Substation Design Engineer

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🕒 October 8

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍🔧 Mechanical Engineer

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2006

💼 Consulting

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Manufacturing • Logistics

Halker is an engineering and project services firm focused on energy infrastructure and environmental compliance. The company provides multidisciplinary engineering (process, mechanical, power and resiliency, electrical/instrumentation & control, civil/structural), automation/SCADA, drafting, operations support, and EPCM project services including project management and procurement. Halker serves oil & gas (upstream, midstream, downstream), power (generation, interconnections, renewables, data centers), and environmental projects (monitoring, sustainability coordination, landfill monitoring), working as a B2B partner to utilities, developers, and energy companies. Headquartered in Centennial, CO, the firm highlights decades of experience and portfolio metrics (500+ facilities and 100+ wells engineered in the past 10 years; 3+ GW of power infrastructure designed).

📋 Description

• Lead and support the physical design of new and existing substations from distribution through high-voltage facilities • Ensure compliance with client, utility, industry, and regulatory requirements • Develop physical layouts, equipment arrangement plans, elevation views, sections, and detailed construction drawings for greenfield, brownfield, expansion, and modernization projects • Prepare and review engineering design packages, including general arrangements, plan and profile drawings, grounding plans, conduit and cable trench layouts, raceway systems, foundation drawings, and material lists • Perform substation equipment layout and clearance studies • Develop specifications and engineering documentation for major substation equipment, including power transformers, circuit breakers, disconnect switches, instrument transformers, capacitor banks, reactors, bus systems, and support structures • Conduct engineering calculations for bus clearances, equipment placement, cable routing, grounding system design, and station constructability • Participate in design reviews, interdisciplinary coordination meetings, client meetings, and technical discussions • Ensure designs comply with applicable codes, standards, industry practices, utility specifications, and client-specific engineering standards

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering • 5+ years of experience in Substation or Power Distribution physical design • Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain preferred • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent communication and documentation abilities • Knowledge of IEEE, NEC, NESC, utility specifications, and client-specific engineering standards • Ability to develop substation physical layouts, equipment arrangements, engineering drawings, material specifications, and construction packages • Ability to perform equipment layout and clearance studies • Ability to conduct engineering calculations related to bus clearances, equipment placement, cable routing, grounding system design, and station constructability

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and other Health Benefits • 401K Program with Company Match • Flexible working environment • Work alongside industry-leading talent • Fast-growing company

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