Substation Physical Design Engineer

About Halker:

Halker is a growing, Colorado-based engineering and consulting firm helping solve complex challenges across the energy industry. Named a 2026 Colorado Companies to Watch winner, we’re proud to be recognized not only for where we’re going, but for the team and culture we’ve built along the way.

At Halker, people are our business. Our engineers, designers, project professionals, and business teams work side by side on meaningful, technically challenging projects across oil & gas, power, and environmental markets. You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with experienced leaders, build your expertise, bring forward new ideas, and see the impact of your work.

We’re growing, and that creates opportunity for our clients, our business, and especially our people. If you want to do meaningful work, keep growing in your career, and have a real voice in what comes next, we’d like to meet you.

About the Role:

We are seeking a skilled Substation Physical Design Engineer who will be responsible for designing and developing physical layouts, equipment arrangements, and construction packages for electrical substations. This position is responsible for developing engineering drawings, equipment layouts, material specifications, and construction packages that ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of electrical power systems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and support the physical design of new and existing substations ranging from distribution through high-voltage facilities, ensuring compliance with client, utility, industry, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop substation physical layouts, equipment arrangement plans, elevation views, sections, and detailed construction drawings for greenfield, brownfield, expansion, and modernization projects.
• Prepare and review engineering design packages including general arrangements, plan and profile drawings, grounding plans, conduit and cable trench layouts, raceway systems, foundation drawings, and material lists.
• Perform substation equipment layout and clearance studies to ensure compliance with applicable safety standards, electrical clearances, and constructability requirements.
• Develop specifications and engineering documentation for major substation equipment, including power transformers, circuit breakers, disconnect switches, instrument transformers, capacitor banks, reactors, bus systems, and associated support structures.
• Conduct engineering calculations related to bus clearances, equipment placement, cable routing, grounding system design, and station constructability
• Participate in design reviews, interdisciplinary coordination meetings, client meetings, and technical discussions to ensure project objectives and customer requirements are achieved.
• Ensure designs comply with applicable codes, standards, and industry practices, including IEEE, NEC, NESC, utility specifications, and client-specific engineering standards.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in Substation or Power Distribution physical design.
• Preferred: Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Compensation (i.e. Base Salary) is negotiable and shall be offered commensurate with experience.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and other Health Benefits
• 401K Program with Company Match
• Work alongside industry-leading talent, with a flexible working environment and fast-growing company

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