Electrical Engineer 4 – 765kV EHV Substation Design

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Company: Black & Veatch Corporation

Why Black and Veatch
Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life.

At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.

The Opportunity
Functions as a technical specialist in a lead substation design role encompassing EHV transmission level voltage classes. With minimal supervision, applies advanced engineering techniques and analyses for problems and methods. Expands knowledge and skill set in area of discipline. May start to expand knowledge in other disciplines and/or functional areas. Will lead other engineers and interface directly with clients. Responsible for the overall execution and quality of substation projects as a leader within a team environment.

This opportunity works on a hybrid schedule. Hybrid work structure supports 3 days in office, and 2 days remote/flex.

The Team
BV’s Energy & Process business is driven to meet clients’ rapidly changing infrastructure needs in generation, storage, transmission, and distribution of safe, reliable electric power. Our business continues to invest in renewable energy to power the future and support BV’s vision of more sustainable solutions. By joining our business, you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of helping our clients with the most innovative energy solutions.

Black & Veatch provides complete engineering, procurement, and construction new asset and operating asset services in the following areas:

• Substations
• Overhead Transmission Lines
• Underground Transmission Lines
• Renewables Integration
• HVDC/FACTs

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
• Minimum of 5 years related work experience.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• EHV Substation Design – Physical & P&C
• Project Lead experience – Leading teams as technical leader/SME and mentor. Supporting as point of contact for clients and coordinating with internal/external teams.
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control of EHV substation design projects
• Professional Engineering (PE) License
• Written Communications
• Drive For Results
• Priority Setting
• Planning
• Delegation
• Directing Others
• Conflict Management
• Informing
• Listening
• Dealing with Ambiguity and Building Effective Teams
• Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Key Responsibilities
Engineering Standards:

• Perform EHV substation design, including physical design, protective relaying/control with an emphasis on continuous improvement
• Perform EHV substation design, including physical design, protective relaying/control with an emphasis on continuous improvement
• Developing Scoping documents for EHV substation projects
• Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks

Quality/Continuous Improvement:

• Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with Black and Veatch quality program while performing internal Quality Assurance technical reviews
• Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts

Engineering Production:

• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
• Plans and conducts independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: overseeing collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; leading smaller production teams; and serving as the responsible charge for a project

Project Coordination:

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects
• Manage the work assignments and ensures quality from direct reports
• Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings

Client Focus:

• Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors
• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on less complex projects
• May provide support to business development or pursuit activities

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

• May be recognized as a technical specialist by the division having in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry
• Responsible for the design of a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s)

People Management – (supervision, career development, training, mentoring):

• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required
• Mentor less experienced engineers and direct reports
• Provide constructive feedback to direct reports on performance