Koch Engineered Solutions

Sr. Electrical Engineer (Physical)

Sr. Electrical Engineer (Physical)
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LocationBedminster, NJ
Job Typefull time
On-site
Oil and Gas

About This Job

Your Job

As a Senior Electrical Physical Engineer at DEPCOM Power, you will lead the engineering design and development of substation physical layout and design packages as part of utility-scale Solar and Battery Energy Storage (BESS) projects. You will be responsible for all aspects of physical substation engineering—including layout optimization, bus design, grounding, lightning protection, and associated studies and calculations. This is a technical leadership position that plays a critical role in enabling DEPCOM's in house substation engineering model by delivering high-quality, cost-effective, and constructible substation designs. This position will act as a senior level member of the team by engineering, strategizing scalable process, mentoring, and collaborating to complete project designs and ensure successful project execution.

Our Team

As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, DEPCOM Power is a leading energy solutions partner for the utility solar and broader energy industries, providing project development support, engineering, procurement and construction, energy storage, repowering and operations and maintenance services. Our highly skilled team of conventional and renewable power industry experts work to deliver the lowest cost of energy and the highest rate of return.

What You Will Do

Substation Physical Design Leadership

Lead the creation of physical layout drawings, including plan, elevation, section, and detail views for high-voltage substations.

Develop physical design criteria and specifications for substation structures, equipment foundations, bus work, conductor sizing, and cable trenching.
Perform substation physical calculations: bus and cable ampacity, ground grid sizing, lightning protection layout, lighting, rigid bus, conduit/cable fill, conductor tensioning/sag, and clearance studies, harmonic resonance analysis, insulation coordination, transient over voltage studies, and emt studies.
Collaborate with Civil and Structural engineers on the mechanical design aspects of the major equipment.


Design Development & Drawing Packages

Produce complete drawing packages from 30% conceptual design to Issued for Construction (IFC).
Coordinate with civil, protection & controls, and SCADA teams for integrated substation design.
Review vendor submittals for high-voltage equipment and ensure alignment with design standards and constructability goals.


Engineering Studies & Analysis

Support and/or perform grounding (CDEGS, WinIGS)
Conduct lightning protection studies for substation environments.
Collaborate on load flow, short circuit, and insulation coordination studies for substation projects.


Standards, Quality, and Compliance

Ensure substation physical designs comply with internal standards, NEC, NESC, IEEE, and applicable utility interconnection requirements.
Develop and maintain standard templates, design libraries, and specification documents to streamline substation engineering workflows.


Collaboration & Field Support

Support procurement by developing technical equipment specifications for transformers, breakers, and steel structures.
Provide technical support to construction teams and respond to RFIs and field issues related to substation physical design.
Participate in substation equipment factory acceptance testing (FAT) and field commissioning support as needed.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
Experience with substation physical layout and HV equipment design
Familiarity with grounding and lightning protection design tools (e.g., CDEGS, or WinIGS, or XGSLab).
Ability to travel up to 15% for site visits, design reviews, or FATs.



What Will Put You Ahead

PE license or ability to obtain within 1 year.
Experience working with utility interconnection teams and AHJs.
Working knowledge of SCADA and protection/control integration impacts on physical layout.
Experience in design-build or self-perform EPC substation projects.
Strong knowledge of IEEE, NEC, and NESC standards related to substations.
Experience with insulation coordination, load flow, short circuit, harmonic resonance, and transient overvoltage studies using either ETAP or SKM.
Experience with lighting design, lightning protection design, rigid bus calculations, lighting calculations, and cable fill/conduit calculations

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, DEPCOM Power is a leading energy solutions partner for the utility solar and broader energy industries, providing project development support, engineering, procurement and construction, energy storage, repowering and operations and maintenance services. Our highly skilled team of conventional and renewable power industry experts work to deliver the lowest cost of energy and the highest rate of return.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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