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Don’t delay, plug in today for an inclusive meaningful career in power, distribution, transmission, engineering, design, technology, or innovation at Mesa Associates, Inc.\nMesa seeks a Physical Substation Electrical Engineer in the South Plainfield, NJ area to assist with Substation Electrical/Physical design, including Conceptual Design, Calcs, and the development of General Arrangements for 4kV-500kV Substations/Switchyards, Equipment Plans, Elevations and Sections, Control House Layouts, Grounding analysis/design, Switchgear design, Conduit and Cable design, Creation of Bill of Materials utilizing AutoCAD/MicroStation drafting software. 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