High-voltage transmission and substation engineering across North America
Electrical Consultants, Inc. is a 500+ person engineering firm focused on transmission, substation, and distribution infrastructure. The tech stack—PSS/E, PSCAD, STAAD.Pro, Civil 3D, SCADA, Rockwell Automation—reflects deep domain expertise in power systems modeling and control. Hiring is heavily concentrated in engineering (165 of 175 active roles), with a 3:1 senior-to-junior ratio, signaling a business built around design complexity and client retention rather than high-volume entry-level scaling.
Founded in 1985, ECI provides engineering design, permitting support, and construction services for high-voltage transmission, substation, and distribution projects across the United States and Canada. The firm serves utilities, developers, and industrial clients in conventional generation, renewable energy, and power delivery sectors. With bases in multiple states and specialties in substation engineering, generation development, and communications infrastructure, ECI combines in-house design (Civil 3D, PSS/E, SCADA integration) with field-level construction management and testing. The organization is navigating geographic expansion (including new office locations) while managing fast-paced project schedules and 24-hour emergency response commitments tied to critical grid infrastructure.
PSS/E, PSCAD, STAAD.Pro, and Civil 3D for power systems and structural design; SCADA and Rockwell Automation PLC/HMI for control systems; AutoCAD and MicroStation for drafting; Snowflake and SQL for data management.
Billings, Montana. The company operates nationwide with teams across multiple U.S. states and Canada, and is actively expanding office locations.
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