# Substation Physical Designer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Duluth, GA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is currently seeking a Substation Physical Designer for our Duluth, GA office. As a Substation Physical Designer, you will be involved in projects with our Power & Energy Substation Team, providing technical design and CADD support to produce designs and specifications for power and energy electrical infrastructure services.

Responsibilities:

- Assist with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from physical work sites, surveys, structural concepts, blueprints, and technical drawings to support substation physical design and drawing development activities.

- Use computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) software to prepare substation physical drawings, including general arrangement/layouts, equipment plans, grounding plans, and conduit/cable routing.

- Provide basic technical design assistance, ensuring proper illustration, fit, form, and function using geometric dimensioning, tolerance, and quantity calculations.

- Verify calculations, design changes, and interpret contract plans and specifications.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and ensure plans adhere to applicable codes, standards, and client/utility requirements.

- Prepare multiple versions of designs for review by engineers.

Requirements:

- High school diploma.

- Minimum of 3 years of relevant post-education experience in a substation design role supporting physical design for electrical power transmission and distribution projects.

- Familiarity with drafting and design support principles, practices, and techniques.

- Excellent research and evaluation skills with an analytical mindset.

- Capable interpersonal and communication skills.

- Ability to work independently under general supervision and as part of a team.

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.

- Retirement savings.

- Paid sick leave.

- Paid vacation.

- Paid parental leave.

- Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and naturalization proceedings.

## Skills

### Required
- CADD
- substation physical design
- electrical power transmission
- distribution projects
- drafting
- design support
- geometric dimensioning
- tolerance calculations

### Nice to have
- AutoCAD
- AutoCAD Electrical
- MicroStation
- substation physical design deliverables

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