Substation Engineer III/Senior - HOU or DFW

Senior Substation Engineer

This position offers you the opportunity to work in a project team environment with other engineers and designers involved in the detailed electrical design and project management of high voltage substation projects. As a Senior Substation Engineer, you will:

• Take an active role in project conceptualization, work planning, and project execution.
• Work on challenging assignments that include investigating, trouble-shooting, and solving a wide variety of electrical engineering issues.
• Prepare reports that present technical and project information in a clear and concise manner and meet client requirements

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

Essential skills and experience:

• This position requires a Bachelor of Science Engineering degree.
• 4 or more years experience in the design of Medium Voltage Power Systems.
• Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple projects under budget and time constraints.
• Experience tracking project information such as: schedules and expenditures against budgets, preparing status reports and client interface.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Experience in reviewing design drawings created by others.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications.

Valued but not required skills and experience:

• A BSEE degree is preferable
• A degree from an ABET accredited engineering program.
• 3 or more years experience in the design of substations 138kV and above.
• Ability to prepare substation grounding calculations, direct stroke shielding calculations, battery & charger sizing calculations, etc.
• Physical layout and protection & controls experience.
• Ability to work with Designer to develop substation single line diagrams, relaying & metering diagrams, DC schematic diagrams, substation plan & sections, grounding plans, etc.
• PE license.
• AutoCAD experience.

Competitive annual salary ranging from $110,000 to $180,000.

Access to medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Hybrid/remote work schedule

Overtime paid at 1.5x, with strong potential for additional hours during peak project phases.

Opportunity to travel to project sites nationwide supporting major power delivery projects, with all travel expenses covered.

Work on high-impact transmission and substation infrastructure projects supporting grid modernization and reliability initiatives across the U.S.

Join a firm consistently recognized as a Top Place to Work for years, known for its collaborative engineering culture and commitment to employee development.

Opportunity to work alongside highly experienced engineers and project teams on some of the industry's most complex and large-scale energy projects.

Job summary:

Sector: Power & Energy

Sub Sector: Electrical Design Engineer

Industry: Energy & Natural Resources

Location: Texas

Contract Type: Permanent