Senior Electrical Engineer — Substations, Power & Energy

Job overview

The Senior Electrical Engineer — Substations, Power & Energy role is listed as onsite in Denver, CO, with a base pay range of $110,000–$165,000 per year, plus bonus and benefits. Atwell’s Power & Energy team supports power generation and delivery projects, including renewable energy and utility infrastructure. The engineer supports high-voltage substation design and engineering, contributing to physical design, protection and controls, or both. The role carries engineering tasks from project kickoff through design-package completion, coordinates with multidisciplinary teams, prepares technical deliverables, and provides support during procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.

What you'll do

• Support high-voltage substation design for utility, renewable, and power-delivery projects
• contribute to physical design and protection and controls packages
• lead or support engineering tasks through design-package completion
• coordinate with civil, structural, SCADA, relay, and project management teams
• prepare drawings, calculations, specifications, reports, and client documents
• support procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup
• occasionally travel for field walkdowns, client meetings, factory acceptance testing, or construction support.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior electrical engineer

substations

power & energy

high-voltage design

protection & controls

renewable energy

power delivery

scada

denver co

atwell

$110k–$165k/year

bonus

abet electrical engineering

occasional travel

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible schedules for some positions, bonuses, 401(k) match, tuition assistance, student loan repayment, licensing and certification support, wellness reimbursement, dependent care match, medical, dental, vision, family planning and IVF benefits, pet insurance, and other insurance and assistance programs.

Why this role

Work may span physical substation design and protection and controls engineering for utility and renewable energy projects.

About the employer

Atwell, LLC is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.