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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. 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-DG1 

As a Senior Substation Structural Engineer, you will have the opportunity to: 

• 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. 

Black & Veatch isRanked #4 Overall in Powerby Engineering News-Record (2025). Our Technology, Commercial & Industrial Team has specialized capabilities focused on the latest needs for clients in a fast-growth technology-led arena of advanced manufacturing, and generative AI computing including gigafactories, bio/ag tech, data centers anddistributed infrastructure. By joining our market sector, you will have the opportunity to be involved in cutting-edge technology and work with a team that moves quickly with decisions and expectations. 

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 

Engineering Standards: 

• 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 

Quality / Continuous Improvement:  

• 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 

Engineering Production: 

• 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  

Project Coordination: 

• 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 

Client Focus: 

• 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 
• 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 
• 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 

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

• Assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required 
• Participate in career planning, and learning and development 

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

• Implements resource management strategy 
• Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline  

Administrative: 

• 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 

• 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. 
• The following experience would be a plus (but not required) based on the work anticipated from the client(s): 
  
  • Experience with the design of utility-scale electrical substations, energy, renewables, or similar fields 
  • Structural design of electrical substation steel structures and their foundations 

• 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.

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

Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.