Substation Electrical Engineer

The Opportunity

Ulteig is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Substation Engineer to support Renewables/Utility/Power projects. The Substation Engineer develops and reviews utility substation drawings, including General Arrangements, Elevations, Cable and Conduit Plans, Grounding Plans, AC/DC Schematics, panel elevations, electrical equipment enclosure plans, wiring diagrams, specifications, and reports to ensure they are complete, accurate, and in accordance with sound engineering practices and client standards.

What You'll Do

• Acts as a technical leader and applies standard engineering techniques and procedures on moderately complex projects.
• Schedules, conducts, and/or coordinates detailed phases of assigned project work.
• Makes design recommendations, adaptations, and modifications for utility substations.
• Performs calculations using engineering formulas and skills.
• Resolves design problems, which may include performing field investigation or observation, detailed design work, and detailed quality control (QC) review of design calculations.
• Collaborates on specific design aspects of a project requiring the ability to plan, schedule, conduct, and communicate work with team members.
• Provides technical guidance to other engineers.

What We Expect From You

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required. ABET accredited program or equivalent required.
• PE License strongly preferred. Ability to obtain within 1 year required.
• 4 years of engineering experience required.
• Prior experience working with physical design or protection and control design of electrical power substations required.
• Ability to review and produce design drawings, including General Arrangements, Elevations, Cable and Conduit Plans, Grounding Plans, Physical Connection Details, AC/DC schematics, and wiring diagrams.
• Experience using ground grid modeling software a plus.
• Knowledge of substation protection and control schemes a plus.
• Knowledge of basic relay settings a plus.
• Knowledge of National Electric Code (NEC) a plus.
• Knowledge of National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) a plus.
• Knowledge of Rural Utilities Service (RUS) design guide a plus.
• Proven experience in Microsoft Software Applications (Word, Excel, Power Point).
• Demonstrates openness to innovation by embracing and applying evolving technology and AI tools to enhance workflows, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement.
• Up to 15% travel required.
• Valid driver’s license preferred.

Additional Opportunity Details

• Target Base Compensation Range for this role is $99,200 - $134,100.
• Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your job specific skills, education, training, job location, number of years of experience related to this role, and comparison to other employees already in this role.
• This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 60 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.