# Senior Substation Designer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Minneapolis, MN
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $95,500 - $116,700
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking a Senior Substation Designer for their Minneapolis, MN office.

The successful candidate will be involved in projects with the Power & Energy Substation Team, providing technical design and CADD support to engineers and project managers to produce designs and specifications on electrical utility substation projects.

Responsibilities include:

- Generating CADD designs for assigned projects of moderate- to larger-scale, scope, and/or complexity

- Producing accurate and concise design phase deliverables, including reports, technical memoranda, design manuals, plans and profiles, models, sections, details, specifications, and material lists

- Ensuring deliverables meet or exceed acceptable industry standards for design, accuracy, and functionality

- Collaborating with engineers to resolve design details or discrepancies

- Providing routine technical design assistance, including proper illustration, fit, form, and function using geometric dimensioning, tolerance, and quantity calculations

- Verifying calculations, design, change orders, and interpreting contract plans and specifications

- Working with cross-functional teams, including electrical, structural, and civil disciplines

- Ensuring plans adhere to applicable utility standards, local jurisdiction requirements, and state and federal regulations

Requirements:

- High School Diploma

- Minimum of 9 years of relevant post-education experience in design support, preferably on electrical utility or substation projects

- Knowledge of drafting and design support principles, practices, processes, methods, and techniques

- Familiarity with relevant codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements

- Ability to make technical computations and calculations involving geometry and mathematical concepts

- Analytical mindset with sound judgement in evaluating situations and making decisions

- Competent interpersonal and communication skills

- Proficient self-leadership with attention to detail, accuracy, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s Degree in a closely related discipline

- Professional licensure/certification

- Prior experience supporting substation or power delivery design projects

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

Compensation:

- Expected Salary: $95,500 - $116,700

## Skills

### Required
- CADD design
- electrical utility substation projects
- technical design
- geometric dimensioning
- tolerance calculations

### Nice to have
- substation design
- power delivery design projects

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