What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Substation Engineer position at ACS Professional Staffing?
Overview
Our client, a growing power engineering and infrastructure firm, is seeking a Senior Substation Engineer to lead the design and execution of high-voltage substation projects while serving as a technical lead on multi-discipline teams. This role is responsible for developing and reviewing physical design deliverables, performing engineering calculations, ensuring quality and compliance with industry standards, and coordinating with project stakeholders throughout the lifecycle. The position also provides technical oversight, supports project planning and construction activities, and mentors junior engineers and designers. Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and 7 years of substation or power delivery design experience, with strong expertise in high-voltage substation design, engineering calculations, and industry codes (IEEE, NEC, NESC, ANSI). Proficiency with design tools such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, or similar software, along with strong communication and leadership skills, is required. This full-time position is located in Boise, ID.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design of high-voltage substation systems and components in accordance with client standards, industry codes, and project requirements.
- Develop and review physical substation design deliverables, including general arrangement drawings, electrical layouts, grounding plans, equipment layouts, conduit/cable routing, bills of material, and construction drawing packages.
- Perform and review engineering calculations related to grounding, lightning protection, equipment sizing, clearances, bus design, cable/conduit sizing, and other substation design requirements.
- Serve as Lead Engineer and/or Engineer of Record for assigned projects when applicable.
- Provide technical oversight and quality reviews for engineering work completed by internal teams, peers, subcontractors, and design partners.
- Support preliminary engineering, detailed design, bid packages, construction drawing packages, and proposal development for substation projects.
- Review contractor proposals, construction approaches, and design methods for alignment with project requirements and constructability.
- Coordinate with project managers, engineers, designers, clients, vendors, and construction teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support project schedules, scope development, technical estimates, and bid preparation for assigned substation projects.
- Mentor junior engineers and designers by providing technical direction, design feedback, and quality guidance.
- Support construction activities by responding to RFIs, reviewing submittals, resolving field issues, and assisting with commissioning/startup support.
- Travel to client sites, project sites, and field locations as needed.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited university.
- 7 years of experience in substation engineering, power delivery, or high-voltage electrical design.
- Strong experience with physical substation design, including general arrangement, equipment layout, grounding, conduit/cable routing, and bills of material.
- Experience developing or reviewing construction drawing packages for high-voltage substation projects.
- Strong understanding of applicable industry codes and standards, including IEEE, NEC, NESC, ANSI, and client/utility standards.
- Experience performing engineering calculations and technical design reviews.
- Ability to lead technical design efforts and coordinate across multi-discipline project teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interface with clients, project managers, engineers, designers, vendors, and construction teams.
- Experience with design tools such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, Bentley Substation, Autodesk Inventor, ETAP, WinIGS, or similar software.
- PE license preferred.
- FE/EIT certification preferred if PE has not yet been obtained.
- Experience with 69kV, 115kV, 230kV, or 500kV substation projects.
- Utility consulting, EPC, or power delivery consulting experience.
- Experience serving as Lead Engineer or Engineer of Record.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and reviewing design work.
- Familiarity with protection and control interfaces, relay panels, SCADA, and substation integration.
- Experience supporting proposal development, project schedules, construction support, and client-facing technical meetings.
Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.
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