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Power Engineer

Insight Global
Rapid, SD Full Time
POSTED ON 6/16/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/15/2026

Must Haves:

  • 5-12 years of experience in physical substation or P&C design
  • PE License
  • AutoCAD and Bluebleam expertise
  • Comfortability with being client facing
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers and EITs


Plusses:

  • Previous experience with local utility companies
  • T-line design experience
  • Local to South or North Dakota


Job Description

The primary duties of the Substation Project Engineer include physical substation, protection, and control engineering for High Voltage Electric Utility projects, 12kV through 500kV. Projects range in size, complexity, and voltage class from small distribution equipment upgrades to large transmission substation projects across the globe.

Understand physical substation design including yard layouts, plans, sections and details, grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, interior and exterior raceways, auxiliary AC/DC power systems, and associated bills of material.

  • Understand protection and control design including panel arrangements, one lines/single lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring.
  • Prepare calculations for studies and reports (grounding, lighting protection, AC/DC load studies, etc.).
  • Prepare equipment specifications for procurement and/or factory acceptance testing.
  • Coordinate design activities with other departments (Civil/Structural, Networks, Transmission Line, etc.).
  • Effectively communicate and coordinate project activities with manager, clients, and others as needed.
  • Ability to work independently.
  • Direct, mentor, train, and/or supervise efforts of less-experienced EIT's and/or Designers.
  • Support preparing scopes, schedules, and budgets, and ensure that schedules and budgets are met.
  • Perform other duties as needed.


Salary : $100,000 - $150,000

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