Senior Utility Design Specialist

ENTRUST Solutions Group • Fort Collins, CO

2d • $75,000 - $85,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Lead quality and technical excellence for electric distribution design projects supporting wildfire mitigation, grid resiliency, and major capital programs. Provide design expertise, mentorship, and QA/QC oversight while helping teams solve complex engineering challenges and deliver high-quality utility designs. This role offers a flexible hybrid schedule with 1–2 days in the office and occasional field visits.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in electric distribution design (overhead and underground).
• Strong, direct familiarity with Xcel Energy design manuals, GIS platforms (such as GE Smallworld), and construction standards is highly preferred.
• Confident in utility engineering math, including pole loading (e.g., O-Calc), transformer sizing, and voltage drop calculations.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed technical reviews of overhead and underground electric distribution designs, ensuring compliance with Xcel Energy construction standards, NESC codes, fire mitigation requirements, and joint-use specifications.
• Serve as a technical resource and coach for the design team by working alongside designers at all experience levels, providing guidance, explaining design decisions, and helping strengthen technical skills.
• Learn and apply team-specific design workflows, tools, and tracking systems while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and enhancing QA/QC processes.
• Lead design review meetings and feedback discussions focused on problem-solving, knowledge sharing, and supporting continuous learning across the team.
• Support designers in resolving complex design challenges, including pole-loading calculations, underground utility coordination, and fire mitigation designs within wildland-urban interface areas.
• Partner closely with Project Managers, Schedulers, and Client Leads to ensure design quality aligns with project timelines, customer expectations, and construction readiness.

Benefits

• A supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and encourages innovation.
• Opportunities for professional growth and career development.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, retirement program with a company match, tuition reimbursement, and flexible work schedules.
• Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and retirement program with company match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Voluntary life, disability, critical illness, accident and hospitalization plans.
• HSA or FSA medical accounts and FSA dependent care and transportation/parking accounts are also available.
• Full-time employees are eligible to earn PTO hours.
• May be eligible for discretionary bonus as determined by the company.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed