Substation Design Engineer

Churchill Hughes; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Churchill Hughes is seeking a substation design engineer in Texas. You will contribute to physical and electrical design, focusing on layouts, grounding, and protection schemes for substations and associated infrastructure.

You will specify equipment like transformers and breakers, and prepare construction packages with support through energisation. Texas-based or willing to relocate is required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of substation physical or electrical design.
• AutoCAD or MicroStation; grounding tools such as CDEGS a plus.
• PE or working towards it.

Responsibilities

• Physical substation design: layouts, grounding, lightning protection, conduit and cable.
• Equipment specification: transformers, breakers, switches.
• Construction packages and support through energisation.

Skills

4+ years substation design

PE or pursuing

Education

PE license in progress

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

CDEGS grounding tools

Job description

Substation work in Texas is at a record level across utilities, renewables, BESS and data centres. Churchill Hughes places substation engineers with the owners and EPCs doing that work.

What the role involves:

• Physical substation design: layouts, grounding, lightning protection, conduit and cable
• Equipment specification: transformers, breakers, switches
• Construction packages and support through energisation

What you'll bring:

• 4+ years of substation physical or electrical design
• AutoCAD or MicroStation; grounding tools such as CDEGS a plus
• PE or working towards it
• Texas based or ready to relocate