Associate Electrical Engineer - Substation

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•Orlando, FL

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned company with over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure, specializing in engineering, procurement, consulting, and construction. The company empowers its employees to grow and explore new possibilities, contributing diverse talents to solve global challenges. The Technology, Commercial & Industrial Team focuses on advanced manufacturing, generative AI computing, gigafactories, bio/ag tech, data centers, and distributed infrastructure. This specialized team provides complete engineering, procurement, and construction services for new and operating assets in areas such as Substations, Renewables Integration, HVDC/FACTS/STATCOM, Data Centers Integration, and BESS Integration. This Associate Electrical Engineer position is located in Orlando, FL, and offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology within a fast-moving team.

Requirements

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 1 year related work experience.
Ability 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.

Nice To Haves

High voltage (HV) substation design experience – Physical and/or Protection & Controls
Engineering-in-Training (EIT) Certification
Proficient with Bluebeam Revu and Microsoft Office Programs (such as Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Responsibilities

Support a variety of substation projects ranging up to 765kV in engineering detailed design and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC).
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.
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.
Prepare equipment specifications and Bills of Materials (BOM) for procurement and construction.
Correspond with clients, vendors and subcontractors.
Potentially travel to client and vendor offices and/or project sites for design reviews, construction coordination and field verification.
Adhere to and/or prepare design budgets and schedules.
Perform QA/QC responsibilities.
Provide support to business development or pursuit activities.
Perform substation designs, including physical design, protection and control with an emphasis on continuous improvement.
Continues to learn and remains current on departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies and procedures, applying them to assigned tasks.
Continues developing and can independently apply knowledge, complying with B&V quality program relative to assigned tasks.
Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.
Prepares a variety of increasingly complex engineering deliverables.
Performs research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
Collects, assimilates, and manages data for engineering work.
Prepares increasingly complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.
Understands, adheres to and/or prepare budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
May recognize, define and resolve problems within assigned area.
May provide direction and guidance to others.
Assigns and guides tasks to develop entry level professionals and/or interns.
Coordinates with project leadership and other internal/external team members on high voltage substation projects.
Interacts as needed with other disciplines on details of design work.
Works to understand external client's interest and drivers through regular interaction and communication.
Focuses on needs of internal clients and project leadership.
Shares current knowledge of latest technology and processes.
As skills develop, may assist with performance management process, recognition, and any corrective actions required.
Actively mentors and trains entry level professionals and interns.