Job Summary

Hargrove is currently hiring a licensed Professional Electrical Engineer (PE) with deep experience in high-voltage substation systems to join our growing team. This role focuses on the physical design, analysis, and execution of electrical substations up to 345kV, supporting projects from conceptual planning through construction and commissioning. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise, leadership capability, and a commitment to quality, safety, and mentoring junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform physical design of electrical substations in accordance with applicable codes, standards, and client requirements, including:

  • General arrangement drawings

  • Equipment, electrical, and control building layouts

  • Elevation views

  • Cable trench design

  • Equipment grounding and ground grids

  • Lightning protection systems

  • Conduit and cable tray drawings

  • AC and DC power systems

  • Area lighting systems

  • Bills of Materials

• Perform electrical calculations, studies, and analysis, including:

  • Touch and step voltage analysis

  • Substation grounding calculations

  • Pre- and post-energization harmonic studies

  • Short circuit studies

  • Mechanical force calculations on bus bars due to fault currents

  • Load flow and reactive power flow analysis

  • Harmonic filter analysis

  • NERC compliance analysis

  • Protective relay coordination

  • Transient analysis

  • Slack-span calculations for transmission line spans

  • Corona performance studies

• Develop equipment and material specifications for outdoor switchyard equipment with operating voltages up to 345kV

• Create procurement specifications and design scopes for engineered electrical equipment, including:

  • Vacuum and SF₆ circuit breakers

  • Motor-operated and gang-operated manual switches

  • Potential transformers (PTs) and current transformers (CTs)

  • Station service transformers

  • Insulators and surge arresters

  • Station service battery systems

• Review, integrate, and manage vendor drawings and technical data

• Coordinate with vendors to ensure timely and quality delivery of drawings, materials, and equipment per project schedules

• Complete conceptual and preliminary designs for planning and estimating purposes

• Prepare supporting documentation for procurement, construction, and operations/maintenance activities

• Participate in and/or lead client meetings and job site visits to gather and communicate engineering data

• Follow Hargrove’s QA/QC program to ensure compliance across all design packages

• Mentor and support the development of less experienced engineers and designers in substation design

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

• Professional Engineer (PE) license required

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in substation physical design

• Proven experience with high-voltage systems up to 345kV

• Strong document management, organization, and quality control skills

• Exceptional attention to detail

• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Software Experience

Candidates should have working knowledge of, or experience with, the following tools:

• AutoCAD and/or AutoCAD Electrical

• Bentley MicroStation

• ETAP, SKM PowerTools, or ASPEN OneLiner

• CYMCAP

• PLS-CADD (or similar transmission line analysis software)

• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel,