Substation Engineer — Physical Design

Job overview

The Substation Engineer — Physical Design role is remote-optional, with a hybrid option at the company’s St. Louis, MO headquarters; annual compensation is $100,000–$140,000. CDG Engineers provides multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, planning, and construction administration services. The engineer designs and implements electrical infrastructure projects, including new substations and expansions. The work applies technical expertise to transmission and distribution challenges and involves preparing and reviewing design drawings and coordinating with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

What you'll do

• Design physical layouts for new substations and expansions
• work with substation equipment arrangements, grounding, lightning protection, and control house design
• prepare and review drawings and equipment plans
• coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams and protection-and-control design interfaces
• apply relevant NESC, IEEE, ANSI, and utility-specific standards.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

substation engineer

physical design

cdg engineers

remote optional

hybrid option

st. louis mo

electrical infrastructure

transmission and distribution

substation design

autocad

microstation

pe license

$100k–$140k annually

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting allows remote work or a hybrid arrangement at the St. Louis headquarters and states that visa sponsorship is not offered.

About the employer

CDG-EAP is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.