Substation Engineer

Actalent

Full-time other-general
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Location
Topeka, KS, United States
Posted
July 08, 2026

Job Description

Protection & Control Engineer
Help power a reliable and safe electric grid. Join a team responsible for designing and supporting substation, transmission, and generation protection and control systems that keep critical infrastructure operating safely and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities

+ Design protection and control systems for substations, transmission lines, and generation equipment.

+ Specify substation equipment, including breakers, transformers, relay panels, switches, capacitor banks, and reactors.

+ Develop protective relay, metering, and SCADA designs using industry standards, regulations, and system requirements.

+ Analyze system data and ratings to support compliance reporting (SPP, NERC, FERC) and system upgrades.

+ Prepare project scopes, cost estimates, and bills of material for capital projects and budget planning.

+ Support operations and construction teams with troubleshooting, testing, failure analysis, a...