Senior I&C Engineer, Power Generation Lead

Black & Veatch Family of Companies; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 142,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% ESOP ownership

Healthcare benefits

401(k) with match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation & holidays

Job summary

Black & Veatch seeks a Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer to lead and execute engineering services for power generation clients. You will coordinate with vendors and internal teams, drive deliverables, and ensure quality and schedule adherence across multiple engagements.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, system evaluation, FAT/commissioning support, and delivering client-ready recommendations with a focus on safety and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited program or equivalent.
• Minimum 11 years of related engineering experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or country-of-practice equivalent, or active pursuit of such registration.
• Ability to satisfy pre-employment onboarding requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead or perform complex I&C engineering services across conventional power generation.
• Develop technical approaches, scopes of work, deliverables lists, staffing plans, schedules, manhour estimates, execution plans, and client-ready technical recommendations for assigned engagements.
• Apply advanced engineering techniques to evaluate existing control systems, instrumentation, automation architectures, equipment condition, operational concerns, upgrade alternatives, and implementation risks.
• Lead assigned engineering deliverables through development, interdisciplinary coordination, quality checks, and review/approval while managing assigned budget, schedule, quality, and technical requirements.
• Manage services execution discipline across assigned work, including task lists, schedules, engineering action logs, RFIs, client questions, vendor coordination items, meeting actions, status communications, blockers, and required decisions.
• May support or direct others in FATs, site commissioning activities, and return-to-operations walkdowns as requested by the client, including preparation of test comments, field issue tracking, document redline identification, punch‑list follow‑up, and incorporation of approved changes into final client deliverables.
• Manage multiple concurrent tasks across multiple services projects, balancing client responsiveness, technical quality, schedule commitments, and internal resource coordination.
• Serve as technical lead or responsible engineer for assigned services work when appropriate, including directing production activities, delegating appropriate work, mentoring developing professionals, and fostering knowledge transfer.
• Identify client interests and project drivers, communicate them to the team, and develop practical approaches that improve scope clarity, delivery confidence, and client outcomes.
• Support the Services Portfolio Lead with intake triage, early execution strategy, order-of-magnitude planning, proposal development, pursuit reviews, and resource discussions as requested.
• Contribute technical content for reusable scopes, proposal language, estimating bases, work plans, checklists, knowledge resources, training, and onboarding materials.
• Capture lessons learned and translate them into improved delivery methods, tools, technical guidance, and future client recommendations.
• Coordinate technical verification and specialist support through the Chief I&C Engineer, resource leadership, discipline leaders, and subject matter experts.

Skills

I&C engineering

Powergen I&C

Client-facing

Technical writing

Proposal development

DCS/PLC/SCADA

Cybersecurity

Team leadership

FAT/Commissioning

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

PE license or in progress

Job description

Black & Veatch seeks a Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer to lead and execute engineering services for power generation clients. You will coordinate with vendors and internal teams, drive deliverables, and ensure quality and schedule adherence across multiple engagements.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, system evaluation, FAT/commissioning support, and delivering client-ready recommendations with a focus on safety and reliability.