Senior Substation Engineer 1 - Grid
$84,762–$129,498 year
HybridMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Job Summary
Lead project conceptualization, work planning, and execution for high voltage substation projects while investigating, troubleshooting, and solving complex electrical engineering issues. Prepare clear technical reports meeting client requirements and S&L formats, and review design drawings created by others. Develop substation single line diagrams, relaying & metering diagrams, DC schematics, and grounding plans using AutoCAD and proficiency with MS Office. Manage multiple projects under budget and time constraints, tracking schedules and expenditures against budgets. Lead teams in applying modern tools and AI to automate workflows and reduce rework. Travel to client sites as needed. This hybrid role requires three days in the office with a relocation package available.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science Engineering degree
- 5 or more years of experience in the design of Medium Voltage Power Systems
- Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple projects under budget and time constraints
- Experience tracking project information such as: schedules and expenditures against budgets, preparing status reports and client interface
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
- Experience in reviewing design drawings created by others
- Proficiency with MS Office applications
- Ability to travel to client sites as needed
- Expectation of spending three days a week in the office
- Willingness or ability to lead others in taking engineering problems from issue to solution by setting expectations for using data and modern tools such as automation and AI
- Leadership in directing automation and process-improvement work
- Ability to oversee engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks
Desired Qualifications
- A Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering degree
- A degree from an ABET accredited engineering program
- 3 or more years of experience in the design of substations 138kV and above
- Ability to prepare substation grounding calculations, direct stroke shielding calculations, battery & charger sizing calculations, etc.
- Physical layout and protection & controls experience
- Ability to work with Designer to develop substation single line diagrams, relaying & metering diagrams, DC schematic diagrams, substation plan & sections, grounding plans, etc.
- Familiarity with ANSI/IEEE/NEMA standards as they relate to substation design
- PE license
- AutoCAD experience
- Additional learning, such as a minor, certificate, or other experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields that enables effective oversight of automation and agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows
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