Senior Substation Engineer

General Purpose of the Position:

The purpose of this position is to be part of the Switch Hyperscale Design Engineering Team. The engineering team is responsible for the design, construction support, and standards development for our rapidly expanding data center footprint. The Hyperscale Center Engineering Team at Switch works to design and develop resilient, cost-effective colocation data center buildings on our campuses throughout the United States.

Switch is a fun, fast paced, exciting work environment where employees are valued and expected to grow. We are looking for individuals who understand what it takes to support the hyperscale speed to market, the tradeoffs between cost, speed, and quality, and enjoy a challenge, and have a desire for professional growth. The engineers at Switch are expected to be creative, proactive, vocal, and focused on continuous improvement.

We are looking for Sr. Substation Design Engineer with experience related to utility-level design serving critical facilities. You will supervise the design of High and Medium Voltage facilities in conjunction with the local utilities, engineers, and business partners which serve our data center facilities. You will be expected to ensure our designs comply with our standards while acting as a subject matter expert, leading the development of our substation-related standards and processes.

You will be part of a tight knit team, relied upon to independently finish tasks while providing support for team members. You will be working with other internal teams, external engineering consultants, equipment vendors and manufacturers, utilities, inspectors, and contractors.

This is a remote position, with domestic travel expected to be less than 25%.

This position may require the candidate/employee to undergo additional background checks and drug screenings prior to and during the course of employment in support of customer-specific deployments.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Write and present technical papers to customers, leadership, and peers

• Act as a leader and solve problems while being willing to learn from others

• Independently research new technologies and develop new solutions for data center electrical designs

• Manage multiple concurrent projects designed by external consultants

• Manage the Switch portfolio of HV/MV substation design projects

• Be a leader in the Hyperscale Data Center Design Engineering team, supporting the design and development of utility level infrastructure to support our data center facilities

• Author, review and issue HV/MV RFPs for external design consultants

• Work with vendors and manufacturers to specify appropriate electrical equipment

• Ensure designs comply with relevant codes

• Manage the portfolio of all HV/MV Substation and associated Grid Connection projects

• Develop and maintain an HV/MV Basis of Design, design and specification templates

• Direct our geotechnical consultants

• Review engineering designs including foundations, primary and secondary frame, services supports, and gantries

• Assess engineering calculation assumptions and evaluate engineering design options

• Produce substation site layouts during master planning

• Collaborate with relevant Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and Utilities

• Coordinate with internal and external MEP Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, Construction Managers, and other related disciplines

• Identify and spearhead initiatives to improve cost, quality, schedule, and consistency across sites

• Travel for site assessments, consultant selection activities, internal design meetings, construction review, interface with AHJs, design consultants, quantity surveyors, and building owners

Other Duties:

• Other duties as assigned

Required Job Skills:

• Detailed understanding of electrical utilities related to building and site construction including evaluation of Civil, Structural, and Architectural design aspects

• Have demonstrated knowledge of substations, medium and high voltage distribution, protection and control as related to data center facilities

• Be informed of industry design trends

• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to interpret electric codes including NEC, NFPA, UL, ANSI as well as utility requirements

Computer Equipment and Software:

• Bluebeam, SKM, ETap, Excel, SmartSheet, MS Office

Education and Experience:

Certification:

• Registered Professional Engineer

Education:

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering

Experience:

• 8+ years of design experience in the Power/Utility sector including HV/MV Substation and Grid Connection Projects

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

If your position requires you to work in the field and/or warehouse, it is mandatory that you wear approved Personal Protective Equipment.

The Company reasonably believes the tasks and/or duties of this position could adversely affect the safety and health of the employee or others.