Electrical Project Engineer - Substation

Overview

Design, lead, and manage high‑voltage substation projects and teams.

Key Responsibilities

• substation design
• quality review
• design calculations
• client coordination
• budget management
• mentorship

Tasks

-Communicate and coordinate project activities and activities with clients, vendors, subcontractors and other stakeholders. -May assist with resource management strategy. May have responsibility of engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline. -Continues developing knowledge and may provide guidance and direction on design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies. Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines. -Provide support to business development or pursuit activities. -Develop protection and control design deliverables including protective relays, panel arrangements, one line/single line diagrams, three line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, relay panel wiring and equipment wiring within high voltage substation designs. -Perform or oversee quality review of electrical substation design packages. -Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on high voltage substation projects. Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on high voltage substation projects. Provides support to business development or pursuit activities and may offer other services to clients. -Prepares a variety of engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects. Performs research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection. May oversee collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work. Prepares engineering calculations following standard methods and principles. Prepares and manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements. Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods. Actively delegates appropriate tasks to lower level team members to develop depth of project execution staff. Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments. Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project. -Present proposals, designs and project activities. -Develop physical design deliverables including yard layout plans, grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, and auxiliary AC/DC power systems within high voltage substation designs. -Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members. -Independently applies knowledge and complies with B&V quality program relative to assigned tasks. May be responsible for ensuring compliance with B&V quality program. Provides related guidance and direction to others. Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts. -Approving timesheets and expense reports. -Ensuring adherence to corporate and division programs. -Ensuring policies, procedures and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for work group. -Prepare electrical equipment specifications and Bills of Materials (BOM) for procurement and construction. -Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects. -Function as a Technical Specialist or Project Lead Role, providing project coordination, guidance and expertise on assigned substation projects. · Support a variety of substation projects ranging up to 765kV in engineering detailed design and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC). -Prepare and manage design budgets and schedules. -Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required. May participate in career planning, and learning and development. Actively mentors lower level professionals and identifies successors to train in the specifics of their role.

Requirements

• pe license
• bluebeam
• hv substation
• beng
• 5 years
• project lead

What You Bring

-Recognized as a technical specialist and has knowledge and skill set to provide consultation and guidance to project teams in a particular practice area. May design a complete project or support multiple projects on the complex technical challenges. Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring. May develop and apply advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems -Experience coordinating and communicating with Clients, Multidisciplinary Leads and Project Managers · Professional Engineer (PE) License -Project lead and technical specialist experience overseeing utility substation clients and projects -Proficient with Bluebeam Revu and Microsoft Office Programs (such as Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.) -Minimum of 5 years related work experience. -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. -High voltage (HV) substation design experience – Physical and/or Protection & Controls -Datacenters Integration

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Benefits

-Potential travel opportunities to client and vendor offices and/or project sites for design reviews, construction coordination and field verification.

About Black & Veatch

-Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, it delivers multi‑billion‑dollar projects in energy, water, communications and industrial sectors. -The company’s portfolio spans landmark work—from power plants and water treatment systems to hydrogen and LNG facilities. -It handles full lifecycle services: from strategic advisory and engineering through procurement, construction and operations. -Its history features many firsts: early U.S. water and power infrastructure, the first U.S. hydrogen conversion project, and biosafety labs overseas.

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Visa Sponsorship

-visa sponsorship available: no