Substation Project Engineer

About the role

This position is available in HDR's Rapid City, South Dakota office. The primary duties include physical substation, protection, and control engineering for High Voltage Electric Utility projects.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Cook up design activities with other departments (Civil/Structural, Networks, Transmission Line, etc.).
• Effectively communicate and coordinate project activities with manager, clients, and others as needed.
• Able 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.

Requirements

• Masters degree in Engineering
• A minimum of 3 years experience in project execution within substation design
• Preferred: Previous experience with an engineering consulting firm
• Required: Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Previous experience in project execution within the Power Market Sector
• Computer skills in Microsoft Office as well as standard Power Market Sector design software (examples include PLS CAD, AutoCAD, Plant 3D, AutoPipe, and Revit)

Qualifications

• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture

Skills

• Ability to work independently
• Effective communication and coordination skills
• Proficiency in Power Market Sector design software

Benefits

Join a company that values its employees and fosters a sense of belonging. HDR is committed to the principles of employment equity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in this posting.

Schedule

The schedule is Full-time.

Employee Status

The status is Regular.

Business Class

The business class is Substation Engineering.

Job Posting Date

The job posting date is Apr 27, 2026.

Additional Information

We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.