Electrical Project Engineer - Substation

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•Charleston, SC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an Electrical Project Engineer at Black & Veatch, you will play a crucial role in substation projects, potentially functioning as a Technical Specialist or Project Lead. You will provide project coordination, guidance, and expertise on assigned substation projects, supporting a variety of projects up to 765kV within engineering detailed design and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC). Your responsibilities will include developing protection and control design deliverables such as protective relays, panel arrangements, one-line/single-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, and relay panel wiring. You will also develop physical design deliverables including yard layout plans, grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, and auxiliary AC/DC power systems. The role involves performing or overseeing quality reviews of electrical substation design packages, providing guidance and mentorship to junior team members, and preparing electrical equipment specifications and Bills of Materials (BOM). You will communicate and coordinate project activities with clients, vendors, subcontractors, and other stakeholders, present proposals and designs, and potentially travel for design reviews, construction coordination, and field verification. Additionally, you will prepare and manage design budgets and schedules, and support business development activities.

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 5 years related work experience.
Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary.
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.

Nice To Haves

High voltage (HV) substation design experience – Physical and/or Protection & Controls
Project lead and technical specialist experience overseeing utility substation clients and projects
QA/QC Reviews – Quality Assurance/Quality Checks
Experience coordinating and communicating with Clients, Multidisciplinary Leads and Project Managers
Proficient with Bluebeam Revu and Microsoft Office Programs (such as Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.)

Responsibilities

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).
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.
Perform or oversee quality review of electrical substation design packages.
Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
Prepare electrical equipment specifications and Bills of Materials (BOM) for procurement and construction.
Communicate and coordinate project activities and activities with clients, vendors, subcontractors and other stakeholders.
Present proposals, designs and project activities.
Potential travel opportunities to client and vendor offices and/or project sites for design reviews, construction coordination and field verification.
Prepare and manage design budgets and schedules.
Provide support to business development or pursuit activities.
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.
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.
Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects.
Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
May oversee collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work.
Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.
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.
Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects.
Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on low to moderately 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 low to moderately complex projects.
Provides support to business development or pursuit activities and may offer other services to clients.
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 of moderately complex scope 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.
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.
May assist with resource management strategy.
May have responsibility of engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline.
Ensuring policies, procedures and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for work group.
Ensuring adherence to corporate and division programs.
Approving timesheets and expense reports.