Electrical Engineer 4 - Hydropower & Renewables - Midwest (Hybrid)

Why Black and Veatch

Recognized by Glassdoor as a 2023 Top 100 place to work, Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. 

 

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The Opportunity

Black & Veatch has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Electrical Engineer supporting  Hydropower & Renewable projects for our Midwest clients. In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Design Electrical Engineer on Hydropower, Hydraulic Structure, and Renewable Projects
• Coordination with multidiscipline teams including peer engineering and BIM+ technical staff in global regional design centers and local office
• Development of electrical drawing deliverables including single line diagrams, schematics, interconnection diagrams, and equipment layouts
• Development of electrical equipment specifications and Bills of Materials for procurement and construction
• Extensive use of Microsoft Office business systems such as ProjectWise, electrical engineering software, such as ETAP, and Computer Aided Drafting Tools, such as AutoCAD to view and manipulate engineering drawing files
• Attend on-site meetings, investigate existing conditions, provide support during construction

 

Black & Veatch prides itself on the support of our employees and providing flexibility to make the things that are most important to you, a priority. This is why we offer our professionals, located near an office a hybrid work environment. Our hybrid work approach allows our employees to work two days a week from other locations outside of the office. Additionally this opportunity has the possibility of being located in any of our Midwest offices; click the link to see a full list of U.S. Office Locations.

The Team

Black & Veatch has delivered hydropower solutions worldwide for more than 40 years. We’ve produced results on nearly 500 projects and more than 50,000 megawatts in hydropower design. A track record like that can only be achieved by meeting the toughest budgets under the tightest schedules. That formula helps us meet the goal we share with all clients – maximum return on their infrastructure investment. We’re committed to finding clean, green power alternatives. Our expertise ranges from studies and valuations to optimizing existing operations. We can handle full services for facilities that range from the smallest to the largest in capacity. 

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards:

• Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks 

Quality/Continuous Improvement: 

• Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks 
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black and Veatch quality program
• 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 deliverables 
• 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 
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments 
• Is responsible for one or more of the following:  overseeing collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; leading smaller production teams; and serving as the responsible charge for a project  

Project Coordination: 

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

Client Focus: 

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less 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 less complex projects  
• May provide support to business development or pursuit activities  

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology: 

• Recognized as a technical specialist by the division having in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry 
• Designs 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 

Management Responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) License
• Detailed electrical design engineering experience working for 5 or more industrial or electric utility clients
• Experience with hydraulic structures, hydropower or related industrial infrastructure projects (or power generation experience) 
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with power system analysis software (SKM, ETAP, EasyPower) 
• Experience or interest in on-site assessments and construction inspections preferred
• Client-facing and proactive communication skills both written and verbal.
• Written Communications
• Drive For Results
• Priority Setting
• Planning
• Delegation
• Directing Others
• Conflict Management
• Informing
• Listening
• Dealing with Ambiguity and Building Effective Teams 
• 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

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