Responsibility connects us, empowers us, binds us to our community, and challenges us to do what is right. Clean water, safe roads, efficient energy, resilient power sources, and buildings that enhance their surroundings - these are significant responsibilities we take to heart.

At CHA, we believe in responsibly improving the world we live in, and we ask our team to aspire to that ideal every day. At the foundation of our responsibility is our commitment to inclusion and diversity and choosing to treat everyone with dignity and equality. We also take accountability for making decisions that promote sustainability in our business and our designs. We are on a mission to reduce our environmental footprint and bring greener solutions to our clients. We believe it is our responsibility and work to do that each and every day.

CHA Consulting, Inc. is currently seeking a Senior Structural Engineer - Power Substation to join our Transmission and Substation Team located in Reading, PA.

CHA believes our employees should have the time and flexibility to balance work and personal commitments and offer hybrid work arrangements.

CHA's experts have decades of experience planning, designing, and permitting electrical power delivery infrastructure, including overhead and underground transmission lines and substations. We've designed hundreds of transmission, distribution, and customer-owned substations and switching stations (15kV up to 300 MVA transmission stations). We've also designed mobile transformers and substations up to 25 MVA and 161kV.

The Senior Structural Engineer plays a key role in the technical execution of numerous substation projects for our clients. This individual will collaborate with both junior staff members as well as the project management team to plan, schedule, and coordinate all phases of projects from start to finish. The Senior Structural Engineer will also provide technical and design support and will ensure that any issues or discrepancies that may arise are dealt with in a timely and professional manner. The ideal candidate for this position will be a strong communicator with extensive experience in substation and transformer structural design.

At CHA, you can build a career and find your passion across our diverse business lines and project teams. Being part of CHA means being part of a team of talented professionals, where you'll find support for your career growth and the opportunity to impact our industry and our communities. Find your "why" at CHA!

Bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering required
• Professional Engineer License (PE) required
• Minimum of 10 years progressive engineering experience is required
• Proficiency with engineering, computational, and modeling software including STAADPro, RISA, Enercalc, RAM, Revit, and AutoCAD, etc.
• Active role in a professional engineering society/organization preferred
• Occasional local and overnight travel may be required

At CHA, we are helping to build a world where thought leadership, social responsibility, and diversity thrive, and we are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining a highly talented and diverse team of individuals to help us do it. Our aspiration to responsibly improve the world we live in - combined with hiring practices, training opportunities, and engagement with our communities - reflect a company culture that is progressive and forward leaning.

We as an organization celebrate the values of inclusion and equality, and advocate for the full participation of all people in an environment free of discrimination. To support these values, we invite all qualified applicants to be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.