Senior Substation Physical Design Engineer

Role overview Lead physical design for high-voltage substations and switching stations that serve data centers and other mission-critical facilities. You will guide projects from early concepts through construction support, producing coordinated, buildable power infrastructure that can meet current capacity and future growth needs.

Responsibilities - Develop substation layouts, equipment arrangements, bus configurations, grounding, and site coordination plans. - Apply utility standards and industry codes to support safe, reliable, constructible designs. - Lead project planning, detailed design, and construction support, coordinating schedules through installation and commissioning. - Work with facility owners, developers, utilities, and engineering disciplines to define requirements and deliver integrated designs. - Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers and designers, and contribute to design standards and process improvements.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in engineering. - Professional Engineer (PE) license. - At least 8 years of progressive electrical engineering experience, focused on physical substation design and power delivery. - Experience supporting large-load or mission-critical facilities, such as data centers, industrial campuses, or generation facilities. - Strong communication, interpersonal, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. - Ability to coordinate with utilities, clients, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Benefits and work setup - The listed Colorado salary range is $120,000–$177,000; actual compensation varies with experience, qualifications, location, skills, education, and internal equity. - Full-time benefits include health, vision, dental, paid time off, a 401(k) match, wellness programming, career development, and potential performance bonuses. Flexible work arrangements may be available.