Senior Substation Structural Engineer

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•Indianapolis, IN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Substation Structural Engineer, you will have the opportunity to lead structural design engineering and analysis on substation scopes. You will collect and assimilate data for engineering work, perform research and prepare calculations in accordance with Black & Veatch and industry standards. You will develop recommendations for equipment and materials, and understand and work successfully within budget, project schedule, and quality requirements. You may assist with providing guidance to engineering team members, maintain positive client relations by understanding client interests and drivers through effective communication with the project team, and may assist with business development activities. You will function as a technical specialist, or have management and/or administrative responsibilities for a group. You may supervise engineering staff on projects of medium to high complexity, and/or be recognized as a key reference for technical guidance through depth and breadth of knowledge. You will have some influence for scope of responsibilities.

Requirements

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 or equivalent experience in Engineering work.
Minimum of 11 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.

Nice To Haves

Active PE License
Advanced knowledge of Structural Engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards
Intermediate to advanced structural steel and concrete experience using 3D analysis and design software such as RISA 3D, STAAD Pro, or equivalent
Foundation design experience using analysis and design software such as LPile, RISA Foundation, SP-Mats, etc.
Experience performing structural connection and miscellaneous calculations using MS Excel and/or Mathcad
Written Communications, Drive for Results, Priority Setting, Planning, Delegation, Directing Others, Conflict Management, Informing, Listening, Dealing with Ambiguity, and Building Effective Teams
Previous client interaction experience with solid relationship-building abilities in pursuit of business opportunities.
Proven strong written and verbal communications skills and ability to lead teams.
Ability to think quick at the job site and in front of customer personnel.
Experience with the design of utility-scale electrical substations, energy, renewables, or similar fields
Structural design of electrical substation steel structures and their foundations

Responsibilities

Lead structural design engineering and analysis on substation scopes
Collect and assimilate data for engineering work. Perform research and prepare calculations in accordance with Black & Veatch and industry standards.
Develop recommendations for equipment and materials. Understand and work successfully within budget, project schedule, and quality requirements.
May assist with providing guidance to engineering team members. Maintain positive client relations understanding client interests and drivers through effective communication with the project team. May assist with business development activities.
Functions as technical specialist, or has management and/or administrative responsibilities for a group. May supervise engineering staff on projects of medium to high complexity, and/or is recognized as a key reference for technical guidance through depth and breadth of knowledge. Has some influence for scope of responsibilities.
Proactively provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black & Veatch policies
Assists in developing, maintaining, and updating engineering standards
Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines
Independently applies knowledge and complies with Black & Veatch quality program
Responsible for ensuring compliance with Black & Veatch quality program
Provides related guidance and direction to others
Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for multiple or mega projects
Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
Oversees 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
Develops and applies advanced engineering solutions to complex problems
Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods
Reviews lower-level engineering work or assignments
Establishes work plan to be applied to a given project
Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger 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 and complex projects
Typically responsible for defining project schedules for single discipline or may have responsibility for multiple disciplines
Responsible for determining identification of key client interests and drivers on moderately complex projects and may determine the key clients in some instances
Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on moderately complex projects
May offer other services to the clients
Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities
Serves as a technical specialist and has knowledge and skill set to provide consultation and guidance to project teams in a particular practice area
Typically supports multiple projects on the complex technical challenges
Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring
Develops and applies 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
Implements resource management strategy
Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline
Administrative responsibilities may include office administration
Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup
Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs
May approve timesheets and expense reports