Company : Black & Veatch Corporation
Req Id : 116220
Opportunity Type : Staff
Relocation eligible : No
Full time/Part time : Full-Time
Project Only Hire : No
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
The Opportunity As an Senior Electrical Substation Engineering Specialist, you may have the opportunity to:
- 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.
The TeamBlack & Veatch is
Ranked #4 Overall in Power by Engineering News-Record (2025). Our Technology, Commercial & Industrial Team has specialized capabilities focused on the latest needs for clients in a fast-growth technology-led arena of advanced manufacturing, and generative AI computing including gigafactories, bio/ag tech, data centers and distributed infrastructure. By joining our market sector, you will have the opportunity to be involved in cutting-edge technology and work with a team that moves quickly with decisions and expectations.
Our specialized team provides complete engineering, procurement, and construction new asset and operating asset services in the following areas:
- Substations
- Renewables Integration
- HVDC/FACTS/STATCOM
- Datacenters Integration
- BESS Integration
Key Responsibilities- Proactively provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and BV policies. May own the maintaining, updating, and developing engineering standards.
- Provide technical guidance to others regarding projects or disciplines.
- Applies knowledge and ensures compliance with BV quality program.
- Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality.
- Supports continuous improvement, change management and risk 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.
- Responsible for ensuring project teams delegate 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 projects.
- Establishes work plan to be applied to a given project.
- Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on 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 projects.
- Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on complex projects.
- Works to identify future client needs and how to better position BV for the future. May offer other services to the client. Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities.
- Serves as the technical specialist in a broad area of specialization, or in a narrow but specialized field.
- Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems.
- Typically supports multiple projects on very complex technical challenges.
- Typical roles include being recognized as an industry expert, participating in professional societies by presenting papers, acting as a section lead for a large or complex specialty area, an engineering consultant for larger scale projects.
- May support a division chief engineer or top engineering management, and is accountable for discipline-specific engineering processes.
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in engineering technology or sciences preferred or any other degree, specialized training, or experience, that makes the individual uniquely qualified to perform the job responsibilities.
- Minimum of 10 years of 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.
Work Environment/Physical DemandsHybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.
Salary PlanENS: Eng & Technical Specialties
Job Grade017
