Job Title: Utility Detail Engineer

Location: Canton, OH 44705

Job Type: Full-Time | On-Site

Design the Infrastructure That Powers Communities

Our client is seeking a detail-oriented Utility Detail Engineer to join their engineering team in Canton, Ohio. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineering professional who enjoys transforming utility pole designs into precise manufacturing documentation while collaborating with engineering, sales, manufacturing, and customers.

In this role, you will coordinate the detailed engineering required to manufacture utility pole structures, ensuring every design meets customer specifications, industry standards, and manufacturing requirements. If you enjoy technical problem-solving, CAD design, and working on projects that support critical utility infrastructure, we'd like to hear from you.

Position Overview:

• As a Utility Detail Engineer, you will manage the detailing process for utility pole structures from initial design through manufacturing documentation. You will review engineering drawings, verify manufacturability, develop Bills of Materials (BOMs), coordinate with customers and internal teams, and ensure all designs comply with company, customer, and utility standards.

• This position offers the opportunity to work on technically challenging projects while supporting the successful production of utility structures used throughout the electrical transmission and distribution industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engineering & Design

• Manage the detailing required to manufacture utility pole structures.

• Develop and review detailed engineering drawings for accuracy and completeness.

• Verify designs comply with company, customer, and utility engineering standards.

Create and review:

• CAD drawings

• Bills of Materials (BOMs)

• Manufacturing documentation

• Review in-house and vendor-supplied engineering designs.

• Perform engineering calculations and design evaluations for projects of varying complexity.

• Analyze design challenges and develop practical engineering solutions.

Design Verification:

• Verify layouts using engineering software to ensure manufacturability.

• Review designs utilizing:

• AutoCAD

• PLS-POLE

• SolidWorks

• Ensure production drawings accurately reflect customer requirements and engineering intent.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, and other internal departments throughout project execution.

• Communicate directly with customers to obtain technical clarifications and design approvals.

• Coordinate design revisions and resolve engineering questions efficiently.

• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the engineering department.

Documentation & Quality

Interpret and review:

• Blueprints

• Bills of Materials

• Purchase Orders

• Approval Drawings

• Customer engineering documentation

• Maintain engineering documentation and revision control.

• Ensure projects remain on schedule while maintaining exceptional quality standards.

• Balance multiple projects and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications:

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.

Experience:

• 3-5 years of engineering design detailing experience.

• Experience creating manufacturing drawings and engineering documentation.

• Experience working with utility structures, structural steel, or similar fabricated products is preferred.

Technical Skills

Proficiency with:

• AutoCAD

• PLS-POLE

• SolidWorks

• Microsoft Office Suite

• Experience with ERP systems is preferred, particularly:

• Epicor ERP

Strong ability to:

• Read engineering drawings and blueprints

• Interpret Bills of Materials (BOMs)

• Review purchase orders and customer documentation

• Verify manufacturability of engineered designs

• Perform engineering calculations and design review