Power Engineer

Our client, and Engineering consulting firm, is seeking a direct hire Power Engineer to join their team. As a Power Engineer, you will be part of the Power Engineering team supporting high-voltage substation and transmission line design work for Oil & Gas and Industrial clients. May reside in Houston, TX or Alpharetta, GA.

Job Title:Power Engineer

Location:Houston, Texas

Pay Range:$125000 - $160000 base DOE plus bonuses, benefits, etc.

What's the Job?

• Develop and update one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, and wiring diagrams for substations.
• Create general arrangement layouts, equipment plans, sections, elevations, and foundation interface drawings, including conduit plans, cable schedules, trench details, and control building layouts.
• Produce grounding-related deliverables such as ground grid layout drawings, grounding connections, and support implementation of grounding studies.
• Support transmission line design by creating plan & profile drawings, structure loading trees, structure framing drawings, and sag-tension modeling (PLS-CADD preferred).
• Perform design redlines, QC checks, and contribute to QA/QC reviews and IFC/as-built design package support while ensuring compliance with IEEE, NESC, and client/utility standards.

What's Needed?

• 8–10 years of electrical design experience in high-voltage (HV/EHV) substations and Medium Voltage and transmission line (TL) projects.
• Strong knowledge of 115–500 kV substation design, including equipment layouts, one-lines/three-lines, control and protection schematic drafting, grounding plans, lighting, conduit/cable routing, and bus layouts.
• Demonstrated experience preparing plan & profile, structure lists, sag-tension, and conductor selection for TL projects (PLS-CADD preferred).
• Proficiency with industry CAD tools such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, or SDS – Substation Design Suite, and PLS-CADD/PLS-Pole/PLS-Tower (preferred); Revit is optional but beneficial.
• Working knowledge of line and station equipment (breakers, switches, CCVTs, CTs/PTs, wave traps, line terminals, insulators, arresters, structures, foundations, trenching, grounding) and the ability to interpret engineering sketches, specs, and vendor drawings.

What's in it for me?

• Opportunity to contribute to complex, high-impact power delivery infrastructure through detailed substation and transmission line design.
• Clear standards-driven work with structured QA/QC checkpoints (30%, 60%, 90%, IFC) and design checklists/templates.
• Hands-on collaboration with electrical, civil/structural, permitting/environmental, and procurement/vendor stakeholders.
• Use of industry-standard tools and deliverables, including IFC design packages, bid packages, and as-builts.
• Weekly touchpoints with the project team to align on priorities and deliverables.

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