Senior Substation Physical Designer

WorleyParsons; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

WorleyParsons is seeking a Senior Substation Physical Designer to provide essential design services for high voltage substations. You will prepare detailed electrical drawings and work collaboratively within the Power Networks team while maintaining quality assurance.

The ideal candidate should have an associate degree in electrical design and proficiency in AutoCAD and MicroStation, alongside strong interpersonal skills. This full-time role is based in Reading, PA, and may require site visits.

Qualifications

• Competent understanding of regulations, electrical codes, and industry practices.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and MicroStation.
• Self-motivated and organized with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare scaled electrical drawings for substation projects.
• Develop design drawing packages and ensure quality assurance.
• Work closely with engineers and manage multiple projects.

Skills

AutoCAD proficiency

MicroStation proficiency

Understanding of electrical codes

Interpersonal communication skills

Ability to work independently

Education

Associate Degree in Electrical Design/Drafting

Tools

3D CAD software

Job description

Job Description – Senior Substation Physical Designer (REA00MA)

Senior Substation Physical Designer – REA00MA

Company: Worley

Job Type: Electrical

Schedule: Full-time

Employment Type: Employee

Unposting Date: Sep 17, 2026

Reporting Manager Title: Department Manager, Electrical Engineering

Purpose

You will provide transmission line design services to Worley and its Customers as an integral part of the Power Networks team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare scaled physical electrical drawings for high voltage substation projects such as one line diagrams, general arrangements, plan views and elevation views, grounding plans and details, conduit plans and details, with minimal amount of supervision and engineering input.
• Develop a complete design drawing package for checking or check the design drawing packages prepared by others.
• Interface with other disciplines in the development of the drawing package.
• Create and/or review bills of material, conduit, and cable schedules for ubstation projects.
• Work closely with engineers and other disciplines to ensure coordinated design systems.
• Read and interpret vendor supplied drawings, construction specifications and other project related documents.
• Works in a team environment, takes direction from the lead engineer and creates project drawings.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Work at times with limited direction and have the ability to assist with conceptualizing layouts using go-by information.
• Effective technical and practical electrical design and drafting skills ability to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work to Worley and its clients.
• Ability to travel to job sites to perform site walkdown.
• Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable drawing standards and responsible for the proper document management procedures are followed.
• Ability to complete tasks in accordance with project procedures, applicable codes and/or standards, on schedule and within budget.

Qualifications

Technical and Industry Experience

• Has a competent understanding of regulations, electrical codes, manufacturing standards and industry standard practices.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and MicroStation. 3D CAD is a plus.
• Proficiency with the manipulation of scaled vector and raster drawing files in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation.
• Ability to understand and implement a wide range of client CAD standards.
• Familiarity with electrical design codes and standards.
• Familiarity with MS Office (Word, Excel and Access).
• Candidate must be self-motivated, organized, and be able to work independently.
• Ideal candidate should have strong interpersonal and written communication skills that permit working efficiently alongside senior substation engineers and designers in a team setting.

Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training

Required:

• Associate Degree or Diploma in Electrical Design / Drafting with discipline specific training.
• Substation design and familiarity is required.

Preferred:

• Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in electrical design and drafting.