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Duke Energy

$13.50 - $17.25/hr

... substation and transmission facilities throughout the Duke Energy service area. This department is also responsible for ensuring grid reliability by executing the day-to-day operations and ...

Duke Energy

$14.25 - $18.25/hr

... substation and transmission facilities throughout the Duke Energy service area. This department is also responsible for ensuring grid reliability by executing the day-to-day operations and ...

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How much do duke energy substation jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 6, 2026, the average yearly pay for duke energy substation in the United States is $104,604.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $70,500.00 and $135,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a Duke Energy substation?

A Duke Energy Substation job involves the maintenance, operation, and construction of electrical substations that regulate and distribute power throughout the grid. Employees in these roles ensure substations function safely and efficiently, troubleshoot issues, and perform routine inspections. Positions may include substation technicians, engineers, and operators, requiring technical expertise and knowledge of electrical systems. These jobs are crucial for maintaining power reliability for homes, businesses, and communities.

What does a Duke Energy substation technician do?

As a Duke Energy Substation Technician, your daily responsibilities will include conducting routine inspections, performing preventive and corrective maintenance on substation equipment, and troubleshooting electrical issues. You’ll regularly use specialized diagnostic tools and work with control systems to ensure the safe and reliable delivery of electricity. Collaboration with engineers, line workers, and technical teams is common to troubleshoot faults and implement upgrades or repairs. This role often requires adherence to strict safety protocols and documentation of all maintenance activities, providing a dynamic and engaging work environment.

What skills and qualifications are needed for a Duke Energy substation position?

To thrive as a Duke Energy Substation Technician, you need a solid understanding of electrical systems, safety practices, and troubleshooting, typically backed by an associate’s degree in electrical engineering technology or related field. Familiarity with SCADA systems, relay protection devices, and industry-standard safety certifications such as OSHA or NERC is highly valued. Strong attention to detail, effective communication, and teamwork are essential soft skills for this role. These qualifications ensure reliability, safety, and operational efficiency in maintaining and servicing substations.

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Infographic showing various Duke Energy Substation job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 78% Full Time, 21% Part Time, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 93% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 5% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $104,604 per year, or $50.3 per hour.

EHS Consultant - Remediation - Intern/Co-op Conversion 2027 (Gilbert)

Duke Energy Corporation

Saint Petersburg, FL • On-site

$16 - $20.25/hr

Full-time

This job post has expired 1 day ago. Applications are no longer accepted.

Duke Energy rating

8.6

Company rating: 8.6 out of 10

Based on 168 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

12th of 87 rated oil and gas companies

Job description

Important Application Submission Information
In order to ensure your application is successfully received before the job posting expires, please submit your application by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, September 2, 2026
More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives.
Build an exciting, rewarding career with us - help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits.
Position Summary
The successful candidate is responsible for providing the project, financial and risk management necessary to ensure that Duke Energy capital projects that require environmental assessment and remediation are in compliance with federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, accounting standards and practices and corporate environmental policies and procedures. The core business focus will support substation assessments and closures; due diligence for real estate acquisitions and divestitures; Brownfields site identification and tracking; and, provide subject matter expert programmatic regulatory/technical review and consultation to peers and other business units. The position will also support, as needed, legacy projects in the state of Florida related to the assessment and cleanup of soil, sediment, and/or groundwater impacted by petroleum products and/or hazardous substances that were released historically. The projects are driven by complex State and Federal regulatory programs.
Responsibilities
Remediation Specific Responsibilities
  • Manage all aspects of assigned capital projects that require assessment and remediation including but not limited to: selection of contractors and procurement coordination; project budgeting and financial management; project regulatory strategic planning; project environmental compliance; remediation site assessment and corrective action technical strategy and approach; project documentation and internal reporting.
  • Determine and manage project budgets.
  • Provide financial summaries to business unit project managers on a routine basis for assessment and remediation scopes.
  • Engage Subject Matter Experts and Environmental and Safety Field Support as needed to address specific project needs or circumstances.
  • Assist with procurement and other project financial approvals within Delegation of Authority.
  • Provide environmental reports for both regulatory compliance and internal customers.
  • Ensure work unit goals are achieved.
  • Enhance company reputation through effective planning, organizing, communicating, and scheduling of environmental work activities.
  • Accomplish business objectives by supporting routine and special project teams.
  • Strive to continually develop and improve job-related, technical knowledge and skills to ensure that department expectations are met.

Job Responsibilities
  • Continues to develop and increase knowledge of the organization, procedures and assigned customers and analyzes and understands intermediate-level information, past practices and business objectives to make appropriate recommendations to management/assigned customers.
  • Monitors the practices of assigned organizational EHS area, to facilitate compliance with company and/or regulatory policies and requirements in which to mitigate risks. Examples include providing intermediate-leveled regulatory-required and internal environmental or safety reports, intermediate-leveled support assigned environmental and safety training programs, intermediate-leveled support with the development and maintenance of procedures and programs to assist facilities in complying with environmental and safety laws and regulations, and to ensure that Duke Energy work procedures address compliance guidance and helping track regulatory changes, legislative activities and industry standards. Starts researching, developing, and/or evaluating intermediate-level programs, policies or activities within the discipline they are assigned which have small impact or level of complexity; solves a range of intermediately complex problems and develops solutions using standard-moderate procedures.
  • Assists with providing information/consultation to management/assigned customers on existing EHS programs and policies. Examples include serving as an intermediate expert for advanced technical programs and compliance issues and supports company's environmental or safety goals, strategies, programs and processes.
  • With assistance from a Senior or above, the incumbent develops and maintains procedures and programs to assist facilities in complying with environmental or safety laws and regulations. Helps advanced teammates ensure that Duke Energy work procedures address compliance guidance.
  • Assists with tracking basic regulatory changes, basic legislative activities and basic industry standards and helps advanced teammates assists with identifying needed changes to facility's compliance programs.
  • With appropriate leadership guidance they may assist with working with federal, state and local regulatory authorities to interpret regulations and laws. Supports Duke Energy on various internal/external industry committees and teams.
  • Develops positive working relationships with peers, customers, employees and management to effectively complete work activities.

Required/Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in Science, Health and Safety,, Engineering or Other Related Degree
  • In lieu of Bachelors degree(s) listed above, High School/GED AND 7 year(s) related work experience
  • Duke Energy Intern/Co-op Experience.

Desired Qualifications
  • Masters degree in Science, Engineering or Health and Safety
  • In addition to desired degree, 3 years related work experience
  • Professional Engineer and/or Project Management Professional and/or CSP and/or QEP and/or CHMM and/or CIH and/or Professional Geologist

Additional Preferred Qualifications
  • 4 Years of experience working on environmental assessment and remediation projects.
  • The ideal candidate would have direct experience working on projects subject to enforcement according to Florida Department of Environmental Protection Chapter 62-780 Contaminated Site Cleanup Criteria.
  • Firm working knowledge of Florida contaminated site, waste management, and Underground Storage Tank (UST) Programs is a plus.
  • Successfully completed hazardous waste operations and emergency response 40-hour training with 8-hour refreshers in good standing per the Occupational Health and Safety Act (see title 29 subpart 1910 section 120 of the United States code of federal regulations).
Working Conditions
  • Hybrid Mobility Classification - Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations after the onboarding period. However, hybrid employees should live within a reasonable daily commute to a Duke Energy facility.
  • Office environment with exposure to PC terminal and keyboard.
  • Outside work during all seasons.
  • Occasional overtime, weekend, outage and callout work.
  • Field, work site, facility visitation required.
  • Vehicle travel involved to field location, typical travel safety factors.
  • Occasional mildly-strenuous physical activity (extensive walking on uneven surfaces, climbing stairs/ladders, etc.).

Specific Requirements
  • Valid driver's license
  • Duke Energy internship or co-op experience.

Travel Requirements
15-25%
Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)
Yes
Represented/Union Position
No
Visa Sponsored Position
No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.
Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.
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Duke Energy, a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America’s largest energy holding companies. Our electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Our natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. Our company employs 28,000 people.

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Charlotte, NC, US

Year founded

1904

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