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Substation Engineer

Direct Hire: Chicago, Illinois, US

Salary Range: 80000.00 - 89998.00 | Per Annum

Job Code: 365851

End Date: 2025-12-12

Job Status: Expired

This Job is no longer accepting applications

Title: Substation Engineer
Duration: Full-Time
Location: Chicago, IL
Salary Range: 80k/yr - 90k/yr

Responsibilities:

  • Perform Engineering support tasks such as relay burden, lighting, load flow, and short circuit calculations with minimal supervision
  • Apply engineering application software to complete engineering tasks such as ground grid design, relay coordination, transformer sizing, and load flow and short circuit studies with minimal supervision
  • Review project Schedules and work with a project engineer to ensure projects remain on schedule
  • Apply engineering standards, including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE, and ANSI
  • Communicate and coordinate project activities with the project engineer, customer representatives, and others as needed
  • Spend time at job sites to gain hands-on knowledge and additional training in substation construction and design

Required Skills:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree, from an accredited university. Familiarity with electrical relays currently utilized in the electric power utility industry
  • Experience in the application of relays and metering in an electrical substation at 138kV and above
  • Experience in the design of electrical schematics for relay applications and control systems
  • Experience in the design of connection drawings and cabling
    Relay coordination experience is a plus
  • Strong knowledge of AC/DC fundamentals

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually – as applicable.

Job Requirement
  • High Voltage
  • AC/DC
  • Substation
  • Designing
Reach Out to a Recruiter
  • Recruiter
  • Email
  • Phone
  • Sanchej Waghmare
  • sanchej.waghmare@collabera.com
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