This role is an excellent opportunity for a motivated engineer eager to collaborate with industry experts and grow within a company that prioritizes professional development.
As a Design Engineer at ENTRUST, your key contributions will include:
- Electric Distribution System Design: Work on designs for subdivisions, apartment complexes, and mixed-use developments, ensuring efficient and reliable service.
- Collaboration: Partner with Designers and Drafters to complete design packages, gaining hands-on experience with CAD and engineering analysis tools.
- Project Execution: Assist in ensuring projects meet technical specifications, scope, cost, schedule, and quality expectations.
- Industry Standards & Compliance: Apply knowledge of Rural Utilities Service (RUS) standards, National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), and utility-specific guidelines to create compliant designs.
- Perform field inspections (up to 30% of time) to gather data and provide design support.
- Leadership & Growth: Lead smaller projects independently while supporting senior engineers on more complex distribution projects.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field from an accredited university
- Experience in Electric Distribution – Experience working directly with a utility or engineering firm on projects related to:
- Utility distribution network design and power system layouts
- Subdivision and apartment complex distribution systems, including underground and overhead layouts
- Pole line design, transformer sizing, and service planning for residential and commercial developments
- Exposure to utility design standards, permitting, and construction coordination
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of CAD or MicroStation – Hands-on experience with design software is preferred
- Field Experience – Not required but beneficial in understanding real-world distribution challenges
- Experience with AEGIS software
- Proficiency in Maximo asset management system
- Background in utility design
Why Join Us?
At ENTRUST Solutions Group, a Leidos company, we are driven by a commitment to innovation, technical excellence, and delivering the critical infrastructure that powers and connects communities. Together with Leidos, we are building a scaled, end-to-end energy and infrastructure organization focused on modernizing the grid, improving reliability, and helping utilities and network providers meet rising demand.
As an ENR top ranked firm, our team of more than 5,000 professionals brings deep technical expertise and advanced technology across electric, gas, and telecommunications infrastructure. We solve complex challenges for clients across North America and expanding markets, helping them strengthen reliability, expand capacity, and adapt to evolving infrastructure needs.
We foster a culture where innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement are expected, and where people are empowered to challenge convention, think boldly, and make an impact. Whether you are looking to grow your expertise, lead transformative projects, or help shape the future of infrastructure, you will find opportunities to thrive here.
The base salary for this position ranges from $75,000 to $85,000 annually. The specific amount within this range will be influenced by the work location and various factors, such as internal equity, professional skills, work experience, and pertinent education or training.
If you are ready to outthink the status quo, tackle meaningful challenges, and build what is next, we would love to hear from you.
Explore More Opportunities: Not quite the right fit? Check out all our openings at ENTRUST Solutions Group Careers.
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ENTRUST Solutions Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field from an accredited university
- Experience in electric distribution
- Experience with utility distribution network design and power system layouts
- Experience designing subdivision and apartment complex distribution systems, including underground and overhead layouts
- Experience with pole line design, transformer sizing, and service planning for residential and commercial developments
- Exposure to utility design standards, permitting, and construction coordination
- Knowledge of CAD or MicroStation
- Field experience understanding real-world distribution challenges
- Experience with AEGIS software
- Proficiency in Maximo asset management system
- Background in utility design
ENTRUST Solutions Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ENTRUST Solutions Group and has not been reviewed or approved by ENTRUST Solutions Group.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is described as generous with carryover, complemented by paid holidays and flexible work weeks. Role-dependent remote options and occasional shortened Fridays further expand time flexibility.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage spans medical, dental, vision, life, and disability, with no‑cost preventive care and mental‑health resources highlighted. Optional protections like accident and critical‑illness coverage broaden the safety net.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) program with company matching is emphasized. Additional financial tools such as HSA and FSA contribute to longer‑term security.
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What We Do
ENTRUST Solutions Group, an ENR Top 100 company, provides comprehensive and dependable engineering, consulting, and automation services to pipeline companies, gas and electric utilities, and industrial customers. With first-hand experience operating and maintaining energy infrastructure, our engineering professionals provide expertise in Pipeline Engineering, Integrity Services, Automation Integration, Electrical Design, Fiber & Broadband Communications, Industrial Solutions, and Process Safety Management. ENTRUST provides innovative engineering solutions to meet our clients’ needs, while consistently maintaining the highest level of ethics and integrity. Our success is achieved through the valued contributions of our talented and diverse employees with more than 3300 professionals across 42 offices.
