Senior Substation Physical Design Engineer

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Job Description

As a Senior Substation Physical Design Engineer at Olsson youll lead the physical design of highvoltage substations supporting data centers and missioncritical facilities. This role focuses on substation layouts equipment arrangement and constructabilitydelivering scalable reliable power solutions.

Youll lead designs from concept through construction partnering with clients utilities and multidisciplinary teams to deliver wellcoordinated buildable infrastructure.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead Physical Substation Design: Develop physical designs for highvoltage substations and switching stations including layouts equipment arrangement bus configurations grounding and site coordinationapplying utility standards and industry codes to ensure safe reliable and constructible solutions.
• Project Leadership from Concept to Construction: Lead projects through planning detailed design and construction support ensuring constructability coordination and schedule alignment through installation and commissioning.
• Client & Utility Collaboration: Partner with data center owners developers and utilities to define requirements and deliver power solutions that meet uptime capacity and future growth needs.
• Multidisciplinary Coordination: Work closely with protection & controls transmission distribution civil and structural teams to deliver fully integrated designs and provide technical leadership within project teams.
• Mentorship & Best Practices: Mentor engineers and designers while contributing to design standards process improvements and the continued growth of Olssons power delivery and data center portfolio.

• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to contribute and work well with a team.
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• A bachelors degree in Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.
• Eight or more years of progressive electrical engineering experience with a strong focus on physical substation design and power delivery infrastructure.
• Experience supporting largeload or missioncritical facilities (such as data centers industrial campuses or generation facilities) including coordination with utilities clients and multidisciplinary engineering teams.

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Olsson specializes in engineering and design client advisory services planning field services and environmental. Improving the world has been our mindset from the very beginning back when Olsson first opened for business in 1956. And it will be our mindset for years to come.

As an Olsson employee you will:

• Receive a competitive 401(k) match
• Be empowered to build your career with tailored development paths
• Have the possibility for flexible work arrangements
• Engage in work that has a positive impact on communities
• Participate in a wellness program promoting balanced lifestyles

In addition full-time employees will receive our traditional benefits package (health care vision dental paid time off etc.) and the opportunity to participate in a bonus system that rewards performance.

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