Black & Veatch Hiring for Technical Lead Electrical Engineer – Substation Design – REMOTE – Overland Park, KS at Springfield Full Time

Technical Lead Electrical Engineer – Substation Design – REMOTE – Overland Park, KS

Date: Aug 25, 2022

Location:

US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

At Black & Veatch, our employee-owners go beyond the project. For over a century, we have been breaking down social, economic and geographic barriers by making life’s critical resources accessible to all. Working with us, you will help provide critical expertise as we, along with our valued clients, deliver solutions that positively impact communities around the world. Our professionals are our greatest asset, and we believe nothing is more important than the health, happiness and professional growth of our employee-owners. With a focus on flexible work-life balance options, an expanding and diverse workforce, and limitless career growth opportunities, we will give you our best to help yougive us your best, and together we can build a world of difference.

Company : Black & Veatch Corporation

Req Id : 84108

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : Yes

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Project Only Hire : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: Yes

Job Summary

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company with a 100-year legacy of innovations in sustainable infrastructure. We go beyond the project. We break down social, economic and geographic barriers by making life’s critical resources accessible to all. Our work empowers our clients with the knowledge, ownership and confidence they need to make meaningful differences. Black & Veatch’s Global P ower Business conventional, renewable, sustainable, reliable and integrated power solutions to customers. We are an organization of highly skilled professionals delivering data-driven and strategic planning, consulting, engineering, construction , program management and combined EPC solutions . We are dedicated to innovation and staying up to date with technology advancements and have a desire to help our clients navigate changing demands and regulatory compliance, while providing a cost-effective competitive advantage.

Black & Veatch’s Power division is one of the largest and most geographically diverse groups in the industry, serving electric power transmission and distribution clients worldwide. 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

*This role can be performed in a REMOTE capacity. You would be supporting our team out of Overland Park, KS.*

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Key Responsibilities

In this role you will function as a technical lead substation design engineer . At Black & Veatch, Substation design encompasses distribution, subtransmission and transmission level voltage classes. Under minimal supervision, you will perform advanced engineering techniques and analyses for problems and methods. This will expand your knowledge and skill set in area of discipline and among other functional areas. In addition, you will lead other engineers and interface directly with clients. Lastly, you will be responsible for the overall execution and quality of substation projects as a leader within a team environment.

Engineering Standards:

• Perform substation design, including physical design, protective relaying/control with an emphasis on continuous improvement.

• Applyknowledge of standards, systems, document control, departmental guides, applicable codes and Black and Veatch policies and procedures.

Quality / Continuous Improvement:

• Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks.

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with Black & Veatch quality program while performing internal Quality Assurance technical reviews.

• Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline.

• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.

Engineering Production:

• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverablesfor substation design .

• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.

• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.

• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements.

• Plans and conducts independent evaluation , selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria.

Project Coordination:

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects.

• Manages work assignments and ensures quality from direct reports.

• Actively participate in management , project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings.

Client Focus:

• Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors.

• Identify key client interests, communicate drivers to project team members and develop solutions for less complex projects.

• Focuses on the needs of internal clients while gaining an understanding of external client’s main interests and drivers.

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

• May be recognized as a technical specialist by the division having in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry.

• Responsible for the design of a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s).

People Management – (supervision,career development, training, mentoring):

• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required.

• Mentor less experienced engineers and direct reports.

• Provide constructive feedback to direct reports on performance.

Management Responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Substation Design – Physical and Protection & Control (P&C)

• Quality Assurance and Quality Control of substation desig n projects

• Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Minimum Qualifications

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.

Certifications

Most positions – depending on the nature of work performed as defined by the division – will typically require incumbents to have professional registration or licensure in their designated home office country, or be in active pursuit* of such registration

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Competencies

Collaborates

Communicates effectively

Courage

Directs work

Instills trust

Interpersonal savvy

Organizational savvy

Customer focus

Decision quality

Salary Plan

ENG: Engineering

Job Grade

130

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Black & Veatch is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged, productive, safe and healthy.

Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers an array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.

To support a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.

A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company-matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.

We are proud to be a 100 percent ESOP-owned company. As employee-owners, our professionals are empowered to drive not only their personal growth, but the company’s long-term achievements – and they share in the financial rewards of the success through stock ownership.

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