Substation Designer

HDR; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 40,239 - 57,487; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Substation Designer in Sacramento, CA to provide design support for various substation engineering projects. The successful candidate will perform CAD design tasks including engineering drawings and calculations for electrical substations. You should have 5+ years of experience as a CAD Technician, proficiency in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation, and a strong attention to detail. HDR offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and life insurance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years working as a CAD Technician.
• Experience in Protection and Control, Physical aspects of High Voltage Substation design.
• Ability to lead and mentor less experienced CADD Staff.

Responsibilities

• Perform substation design tasks and prepare engineering drawings.
• Conduct calculations, reports, and designs for electrical substations.
• Communicate with Project Managers and Engineers.

Skills

CADD design

Electrical Substation Design

AutoCAD

MicroStation

Attention to detail

Microsoft Office

Education

Associate or technical school degree

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

InRoads

Job description

HDR Engineering is seeking a Substation Designer to join our growing, nationally ranked Power Delivery team. The successful candidate will provide design support for large and small scale substation engineering projects and will play a key role in reliable, resilient, and sustainable power systems.

Responsibilities

• Work independently to perform substation design tasks, including CADD design, develop design drawings and documents, modeling and/or analysis, prepare material lists, perform field reviews, and other tasks for simple to moderately complex projects.
• Prepare engineering drawings, including One Line Diagrams, General Arrangement Sections, Grounding & Conduit Plans, Foundation Plans, Material Lists (BOM), Relay and Control Systems Schematics, and Wiring Diagrams.
• Perform calculations, reports, and designs for electrical substations (Low, Medium and High Voltage) and substation systems to support engineers.
• Understand client standards and complete small to moderately complex projects, exercising judgment in design criteria, evaluation, and design, subject to review by engineers.
• Based upon experience, perform most design responsibilities without assistance on simple projects, and may work independently, but with some engineering guidance on moderately complex projects.
• Communicate with Project Managers, Project Engineers, and client personnel.

Qualifications

• Experience in both the Protection and Control (Indoor) and Physical (Outdoor) aspects of High Voltage (HV) Substation design.
• Previous experience with an architectural/engineering or engineering consulting firm preferred.

Required Qualifications

• Associate or technical school degree, or combination of education and relevant experience.
• A minimum of 5 years working as a CAD Technician.
• Proficiency using AutoCAD and/or MicroStation, and InRoads.
• Experience using Microsoft Office in production workflows.
• Ability to be a lead technician and work closely with less experienced CADD Staff.
• Strong attention to detail and organization skills.
• Intermediate or Advanced understanding of engineering or architectural concepts, workflows, and deliverables.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must.

Benefits

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, health, performance, and success, including medical, dental, vision, short‑term and long‑term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement. Compensation ranges from $22.44 to $32.06 per hour in Washington, $29.21 to $41.73 in California, and varies by skills, experience, education, and location.

Equal Employment Opportunity

HDR is committed to employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest, and conviction records. (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer)