Senior Civil Structural Engineer – Substations & Foundations

Qualus Corporation; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Qualus is seeking a Senior Civil Structural Engineer to power our future in the Engineering department. The role focuses on designing mat and pier foundations for substation structures and a range of substation components, ensuring quality and cost targets align with client standards and internal QA/QC practices.

You will also handle general substation designs, including equipment supports, overhead towers, and related layouts, elevation views, grading, fence plans, and material bills.

Qualifications

• Bachelors of Science or Masters in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited institution.
• 8-10 years of experience performing civil structural engineering calculations.
• 7+ years of substation experience.
• Proficient with drafting programs such as AutoCAD and MicroStation a plus.
• Professional Engineering certificate.
• Experience in transmission, distribution and generating stations is a plus.
• Must have strong analytical and computer skills. Must be able to identify necessary software to complete needed design work.

Responsibilities

• Develop overall conceptual design plans in the initial development phase of new projects.
• Work with renewable energy developers and other clients with support specific to schedules and cost estimates.
• Design foundations using commercially available software such as LPILE.
• Develop steel structure models for rigid bus and equipment supports.
• Perform company’s Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) processes.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with our external business partners; Present information and respond to questions from individual or groups of clients.
• Direct and/or participate in client meetings/job site visits to collect or deliver design and engineering data.
• Mentor less experienced staff on a wide range of technical and project management skills.
• Coordinate with other engineering disciplines.

Skills

Analytical skills

Client coordination

Mentoring

Communication

Education

ABET-accredited B.S./M.S. in Civil Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

LPILE

Job description

Qualus is seeking a Senior Civil Structural Engineer to power our future in the Engineering department. The role focuses on designing mat and pier foundations for substation structures and a range of substation components, ensuring quality and cost targets align with client standards and internal QA/QC practices.

You will also handle general substation designs, including equipment supports, overhead towers, and related layouts, elevation views, grading, fence plans, and material bills.