Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

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.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Function as a technical lead substation design engineer. Substation design encompasses distribution, sub-transmission and transmission level voltage classes
• Develop electrical design deliverables, including protection and control design (protective relays) and/or physical design
• Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings
• Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors
• QA/QC projects and mentor junior engineers

The team 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

Key responsibilities include:

• Engineering Standards
• Quality/Continuous Improvement
• Engineering Production
• Project Coordination
• Client Focus
• Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology
• People Management - (supervision, career development, training, mentoring)

Preferred qualifications include:

• Substation Design experience Physical and Protection & Controls (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 substation design projects (QA/QC)
• 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

Minimum qualifications include:

• 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.

Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.