Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

Date:
Jan 14, 2025

Location:

Chicago, IL, US

Company:
Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world.

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.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Function as a technical lead substation design engineer
  . Substation design encompasses distribution, sub-transmission and transmission level voltage classes.
• Develop electrical design deliverables, including protection and control design (protective relays) and/or physical design.
• Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings.
• Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors.
• QA/QC projects and mentor junior engineers.

This opportunity is located in Chicago, IL
. Hybrid work structure supports 3 days in office, and 2 days remote/flex.

• 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.

• Continuously learns, 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.
• Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks.
• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables.
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments.

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