Senior High Voltage Electrical Engineer

Licensed Professional Electrical Engineer (PE)

Hargrove is currently hiring a licensed Professional Electrical Engineer (PE) with deep experience in high-voltage substation systems to join our growing team. This role focuses on the physical design, analysis, and execution of electrical substations up to 345kV, supporting projects from conceptual planning through construction and commissioning. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise, leadership capability, and a commitment to quality, safety, and mentoring junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Perform physical design of electrical substations in accordance with applicable codes, standards, and client requirements, including:

• General arrangement drawings
• Equipment, electrical, and control building layouts
• Elevation views
• Cable trench design
• Equipment grounding and ground grids
• Lightning protection systems
• Conduit and cable tray drawings
• AC and DC power systems
• Area lighting systems
• Bills of Materials

Perform electrical calculations, studies, and analysis, including:

• Touch and step voltage analysis
• Substation grounding calculations
• Pre- and post-energization harmonic studies
• Short circuit studies
• Mechanical force calculations on bus bars due to fault currents
• Load flow and reactive power flow analysis
• Harmonic filter analysis
• NERC compliance analysis
• Protective relay coordination
• Transient analysis
• Slack-span calculations for transmission line spans
• Corona performance studies

Develop equipment and material specifications for outdoor switchyard equipment with operating voltages up to 345kV

Create procurement specifications and design scopes for engineered electrical equipment, including:

• Vacuum and SF6 circuit breakers
• Motor-operated and gang-operated manual switches
• Potential transformers (PTs) and current transformers (CTs)
• Station service transformers
• Insulators and surge arresters
• Station service battery systems

Review, integrate, and manage vendor drawings and technical data

Coordinate with vendors to ensure timely and quality delivery of drawings, materials, and equipment per project schedules

Complete conceptual and preliminary designs for planning and estimating purposes

Prepare supporting documentation for procurement, construction, and operations/maintenance activities

Participate in and/or lead client meetings and job site visits to gather and communicate engineering data

Follow Hargrove's QA/QC program to ensure compliance across all design packages

Mentor and support the development of less experienced engineers and designers in substation design

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license required

Minimum of 10 years of experience in substation physical design

Proven experience with high-voltage systems up to 345kV

Strong document management, organization, and quality control skills

Exceptional attention to detail

Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Software Experience

Candidates should have working knowledge of, or experience with, the following tools:

• AutoCAD and/or AutoCAD Electrical
• Bentley MicroStation
• ETAP, SKM PowerTools, or ASPEN OneLiner
• CYMCAP
• PLS-CADD (or similar transmission line analysis software)
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Physical Requirements

Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time.