Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

Black & Veatch Corporation; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainable infrastructure is hiring a Lead Electrical Engineer specializing in Substation Design in Phoenix, AZ. This role involves technical leadership in project design, management of deliverables, and direct engagement with clients and teams. The ideal candidate will possess a bachelor's degree in engineering and a strong background in electrical design.

Benefits

401K match

Flexible work schedules

Paid vacation and holiday time

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited program.
• Minimum of 5 years related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Function as a technical lead substation design engineer.
• Develop electrical design deliverables, including protection and control design.
• Interface directly with clients, vendors, and subcontractors.

Skills

Technical leadership

Design principles

Quality Assurance and Control

Client management

Project management

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

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Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

Date: May 27, 2025

Location:

Phoenix, AZ, US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.

Company : Black & Veatch Corporation

Opportunity Type : Staff

Project Only Hire : No

Why Black and Veatch

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-CG1

The Opportunity

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Function as atechnical lead substation design engineer. Substation design encompasses distribution, sub-transmission and transmission level voltage classes
• Develop electrical design deliverables, including protection and control design (protective relays) and/or physical design
• Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings
• Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors
• QA/QC projects and mentor junior engineers

This opportunity is located in Phoenix, AZ. Hybrid work structure supports 3 days in office, and 2days remote/flex.

The Team

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
• HVDC/FACTs

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 5 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Substation Design experience – Physical andProtection & Controls (P&C)
• Project Lead experience – Leading teams as technical leader/SME and mentor. Supporting as point of contact for clients and coordinating with internal/external teams.
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control of substation design projects (QA/QC)
• Professional Engineering (PE) License
• Drive For Results
• Priority Setting
• Planning
• Delegation
• Directing Others
• Conflict Management
• Informing
• Dealing with Ambiguity and Building Effective Teams
• Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Key Responsibilities

• Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks
• Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black and Veatch quality program
• Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
• Plans and conducts independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: overseeing collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; leading smaller production teams; and serving as the responsible charge for a project

Project Coordination:

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

Client Focus:

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on less complex projects
• May provide support to business development or pursuit activities

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

• Recognized as a technical specialist by the division having in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry
• Designs a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s)
• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required

Salary Plan

Job Grade

130

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