Substation Designer

Join a team that does more than generate and deliver electricity through its work; join a team that powers growth and advances communities. Seeing beyond the project at hand, you’ll work with us to advance the industry and build your career. We operate with the strength of a $3B company but have the agility of a specialized power group. We work on some of the most challenging and cutting-edge projects around the world. Whether helping to define microgrids, pushing the boundaries on clean energy or grid modernization, you’ll find yourself working with leaders in transmission & distribution, thermal generation, and renewable energy in one of the world’s top 10 design firms, broadening your skills and developing your career.

Your Opportunity

Our Edmonton office is looking to fill the role of a Power System Designer Drafter. Reporting to the Substation Engineer, this position offers you the opportunity to work in a project team environment with other engineers and designers involved in the detailed electrical design and project management of high voltage substation and power projects.

The successful candidate will be working in the areas of power distribution and air & gas insulated substation engineering & design from the 5kV to 500kV levels. The candidate should be interested in developing an understanding of substation components, substation layout and related electrical studies (clearance, grounding, isolation etc.), rigid bus design, work planning, coordination, reporting, cost estimating. The successful candidate will have an interest in developing installation details.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing engineering drawings of HV substation physical engineering design and details
• Prepare reports that present technical and project information in a clear and concise manner and meet client requirements
• Preparation of Electrical Physical design packages consisting of One-line, Site Plan, Electrical Plan & Sections, Grounding Plan & Details, Conduit Plan & Details, Control House Plan, Control House Grounding Plan & Details, Lighting Plan, Lightning Protection Plan and Bill of material (BOM)
• Coordinate with designers and engineers of other disciplines to complete deliverables
• Interpret and incorporate vendor information into design deliverables
• Perform QA/QC of electrical engineering design packages
• Provide regular progress updates related to deliverables on project
• Growing knowledge of substation equipment engineering
• Development of Project Estimates
• Interfacing directly with clients and directing work for a team