What does an entry-level Revit Electrical Designer actually get assigned at work?

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I’m an electrical engineering graduate returning to the field after working in data and consulting. I’ve been learning Revit through several project-based electrical/MEP courses, but so far most of my experience has involved following an instructor and mirroring their workflow.

I’ve practiced things such as:

* Starting and organizing an electrical project
* Linking an architectural model
* Setting up views, levels, sections, view ranges and visibility settings
* Copying/monitoring levels and placing spaces
* Placing lighting fixtures, receptacles, switches and electrical equipment
* Connecting switches to lights
* Creating circuits and assigning them to panels
* Working with distribution systems, voltages and panel schedules
* Creating lighting and electrical schedules
* Adding tags, annotations and circuit paths
* Troubleshooting families or elements that aren’t visible in a view
* Making basic family and type-property adjustments

I’m beginning to understand the overall process, but I know that following a polished tutorial is very different from receiving an incomplete model, a set of markups or a real design assignment at work. For those working in electrical MEP design, what would an actual task given to a new Revit designer look like?

For example:

* Would I receive an architectural model and redlines showing where to place everything?
* Would I be expected to determine fixture, receptacle and equipment locations myself?
* Would someone give me panel and circuit information, or would I be expected to develop it?
* Would my first assignments mostly involve modeling, drafting, annotations and correcting markups?
* How complete or messy are the files you typically receive?
* What information would I need to gather before beginning the task?
* What would a senior designer check when reviewing my work?
* What common mistakes immediately show that someone has only followed tutorials?

If you were training a new electrical designer, could you give an example of a realistic task/assignment.

My goal is to become genuinely job-ready rather than learn where the Revit buttons are. I’d especially appreciate suggestions for practice assignments I could recreate independently without watching an instructor perform every step first.

[u/EM_Lehnsherr]

20+ years as Electrical PE in MEP field. You typically get a "go-by", which is another project to mimic. School, hospital, office, etc. If the architect is good you will get some specialty equipment and you find the cut sheets or they have it. Same with Mechanical equipment. Maybe they have the actual properties in REVIT and you land a disconnect. Your senior designer will give you the basics on design, ie panels, transformers, lighting, switching, etc. Depending on how good they are, they might be the final review too. Your first project will be fixing a red lined set, typically how I train. All the REVIT files are typically from an architectural. Rarely is the MEP prime and developing REVIT models.​