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Black & Veatch Looking for Electrical Engineer 3 – Substation Design – Tualatin, OR (Hybrid) Full Time
Date: Jan 12, 2023
Location:
Tualatin, OR, US US
Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies
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Company : Black & Veatch Corporation
Req Id : 95115
Opportunity Type : Staff
Relocation eligible : Yes
Full time/Part time : Full-Time
Project Only Hire : No
Visa Sponsorship Available: Yes
Job Summary
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. Black & Veatch provides complete engineering, procurement, and construction new asset and operating asset services in the following areas:
– Substations
– Overhead Transmission Lines
– Underground Transmission Lines
– Renewables Integration
– HVDC/FACTs
In this role you will function as a mid level engineer capacity in a substation design role encompassing distribution, subtransmission and transmission level voltage classes. Under general supervision, performs all aspects of conventional design engineering and analysis. Broadens knowledge and skill set in area of discipline. May start to expand knowledge in other disciplines and/or functional areas.
This position will support substation projects and project team located in Tualatin, OR .Black & Veatch prides itself on the support of our employees and providing flexibility to make the things that are most important to you, a priority. This is why we offer our professionals, located near an office a Hybrid work environment. Our hybrid work approach allows our employees to work two days a week from other locations outside of the office.
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Key Responsibilities
Engineering Standards:
– Perform substation design, including physical design, protective relaying/control with an emphasis on continuous improvement
– Continues to learn and remains current on departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch policies and procedures
– Applies to assigned tasks as appropriate
Quality/Continuous Improvement:
– Begins to independently apply knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
– Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
– May start to perform internal Quality Assurance technical reviews
Engineering Production:
– Prepares a variety of moderately complex engineering deliverables for substation design
– Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
– Collects, assimilates, and manages data for engineering work
– Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
– Understands and adheres to budget, schedule, and quality requirements
– Recognizes, defines and resolves problems within assigned area
– May provide direction and guidance to others
Project Coordination:
– Assigns tasks to and coordinates with other internal/external team members on less complex projects
– Initiates contact with other disciplines as needed to identify and coordinate details of the work
Client Focus:
– Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors
– Actively seeks to understand client interests and drivers through normal client contact and through interaction and communication with project leadership
– Applies understanding of client interests and drivers to their own behavior and performance of the work under his/her responsibility
– May provide support to business development or pursuit activities
Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:
– Shares current knowledge of latest technology and processes
People Management – (supervision,career development, training, mentoring):
– May assist with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required
Preferred Qualifications
– Substation Design – Physical and/or P&C
– Learning on the Fly
– Problem Solving
– Intellectual Horsepower
– Written Communications
– Drive For Results
– Informing
– Listening and Dealing with Ambiguity
– Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline
Minimum Qualifications
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 3 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.
Work Environment/Physical Demands
Typical office environment
Competencies
Decision quality
Salary Plan
ENG: Engineering
Job Grade
129
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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.
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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