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Black & Veatch · 1 week ago

Senior Electrical Engineer - Power Generation

Cary, NC

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

11+ years exp

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned company focused on sustainable infrastructure and engineering solutions. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will lead projects and develop electrical deliverables for power generation, ensuring compliance with engineering standards and managing project budgets and schedules.

ConstructionConsultingIndustrial EngineeringInfrastructure

No H1B

Responsibilities

Function as project lead and technical expert, and may have management and/or administrative responsibilities on assigned Conventional Power Generation Projects and Teams

Develop electrical drawing deliverables including: One line and three line diagrams, Electrical motor schematics, breaker control schematics and wiring 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

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

Applies knowledge and ensures compliance with B&V quality program

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

Performs complex research and develops 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

Responsible for ensuring project teams delegate 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 projects

Establishes work plan to be applied to a given project

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

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

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 B&V for the future

May offer other services to the client

Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities

Serves as the 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

Typically supports multiple projects on very complex technical challenges

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

May support the chief engineers or top engineering management, and is accountable for discipline-specific engineering processes

Typically oversees performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development, and corrective actions

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

Actively mentors lower level and mid level professionals and identifies successors to train in the specifics of their role

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringPower Generation DesignETAP SoftwareAutoCADQuality AssuranceElectrical Equipment SpecificationsProject ManagementClient CommunicationBudget ManagementTeam LeadershipMentoringProblem Solving

Required

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

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

Preferred

Project Lead experience and expertise in utility scale conventional power generation project design

Previous engineering consulting design experience in LV/MV Conventional Power Generation (i.e. combined cycle, simple cycle plants)

Quality Assurance / Quality Check (QA/QC) and project lead experience

Understand and be able to work within a schedule and manhours budget

Familiarity with applicable NEC and IEEE/ANSI standards

Experience with electrical equipment, which includes, but is not limited to: MV and LV switchgear, Secondary unit substation Transformer -GSUT, UAT, panel boards, breakers, protective relays, inverter, battery, battery chargers, disconnect switches, surge arrestors, medium voltage cable, low voltage cable, control cable, fiber optic cable