Substation Engineer (PE) - High Voltage

Overview

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HDR is an employee-owned company that emphasizes a welcoming environment where everyone is valued and respected. HDR pursues diversity, equity, and inclusion in its work and communities. Read more about HDR and its story on the company site.

Responsibilities

• Support preparing scopes, schedules, and budgets, and ensure that schedules and budgets are met
• Understand physical substation design including yard layouts, plans, sections and details, grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, interior and exterior raceways, auxiliary AC / DC power systems, and associated bills of material
• Understand protection and control design including panel arrangements, one lines / single lines, three lines, AC / DC schematics, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring
• Prepare calculations for studies and reports (grounding, lighting protection, AC / DC load studies, etc.)
• Prepare equipment specifications for procurement and / or factory acceptance testing
• Coordinate design activities with other departments (Civil / Structural, Networks, Transmission Line, etc.)
• Effectively communicate and coordinate project activities with manager, clients, and others as needed
• Work independently and may direct, mentor, train, and / or supervise efforts of less-experienced EITs and / or Designers. Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

Required Qualifications

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other\'s life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic / Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.)

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada

Primary Location

United States-Arizona-Phoenix

Other Locations

United States-Arizona-Tucson, United States-Nevada-Las Vegas

Industry

Power

Schedule

Full-time

Employment Status

Regular

Business Class

Substation Engineering

Job Posting

Sep 3, 2025

This employer is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to criminal histories, arrest, or conviction records.

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