# Early Career Substation Assistant Electrical Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Fort Worth, TX
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking an Early Career Substation Assistant Electrical Engineer for their Fort Worth, Texas office.

As an Early Career Substation Assistant Electrical Engineer, you will be involved in projects with the Power Delivery Substation Team, providing local technical assistance for due diligence, investigation, remediation, impact assessment, permitting, design, development, and construction of utility, industrial, and commercial scale projects.

Responsibilities:

- Assist with collecting, compiling, and analysing data relating to substation components, equipment specifications, and design processes.

- Perform basic professional electrical engineering work relating to the design of substations, power distribution, and protection and control systems.

- Provide entry-level technical assistance on various design requirements, equipment sizing, and cabling.

- Assist with verifying site characteristics and providing basic technical assistance on engineering, design, testing, maintenance, and construction procedures.

- Develop electrical calculations for loads, equipment sizing, and power distribution.

- Generate accurate and concise documentation using electronic systems, drawings, and field notebooks.

- Comply with safety guidelines and site-specific procedures.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.

- 0 to 1 year of relevant post-education experience.

- Excellent research skills with analytical mindset.

- General understanding of electrical engineering as applied in design engineering of large capital projects.

- Familiarity with relevant engineering and electrical construction laws, codes, regulations, and compliance practices.

- Competent interpersonal and communication skills.

- Proficient self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritisation of responsibilities.

- Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, and tools.

- Familiarity with discipline-specific design software, such as AutoCADD electrical.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Engineer in Training Certification.

- Prior internship related to the degree of study and the specific engineering discipline.

- Active participation in local professional practice organisations.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- design engineering
- power distribution
- protection and control systems
- AutoCADD electrical

### Nice to have
- Engineer in Training Certification
- internship related to electrical engineering
- local professional practice organisations

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