# Substation Senior Project Engineer

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

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## Description

WSP is currently seeking a Substation Senior Project Engineer for their Ft. Worth, Texas office.

This role provides technical and design leadership within the Power & Energy Substations Business Unit to ensure substation electrical engineering subject matter expertise, substation design, high-voltage (HV) and medium-voltage (MV) systems, relay protection & control (P&C), SCADA integration, and power system studies are effectively applied across technical deliverables and utility infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide proactive and strategic leadership for the electrical engineering discipline, including substation design, high-voltage (HV) systems, medium-voltage (MV) systems, relay protection & control (P&C), SCADA/automation, and power delivery (T&D).

- Perform electrical engineering reviews of permit applications, substation design packages, one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, protection schemes, wiring schematics, grounding plans, and equipment specifications.

- Lead large-scale, complex substation and infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment on scope, schedule, and deliverables; manage project budgets, cost tracking, resource planning, and forecasting.

- Drive business development and project execution for electrical infrastructure, substation, and transmission & distribution (T&D) projects within the region.

- Lead technical aspects of client presentations, technical proposals, and stakeholder meetings.

- Support long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development for power delivery and electrical engineering services.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or related field (Power Systems focus preferred) or equivalent experience in substation engineering and power delivery.

- 12+ years of relevant experience in electrical engineering, substation design, and infrastructure development for capital projects across power generation, transmission, and distribution (T&D) within utility, EPC, industrial, or commercial environments.

- Professional Engineer (PE) License (multi-state preferred).

- Advanced proficiency with electrical engineering principles, including power systems analysis, relay protection & control (P&C), grounding, short circuit analysis, load flow studies, coordination studies, and application to design-build (EPC) and permitting activities.

- Advanced proficiency with infrastructure and substation design, including AIS/GIS substations, high-voltage (HV) and medium-voltage (MV) systems, bus configurations, transformer sizing, and equipment layout.

- Strong working knowledge of electrical codes and standards (IEEE, NEC, NESC), OSHA/NFPA safety regulations, and applicable federal, state, and local permitting requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Master’s Degree in Engineering.

- Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Substation Design
- Power Systems Analysis
- Relay Protection & Control
- SCADA Integration
- Project Management
- AutoCAD
- MicroStation
- Revit
- Aspen (OneLiner)
- ETAP
- CAPE
- CYME
- PSCAD
- SKM PowerTools
- WinIGS
- Inventor

### Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in Engineering
- Document Management
- Discipline-Specific Deliverables
- Certifications
- Processes
- Plans

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