Electrical Project Engineer - Substation

Electrical Project Engineer - Substation

Join an employee‑owned company with over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure. Black & Veatch empowers its people to grow and explore new possibilities while tackling the world’s biggest challenges.

• Company:
  Black & Veatch Corporation
• Req
• Opportunity Type:
  Staff
• Relocation eligible:
  Yes
• Full Time/Part Time:
  Full‑Time
• Project Only Hire:
  No
• Visa Sponsorship Available:
  No

Our Technology, Commercial & Industrial Team ranks #4 overall in Power. We specialize in advanced manufacturing, bio/ag tech, data centers, and distributed infrastructure, providing complete engineering, procurement, and construction services for high‑voltage substations, renewables integration, HVDC/FACTS/STATCOM, datacenters integration, and BESS integration.

• Substations
• Renewables Integration
• HVDC/FACTS/STATCOM
• Datacenters Integration
• BESS Integration

As an Electrical Project Engineer, 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 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.

This opportunity is located in Chicago, IL.

• Continuously develop 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.
• Prepares a variety of engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects. Performs research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection. May oversee collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work. Prepares engineering calculations following standard methods and principles. Prepares and 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 high voltage substation projects. Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on high voltage substation projects. Provides support to business development or pursuit activities and…