Substation Project Engineer – Power Delivery

HDR; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Substation Project Engineer to join our Power Delivery team in Rapid City, SD. You will perform physical substation, protection, and control engineering for HV utilities, handling 12kV through 500kV projects worldwide.

Working under PMs, you will design yard layouts, protection schemes, grounding and related systems, while coordinating with Civil/Structural and Network teams. PE licensed engineers with 3+ years in substation execution are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Minimum 3 years of project execution experience in substation design.

Responsibilities

• Understand physical substation design including yard layouts, plans, sections and details.
• Understand protection and control design including panel arrangements and wiring.
• Prepare calculations for grounding, lightning protection, load studies.
• Prepare equipment specifications for procurement and testing.
• Coordinate design activities with Civil/Structural, Networks, Transmission teams.
• Direct, mentor or supervise junior EITs/ Designers as needed.
• Support scopes, schedules and budgets to ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Project execution

Mentoring junior staff

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

PLS CAD

AutoCAD

Plant 3D

AutoPipe

Revit

Job description

HDR is seeking a Substation Project Engineer to join our Power Delivery team in Rapid City, SD. You will perform physical substation, protection, and control engineering for HV utilities, handling 12kV through 500kV projects worldwide.

Working under PMs, you will design yard layouts, protection schemes, grounding and related systems, while coordinating with Civil/Structural and Network teams. PE licensed engineers with 3+ years in substation execution are preferred.