Senior Electrical Engineer - Power System Protection

Black & Veatch Corporation; Tualatin (OR); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Black & Veatch is seeking an experienced Senior Power System Protection Engineer to join the Protective Relay Settings Team. The role requires extensive knowledge of Protection & Control design, relay setting calculations, and power system analysis.

You will develop setpoints and work with multiple relay platforms while modeling power systems. The position offers opportunities across several locations with a focus on leadership, technical excellence, and delivering essential infrastructure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
• Minimum of 11 years related work experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred or required where applicable.
• Experience with Protection & Control design concepts and relay settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance on design guides, standards and client requirements.
• Ensure quality program compliance and promote continuous improvement.
• Prepare complex engineering deliverables for multiple projects and manage data.
• Develop protection and control solutions and manage project scopes, schedules, and budgets.
• Coordinate with internal/external teams to ensure project success.
• Mentor junior staff and lead small project teams.

Skills

Protection & Control concepts

Relay setting calculations

Relay software platforms

Power system modelling tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in engineering

PE License

Tools

ASPEN

CAPE

CYME

ETAP

SKM

Job description

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Senior Electrical Engineer - Power System Protection

Date: Sep 1, 2026

Location: Tualatin, OR, US Overland Park, KS, US Ann Arbor, MI, US Bloomington, MN, US Dallas, TX, US Greenwood Village, CO, US Houston, TX, US Orlando, FL, US Phoenix, AZ, US Cary, NC, US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

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Company :Black & Veatch Corporation

Opportunity Type :Staff

Project Only Hire :No

Why Black & Veatch?

At Black & Veatch, you’ll be part of work that matters—designing, creating, and building the infrastructure communities rely on every day, from concept through execution.

We care about how the work gets done as much as what we build. Safety is built into every decision, and people look out for each other—speaking up, collaborating, and doing the right thing because it affects real lives.

You’ll work alongside teams solving complex challenges and turning ideas into solutions that perform in the real world—gaining hands‑on experience across projects, technologies, and disciplines.

Ownership shows up in how we work. We take responsibility for outcomes, follow through on commitments, and take pride in what we deliver. As a 100% employee‑owned company, employees share in the long‑term success we build together.

With flexible ways of working and meaningful development opportunities, you’ll build a career you can be proud to stand behind.

The Opportunity

Black & Veatch is seeking an experienced Senior Power System Protection Engineer with 11-15 years' of experience to join our Protective Relay Settings Team. The ideal candidate has extensive working experience and advanced knowledge of Protection & Control (P&C) design concepts, relay setting calculations / setting file development, relay manufacturer software platforms, and power system analysis & modeling software.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Function as a technical subject matter expert and specialist.
• Develop protective setpoints per industry standards, best practices and client requirements.
• Work with system modeling software programs (ASPEN, CAPE, CYME, ETAP, SKM).
• Develop downloadable setpoint files on multiple proprieta ry relay manufacturer software platforms (SEL AcSELerator Quickset, GE Enervista, etc.).
• Develop and manipulate logic commonly utilized in protection and control schemes.

Multiple locations available! Please refer to job posting header for full list of eligible locations.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies. May own, maintain, update, or develop engineering standards and guides. Provide technical guidance to others regarding projects or disciplines.
• Applies knowledge and ensures compliance with B&V quality program. Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality. Supports continuous improvement, change management and risk management efforts.
• 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. Typical 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. 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 identifiers successors to train in the specifics of their role.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10-15years of experience in Transmission industry.
• Significant working experience with Protection & Control design concepts including one-lines, three-lines, schematics, wiring, etc.
• 10 years of extensive experience in development of protective relay settings (line, transformer, breaker, bus, etc.).
• Extensive experience with commonly utilized system modeling software programs (ASPEN, CAPE, CYME, ETAP, SKM, etc.).
• Advancedknowledgeand applicationof the predominant protection schemes and philosophies which are encountered in Transmission, Distribution,and Renewable Collector Substations.
• Extensiveexperience with Mathcad and Excel software for protective setting calculations.
• Experience with commonly utilized communication protocols (DNP, SEL, MMS, Modbus, etc.).
• Experience withIEC 61850 (GOOSE, MMS, SV) and its implementation.
• Advanced knowledge and application ofNERC-PRC standards and other commonly utilized industry standards.
• Proven ability to independently develop written communication and to facilitate coordination with team members and clients.
• Proven ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
• Proven ability to lead small projects including management of project schedules, budgets, and staffing.
• Extensiveexperience supporting proposal development- including, scope of work, level of work,engineering estimates, schedule.
• Strong leaderships skills, with desire to train and developearly career and/orinexperienced professionals.
• Extensiveexperiencefunctioningin a QA/QCcapacity.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License.

Minimum Qualifications

• 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 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.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

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

Compensation Transparency

In accordance with local requirements, the annual compensation ranges for this role are listed below by state or jurisdiction and reflect the applicable office location(s) within each. Final compensation is determined based on factors such as skills, experience, qualifications, internal alignment, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law.

• State of Colorado: 148,852 - 248,578
• State of Minnesota: 142,086 - 237,279

Salary Plan

Job Grade

017

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