Serve as lead physical designer on assigned projects.
The Senior Designer works with minimal supervision and serves as a mentor to designers, junior engineers, and CAD technicians. This position collaborates with engineering and project management to ensure substation projects are executed on schedule, within budget, and according to applicable standards and client specifications.
Deliver high-quality, constructible design drawings and documents through all project phases (concept, preliminary, IFC, and as-built).
Oversee preparation of drawing review sets and final construction packages.
Develop complete physical substation design packages with limited supervision.
Recommend and implement improvements to substation design processes and tools.
Produce general arrangement drawings, elevation views, grounding, conduit plans, cable schedules, and bill of materials.
Stay current with industry codes, client standards, drawings, and best practices.
Perform QA/QC checks on design packages to ensure accuracy and compliance with standards.
Conduct site visits to gather field data, support construction, and assist with close-out documentation.
Participate in development of scope, cost estimates, and project schedules.
Participate in project meetings and design reviews to resolve issues.
Design for projects including bus additions, equipment upgrades, breaker/transformer installations, relay upgrades, RTU installations, and new substations.
Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and training to junior designers, design engineers, and CAD technicians.
Support engineering with one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, equipment layouts, and connection details.
Coordinate with Project Engineers, Project Managers, utility personnel, vendors, manufacturers’ representatives, and field construction teams.
The Senior Physical Substation Designer is responsible for leading and producing physical design packages for high-voltage utility substations (distribution and transmission). This role focuses on the development of detailed physical layouts, one-line and three-line diagrams, plan & section drawings, wiring diagrams, material lists, and associated construction deliverables.
Ensure design intent is appropriately communicated to field personnel.
Experience working in utility, EPC, or consulting engineering environments.
Working knowledge of substation components, equipment clearances, grounding, conduit design, and cable routing.
Proficiency with CAD platforms (AutoCAD, MicroStation, or similar).
Physical Substation Design
Associate degree in Drafting/Design, Engineering Technology, or equivalent experience in utility substation design
Demonstrated ability to independently produce complete substation physical design packages.
Familiarity with 3D modeling tools (Inventor, Revit, Civil 3D, etc.).
7+ years of physical substation design experience (transmission and/or distribution).
(Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering preferred but not required for this Senior Designer role)
