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Senior Electrical Engineering Specialist - Power Generation

Date: May 22, 2025

Location:

Cary, NC, US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

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**Company :** Black & Veatch Corporation

**Req Id :** 109069

**Opportunity Type :** Staff

**Relocation eligible :** Yes

**Full time/Part time :** Full-Time

**Project Only Hire :** No

**Visa Sponsorship Available:** No

Why Black and Veatch

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 one. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life.

At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use. \#LI-TF1

The Opportunity

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

+ Function as a **Technical Specialist or lead role** providing guidance and expertise over **Conventional Power Generation Projects and Teams**

+ Develop electrical drawing deliverables including:

+ One line andthree line diagrams

+ Electrical motor schematics,breaker control schematics andwiring diagrams

+ Power cable sizing and cable schedules

+ Complex engineering calculations such as: load flow, short circuit, motor starting (ETAP or SKM), Arc flash analysis (ETAP or SKM), protective relay settings, battery and charger sizing

+ Develop electrical equipment specifications and Bills of Materials (BOM) for procurement and construction

+ Create man hour budgets and schedule for projects and proposals

+ Attend on-site meetings, investigate existing conditions, interface with clients and provide support during construction

+ Extensively use 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

The ideal candidate for this position is located near our Overland Park, KS, Ann Arbor, MI, Raleigh, NC or willing to relocate near one of those BV offices. This position will be hybrid which includes 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.

The Team

Black & Veatch is Ranked #3 in Top Design Firms in Power.Explore ourproject work and achievements!

BV’s Energy & Process business is driven to meet clients’ rapidly changing infrastructure needs in generation, storage, transmission, and distribution of safe, reliable electric power. Our business continues to invest in renewable energy to power the future and support BV’s vision of more sustainable solutions. By joining our business, you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of helping our clients with the most innovative energy solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards:

+ Proactively provides guidance and direction

+ Interpreting, applying and providing direction to larger assigned tasks

+ May own the maintaining, updating, and developing engineering standards

+ Provide technical guidance to others regarding projects or disciplines

Quality / Continuous Improvement:

+ Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality

+ Supports continuous improvement, change management and risk management efforts

Engineering Production:

+ Accountable for managing engineering design-related aspects of complex project(s) or small multiple projects, including engineering schedule and budget performance, quality of engineering solutions and deliverables, and coordination of design, procurement, and construction

+ Orchestrates all technical aspects of complex projects and makes project engineering execution decisions within the bounds set by applicable policies, standards, guides and contract commitments

+ Responsible for the following:

+ Leading production teams

+ Coordinating multiple discipline activity

+ Technical aspects of projects as assigned

+ Establishes work plan to be applied to a given project

Project Coordination:

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

+ Responsible for coordinating project schedules for multiple disciplines

Client Focus:

+ 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 Black and Veatch for the future

+ Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

+ Serves as the senior level 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

+ 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

+ Often supports a division chief engineer or top engineering management, and is accountable for discipline-specific engineering processes

People Management

+ Provides direction to a small size group

+ Typically oversees performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development

+ May participate in compensation management, succession planning, disciplinary actions, employee relations and workforce planning

Resource Management:

+ Influences and implements resource management strategy

+ Manages engineering resources for small size and/or less complex group, typically involving one line of business or discipline

+ Common responsibilities staffing, recruiting, budgets, tools and/or processes

+ Resolves resource conflicts and identifies training needs

+ Specific responsibilities may vary by office, region, or division, but typically involve one or more offices within a country

Administrative:

+ Administrative responsibilities typically include supervising group operations and budgets

+ May support IT, office administration, and facilities

+ Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively developed, implemented, and communicated for workgroup

Management Responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

+ Typically a minimum of 15 years related work experience.

+ 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.

+ Industry recognized credentials (i.e. Professional Engineer-PE License) preferred, as needed.

Preferred Non-Technical Skills:

+ Drive For Results

+ Priority Setting

+ Planning

+ Delegation

+ Directing Others

+ Conflict Management

+ Building Effective Teams

Preferred Technical Skills:

+ Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

+ Advanced knowledge of other disciplines

+ Advanced ability to interpret engineering deliverable content as assigned

+ Advanced industry knowledge and technology trends

+ Advanced knowledge of company quality program

+ Intermediate knowledge of construction and constructability practices and principles

+ Advanced knowledge of procurement and contract administration

+ Working knowledge of process, procedures for project controls and estimating

+ Advanced knowledge of technical aspects of the proposal process

+ Advanced business and financial acumen

+ Advanced knowledge of company/division/HR programs, policies, procedures, and organization structure

+ Advanced knowledge of management techniques and adminstrative policies, procedures

+ Thorough knowledge of budgeting process

Minimum Qualifications

+ 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

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Typical office environment. May be subject to extreme cold (temperatures below 30 degrees for periods of more than one hour), extreme heat (temperatures above 90 degrees for periods of more than one hour), hazards (electrical currents, working on scaffold

Competencies

Collaborates

Communicates effectively

Courage

Directs work

Instills trust

Interpersonal savvy

Organizational savvy

Being resilient

Builds effective teams

Business insight

Cultivates innovation

Customer focus

Drives engagement

Drives vision and purpose

Global perspective

Manages ambiguity

Strategic mindset

Salary Plan

ENS: Eng & Technical Specialties

Job Grade

133

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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.

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