiring design for power generation projects. 2. Proficiency in SmartPlant Electrical (SPEL) and SmartPlant Instrumentation (SPI), AutoCAD, and MicroStation. Specialized knowledge in: 1. Detailed wiring drawings for lighting, small power, and earthing systems. 2. MV/LV single-line diagrams and control/wiring schematics. 3. AC/DC distribution panels, process area electrical equipment layouts. Ability to execute: 1. Cable schedules and cable sizing calculations. Education - Qualifications, Accreditation, Training: Required: 1. Associate degree or technical diploma in Electrical Design or Drafting with coursework focused on power systems or equivalent combinatio of education, hands-on training, and relevant experience in electrical design and drafting for power generation related projects. Preferred: 1. Experience in the power generation industry is strongly preferred. Moving forward together We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard. And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here. And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can bring themselves, and are heard. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our policy is to conduct background checks for all candidates who accept an offer of employment with us. Please note: No agency representation or submissions will be recognized for this vacancy. Worley is an equal opportunity employer and we create a working culture that embraces diversity and promotes inclusion and flexibility.
How this job compares
Set against the 652 open Electrical Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$78–119K/yr248 salary ranges
- US median$33–46/hr110 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 27 open Electrical Designer jobs in Pennsylvania and 652 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Jacobs7 open
- Worley Parsons (this employer)4 open
- McKim & Creed, Inc.2 open
- Experience
- Electrical Designer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (547 postings).
- Education
- 76 of the 652 open Electrical Designer jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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