Senior Substation Engineer

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Your new role As our new Senior Substation Engineer, you will be the technical anchor and subject matter expert for medium and high voltage substation design projects across a diverse and growing client base. You will lead engineering efforts from early concept and feasibility through detailed design and construction support, working closely with project managers, clients, and multidisciplinary design teams. Your role will combine hands-on engineering with mentorship and technical leadership, helping to elevate the quality of our substation practice while delivering on a pipeline of challenging, high-profile projects. Your key responsibilities will be: - Lead and perform electrical engineering design for medium and high voltage substation projects, including equipment specification and selection, single-line development, protection and control design, and layout optimization - Develop and review technical reports, engineering specifications, calculations, and design packages for substation facilities - Perform and review electrical engineering calculations, including short circuit analysis, overcurrent protection coordination, and arc flash studies using industry-standard software - Develop substation relay settings and protection schemes, ensuring compliance with applicable utility and interconnection requirements - Provide engineering support during construction, including shop drawing review, RFI responses, site inspections, and punch list development - Serve as technical reviewer and quality lead for work products developed by other engineers, ensuring compliance with NEC, NESC, ANSI/IEEE, and applicable utility standards - Contribute to the on-going development of substations standards to improve the efficiency of future projects - Mentor and develop early- and mid-career engineers, delegating appropriately and supporting their professional growth - Support preparation of engineering proposals and fee estimates, contributing technical depth to business development efforts - Coordinate with civil, structural, and protection and control disciplines to ensure integrated, constructible designs About you From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. While we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success. These include: - Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology; Master's degree a plus - 8+ years of progressive experience in substation engineering and design, with demonstrated ability to lead technical efforts on complex projects - Strong working knowledge of medium and high voltage equipment, substation layout, protection and control systems, and applicable industry codes and standards (NEC, NESC, ANSI/IEEE) - Proficiency in engineering calculation software for short circuit, protection coordination, and arc flash analysis (such as ETAP, SKM, or EasyPower) - Experience with Autodesk AutoCAD, Revit MEP, or Microstation for substation design and documentation - Professional Engineering (PE) license, or active pursuit of licensure, is strongly preferred - Strong communication and client-facing skills, with the ability to explain technical positions clearly to varied audiences - Experience with utility interconnection requirements and standards is a plus - Substation Protection Engineering or Substation Control and Integration experience is highly valued What we can offer you - Flexible work environment - Investment in your development - Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles - Be valued for the unique person you are - Never be short of inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects - The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company About Ramboll Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation-owned people company. We have more than 18,000 experts working across our global operations in 35 countries. Our experts are leaders in their fields, developing and delivering innovative solutions in diverse markets including Buildings, Transport, Planning & Urban Design, Water, Environment & Health, Energy, and Management Consulting. We invite you to contribute to a more sustainable future working in an open, collaborative, and empowering company. Combining local experience with global knowledge, we together shape the societies of tomorrow. Work at the heart of sustainable change Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that's where we start - and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that l

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