Substation Design Technician

JOB-10045696

Anticipated Start Date

02/02/2026

Location

Overland Park, KS

Type of Employment

Contract-to-Hire

Employer Info

Our client is an employee-owned engineering, procurement, consulting, and construction company with a 100-year legacy of creating a better world for humanity today, and for generations to come.

Job Summary

Our client is seeking a Substation Design Technician to lead the development of high-voltage infrastructure deliverables through advanced technical modeling and precision design. Operating in a senior-level capacity, you will utilize AutoCAD Electrical and SDS to bridge the gap between complex engineering concepts and field-ready blueprints, ensuring every project meets the highest industry standards for quality and safety.

Job Description

• Functions in a senior level engineering technician capacity.
• With minimal supervision, performs advanced functions requiring knowledge and use of electronic applications, standards and document control processes/procedures in support of creating and modifying deliverables.
• May provide technical guidance and direction to other engineering professionals including delegation of work assignments.
• Engineering Standards: Applies knowledge of standards, systems, document control, departmental guides, applicable codes and company policies and procedures.
• Quality / Continuous Improvement: Proactively applies knowledge of the company Quality Program relative to deliverables.
• Demonstrates personal accuracy and supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.
• Reviews design inputs in order to ensure consistency.
• Assists in ensuring deliverables are in compliance with the specific codes and standards suitable for the project.
• Engineering Production: Broadening the use of applications to continuously evaluate and improve methods, processes and procedures used to accomplish deliverables.
• Create and develop deliverables based on a variety of design inputs.
• May develop less complex design concepts and create project design deliverables based on a variety of design inputs.
• May perform computations such as development of detailed material quantities and estimates.
• Project Coordination: Coordinate deliverables with other groups involved on the same project to minimize interference or errors.
• May support field activities.
• May be responsible for support of project finalization including for example consolidation of records for as-built drawings or information to take off as-built quantities.
• Client Focus: Focuses on the needs of internal clients while gaining an understanding of external client's main interests and drivers.
• Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology: Proactively seeks and shares knowledge of latest technologies and processes.
• May apply judgment and make decisions with respect to deliverables and input interpretation.
• People Management - (supervision - career development - developing professionals, mentoring): May provide work direction and guidance to others.

Skills Required

• 3-5 yrs experience with AutoCAD Electrical (ACADE) with SDS (Substation Design Suite) in the substation industry
• Must have substation industry experience.
• If candidate has ACADE only and no substation experience, will be rejected.

Education/Training/Certifications

• Diploma or Certificate preferred.
• Associate Degree in Drafting or an Engineering Design Related Technology preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Must be located within 50 miles of any company office - onsite only