Substation Physical Design Electrical Engineer - Puerto Rico Job Details Black & Veatch Family of C

Substation Physical Design Electrical Engineer - Puerto Rico

Date: Oct 22, 2024

Location

Guaynabo, PR, PR

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

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Company : B&V Puerto Rico PSC

Req Id : 103887

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : No

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Project Only Hire : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

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

In this role you will function as a technical specialist or as a lead substation design engineer . At Black & Veatch, Substation design encompasses distribution, subtransmission and transmission level voltage classes. Under general direction, you will develop and apply advanced engineering techniques, concepts and approaches to complex engineering problems. You will provide technical guidance or supervise engineering staff on substation design projects . In addition, you may be responsible for developing, validating, and presenting specialist/technical output as well as leading other engineers and interfacing directly with clients. Lastly, you will be responsible for the overall execution and quality of substation projects as a leader within a team environment.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards:

• Perform substation design, including physical design, protective relaying/control with an emphasis on continuous improvement.

• Develop and maintain budgets and schedules for multiple substation design projects.

• Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch policies.

• Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards.

Quality / Continuous Improvement:

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with Black & Veatch quality program while performing internal Quality Assurance technical reviews.

• Provides guidance and direction to others.

• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.

Engineering Production:

• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects.

• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.

• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.

• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments.

• 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.

Project Coordination:

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

• Manage the work assignments and ensures quality from direct reports and project team(s).

• Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings.

Client Focus:

• Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors.

• Identify key client interests, communicate drivers to project team members and develop solutions for moderately complex projects.

• Focuses on the needs of internal clients while gaining an understanding of external client's main interests and drivers.

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

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

• Typically 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.

Management Responsibilities

Acts in capacity of a "lead person." Does not have management responsibility for the people to whom they provide work direction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Substation Design - Physical and Protection & Control (P&C)

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

People Management - (supervision,career development,training, mentoring):

• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required.

• May participate in career planning, learning and development.

• Mentor less experienced engineers and provide constructive feedback to direct reports.

Resource Management - (budgets, tools, processes, project support):

• Implement strategies.

• Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline.

Administrative:

• Office administrationresponsibilities.

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

• May approve timesheets and expense reports.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires an engineering license from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.

• Minimum of 8 years related work experience.

• If you are in Puerto Rico:

• CIAPR Membership

• PR/PE License

• 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

Competencies

Collaborates

Communicates effectively

Courage

Directs work

Instills trust

Interpersonal savvy

Organizational savvy

Customer focus

Decision quality

Salary Plan

ENG: Engineering

Job Grade

131

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To support a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.

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