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Black & Veatch · 23 hours ago

Senior Substation Structural Engineer

Houston, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

11+ years exp

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned company focused on sustainable infrastructure and engineering solutions. The Senior Substation Structural Engineer will lead structural design and analysis for substation projects, manage budgets and schedules, and provide technical guidance to engineering teams while maintaining positive client relations.

ConstructionConsultingIndustrial EngineeringInfrastructure

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead structural design engineering and analysis on substation scopes

Collect and assimilate data for engineering work. Perform research and prepare calculations in accordance with Black & Veatch and industry standards

Develop recommendations for equipment and materials. Understand and work successfully within budget, project schedule, and quality requirements

May assist with providing guidance to engineering team members. Maintain positive client relations understanding client interests and drivers through effective communication with the project team. May assist with business development activities

Functions as technical specialist, or has management and/or administrative responsibilities for a group. May supervise engineering staff on projects of medium to high complexity, and/or is recognized as a key reference for technical guidance through depth and breadth of knowledge. Has some influence for scope of responsibilities within the organization

Proactively provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black & Veatch policies

Assists in developing, maintaining, and updating engineering standards

Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines

Independently applies knowledge and complies with Black & Veatch quality program

Responsible for ensuring compliance with Black & Veatch quality program

Provides related guidance and direction to others

Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts

Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for multiple or mega projects

Complex research and develop 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

Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods

Reviews lower-level engineering work or assignments

Establishes work plan to be applied to a given project

Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger 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 and complex projects

Responsible for defining project schedules for single discipline or may have responsibility for multiple disciplines

Determining identification of key client interests and drivers on moderately complex projects and may determine the key clients in some instances

Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on moderately complex projects

May offer other services to the clients

Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities

Serves as a technical specialist and has knowledge and skill set to provide consultation and guidance to project teams in a particular practice area

Supports multiple projects on the complex technical challenges

Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring

Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems

Assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required

Participate in career planning, and learning and development

Implements resource management strategy

Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline

Include office administration

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

Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs

May approve timesheets and expense reports

Supervises work of others. Responsible for hiring, discipline, and pay administration of their subordinates

Qualification

Active PE LicenseStructural Engineering Design3D Analysis SoftwareFoundation Design SoftwareClient InteractionWritten CommunicationsTeam LeadershipConflict Management

Required

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 or equivalent experience in Engineering work

Minimum of 11 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

Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary

Supervises work of others. Responsible for hiring, discipline, and pay administration of their subordinates

Preferred

Active PE License

Advanced knowledge of Structural Engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards

Intermediate to advanced structural steel and concrete experience using 3D analysis and design software such as RISA 3D, STAAD Pro, or equivalent

Foundation design experience using analysis and design software such as LPile, RISA Foundation, SP-Mats, etc

Experience performing structural connection and miscellaneous calculations using MS Excel and/or Mathcad

Written Communications, Drive for Results, Priority Setting, Planning, Delegation, Directing Others, Conflict Management, Informing, Listening, Dealing with Ambiguity, and Building Effective Teams

Previous client interaction experience with solid relationship-building abilities in pursuit of business opportunities

Proven strong written and verbal communications skills and ability to lead teams

Ability to think quick at the job site and in front of customer personnel

Experience with the design of utility-scale electrical substations, energy, renewables, or similar fields

Structural design of electrical substation steel structures and their foundations