Substation Planner III

About the role

K&A Power Group is a privately held engineering firm dedicated to delivering world-class technical expertise and engineering excellence to power utility and industrial clients globally. We specialize in substation, transmission, distribution, and distributed energy resources, providing comprehensive consulting, engineering, design, program management, construction management, and EPC services.

Responsibilities

• Develop construction and maintenance work packages, including scope, labor estimates, durations, materials, tools, and safety requirements
• Review equipment history and identify special job needs or opportunities to combine work for efficiency
• Coordinate with Construction, Project Management, Grid Operations, and other internal groups
• Maintain work progress, document variances between planned and actual hours, and identify improvement opportunities
• Support clearance coordination, emergency planning, and re-sequencing of work as needed
• Avoid inaccuracies in required documentation, including NERC-related records
• Participate in planning, scoping, and pre-construction meetings; perform job site walk-downs as required

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of substation construction experience
• Knowledge of ITOA processes
• Switching and tagging qualified (or ability to obtain)
• Strong organizational, communication, and collaboration skills

Qualifications

• Combination of office-based planning and field-based site visits
• Travel required to project and work locations
• May be required to support emergency or urgent work outside of normal business hours

Skills

• Substation construction experience
• ITOA processes knowledge
• Switching and tagging qualification
• Organizational, communication, and collaboration skills

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, FSA, HSA, Dependent Care Spending Account, 401K (Traditional and Roth with Company Match), Lifestyle Spending Account, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Holidays and Flexible PTOT, Tuition Reimbursement, Parking and Transit Reimbursement, Pet Insurance, Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, EAP (Employee Assistance Program)

Pay

The pay range for this role is $35-41/hour. The disclosed range is an estimate and has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate project and work locations.