Ampirical is shaping the future of the power grid with precision, innovation, and purpose. The Experienced Substation Civil Engineer will be responsible for the design and procurement of site and foundation equipment/materials for substation facilities, ensuring quality and compliance with industry standards while providing support during construction activities.
Responsibilities:
- Prepares scopes of work and estimates for evaluating and designing substations
- Interfaces with other company functions, clients, and vendors
- Identifies foundation type best used for a given location
- Performs detail foundation analysis-based site-specific loading and soil conditions
- Performs structural analysis based on load and site conditions as needed
- Performs detail site analysis for clearing, grading and drainage requirements
- Creates site and civil design packages including grading, drainage, site, foundation plans and details
- Mentors new engineers
- Performs quality checks for substation site and foundation design packages to ensure industry and customer standards and requirements are met
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET‑accredited university
- FE required for both levels (or +2 years experience in lieu of FE)
- Engineer III: 3+ years of experience in substation civil design within the utilities or energy industry
- Engineer IV: 5+ years of experience with demonstrated technical depth and project leadership
- Experience with ETAP, WinIGS, and IEEE 80/998
- Experience with structural/foundation loading analysis
- Experience with site design concepts including water flow calculations
- Experience with industry standards
- PE preferred for Engineer IV