Senior Substation Engineer

Summary

As a Senior Electrical Engineer on Revamp's High Voltage Substation team, you will serve as a senior contributor and subject-matter expert across the spectrum of substation design, primarily focused on both protection & control (P&C) and physical design. You will take ownership of QA/QC reviews and act as a confident internal and external technical resource — reviewing and redlining design deliverables, cross-checking drawings, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with the multi-disciplinary stakeholders in an employee-owned culture where every individual’s contributions strengthen project outcomes, increase company success, and meaningfully advance the clean-energy transition.

Please note: the advertised salary above is listed in USD. The range in CAD is approximately C$186,000 - 236,000.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Technical Design & Quality Assurance

- Serve as a multi-disciplinary subject matter expert in substation design with a focus on P&C and physical scopes; however, broad substation and transmission/distribution knowledge is beneficial.

- Lead QA/QC reviews of substation design deliverables across both P&C and physical scopes.

- Redline P&C drawing packages and cross-check with physical drawings for consistency and accuracy.

- Create and review complex electrical engineering plans, details, and calculations, and schedules. .

- Develop and review equipment specifications, applying advanced knowledge of substation electrical design.

- Review complete project documents for conformity and quality assurance.

- May act as Engineer of Record if eligible.

Client Engagement

- Serve as a confident, client-facing technical resource, comfortable leading and participating in client calls.

- Answer client technical questions clearly and confidently, representing Revamp's engineering standards.

- Support client interaction across multiple projects and portfolios.

- May also perform technical design & quality assurance in the role of an owner’s engineer, supporting our external clients in their design efforts.

Mentorship & Collaboration

- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and staff engineers.

- Collaborate with the cross-discipline departments, including studies, structural, and civil teams, providing design context and cross-checks without needing to lead their work directly.

- Partner with discipline leads to maintain design standards and consistency.

Field & Additional Duties

- Perform field visits, with up to ~10% travel required, to validate designs and build practical, constructable knowledge.

- Perform essential duties, including meeting deliverables and deadlines.

- Perform additional duties as assigned or directed.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Required

- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a similar discipline.

- 8+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience, specifically in substation design.

- Extensive, diversified knowledge of substation electrical design across both protection & control (P&C) and physical scopes, including the ability to redline and cross-check P&C and physical drawings for consistency, quality, and constructability.

- Ability to independently apply advanced engineering principles, develop or improve techniques and processes, and review complete project documents for conformity and quality assurance.

- Experience owning larger or more complex projects, overseeing a small suite of projects, or supporting portfolio-level execution with responsibility for scopes, budgets, schedules, and technical deliverables.

- Comfort serving as a discipline or team point of contact in client-facing settings, with strong-to-advanced verbal and written communication skills and the judgment to answer technical questions clearly and confidently.

- Ability to operate with limited oversight, seeking guidance mainly on complex or conflicting-criteria assignments.

- Willingness to mentor junior engineers, coordinate