Substation Engineer

K&A Power Group is a privately held engineering firm delivering world-class technical expertise and engineering excellence to power utility and industrial clients across the United States, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. We specialize in substation, transmission, distribution, and distributed energy resources, offering comprehensive consulting, engineering, design, program and project management, construction management, and EPC services.

About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Substation Engineer to join our team in India. You will work on exciting and challenging projects that make a real impact in the energy and utility sectors as part of a dynamic, people-focused team where your expertise, ideas, and contributions are valued and celebrated.

Responsibilities

• Detailed design of electrical engineering, including conceptual design and detailed estimates.
• Substation design, including the creation of substation construction drawing packages, developing bill of materials, and procurement of minor materials.
• General arrangement, physical and electrical layout, electrical equipment plans, elevation, and section views (including transformers, bus work, etc.).
• Equipment cable trays, cable design, and conduit fill calculations.
• Rigid bus calculations.
• System Protection & Control (SP&C) design, including the creation of SP&C construction drawing packages and procurement of materials.
• Drawings in specified formats, including elementary diagrams, relay one-line diagrams, connection diagrams, panel layout diagrams, and circuit schedules.
• Materials procurement for relays, communication and monitoring systems, panel meters, control house panels, cables, and associated wiring materials.

Prior experience working on substation designs for US-based utilities is highly preferred.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering is required.
• 2–3 years of substation engineering or related electric utility experience is required.
• Familiarity with relevant codes and standards such as NEC, NESC, IEEE, NEMA, and ANSI.
• Strong knowledge of standard engineering techniques and procedures.
• Strong computer skills in WinIGS and power system studies software (e.g., SKM, ETAP, PSCAD).

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package for eligible classified employees, including:

• Employee’s Provident Fund
• Festival holidays
• Parental leave
• Mourning leave
• Medical and accidental insurance

Pay

The salary range for this role considers a wide range of factors, including technical ability, experience, training, licenses, certifications, and other related skillsets. The disclosed range is an estimate and has not been adjusted for geographic differential.