Transmission Line and Distribution Engineer - Puerto Rico

Why Black and Veatch

Recognized by Glassdoor as a 2023 Top 100 place to work, 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

Job Summary

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Function as a technical lead engineer on transmission line and distribution projects.
• Perform transmission line and distribution design, ideally with experience of trenchless installation methods.
• Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings. 
• Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors.
• QA/QC or projects and mentor junior engineers. 

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
• Overhead Transmission Lines
• Underground Transmission Lines
• Renewables Integration
• HVDC/FACTs

This team is #2 in ENR's Top 25 Design Firms in Power. Learn more about our substation design team and projects:  Power Projects I  Substation Projects 

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards:

• Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and 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 and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks  
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black and 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 larger or multiple 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 
• Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods 
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments  
• 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 projects 

Client Focus:

• Responsible for assisting with 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 
• Typically 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):

• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required 
• May 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: 

• Administrative responsibilities may 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 

Management Responsibilities

Acts in capacity of a "lead person." Does not have management responsibility for the people to whom they provide work direction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Written Communications
• Drive For Results
• Priority Setting
• Planning
• Delegation
• Directing Others
• Conflict Management
• Informing
• Listening
• Dealing with Ambiguity And Building Effective Teams 
• Advanced 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 8 years related work experience.
• If you are in Puerto Rico:
  • CIAPR Membership 
  • PR/PE License
• 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. If you are in Puerto Rico you need at least CIAPR active membership and PR/PE License. 

Certifications

Most positions - depending on the nature of work performed as defined by the division - will typically require incumbents to have professional registration or licensure in their designated home office country, or be in active pursuit* of such registration