Substation Engineer

This Opportunity

WSP is initiating a search for a Substation Engineer to support our Data Center Initiation Team in San Diego, CA. The following locations will also be considered: Kansas City, KS, Seattle, WA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, Houston, TX and St. Louis, MO. This role contributes to early-stage substation planning and design development for data center clients, working collaboratively across business lines to support feasibility, site evaluation, and infrastructure planning.

In this role, you’ll help shape the early vision for substation design and electrical infrastructure supporting cutting-edge data center projects. You’ll contribute to developing preliminary concepts and layouts that inform key feasibility and planning decisions—giving you exposure to the most strategic phase of project delivery.

Working alongside multidisciplinary teams across all the divisions that WSP has to offer, you’ll help evaluate site suitability, coordinate with utilities, and assess infrastructure requirements. Your contributions will play a meaningful role in turning complex project needs into practical, well-informed solutions.

You’ll support technical decision-making around substation configuration, equipment selection, and layout development—building your expertise while helping deliver quality outcomes aligned with client goals. This role offers strong opportunities to grow your technical skills while contributing to projects as they progress from concept through detailed design and into delivery.

If you’re looking to develop your expertise, collaborate with industry experts, and be part of impactful infrastructure projects from day one, this is an excellent opportunity to build your career.

Your Impact

• Support multidisciplinary coordination for site evaluation, planning, and infrastructure integration

• Contribute to proposal development, including technical input and scope definition

• Assist in execution of substation projects across planning, design, procurement, and construction phases

• Coordinate with internal teams, utilities, vendors, and stakeholders for project delivery

• Participate in site visits and field activities to validate design assumptions and resolve issues

• Support development of project schedules, deliverables, and budgets

• Perform substation design tasks including:

• One-line diagrams, schematics, and wiring diagrams

• Layouts, grounding, lightning protection, and basic SCADA systems

• Prepare design deliverables such as general arrangements, sections, BOMs, and cable/conduit plans

• Support development of equipment specifications and vendor coordination

• Follow QA/QC procedures and verify accuracy of deliverables

• Prepare reports, calculations, and technical documentation

• Work collaboratively with senior engineers and project leads

• Maintain compliance with codes, standards, and company policies

• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

• 3+ years of substation design experience

• Experience supporting physical or protection & control design

• Understanding of utility substation systems and equipment

• Familiarity with substation design processes and standard

• Ability to perform engineering calculations and interpret technical documents

• Strong communication and teamwork skills

• Ability to manage assignments with moderate supervision

• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.

• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Engineering

• EIT certification; on path to obtain a PE licensure

• Experience supporting multi-discipline projects

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $78,600 - $135,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.