High Voltage Electrical Engineer

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Black & Veatch

Job Title High Voltage Electrical Engineer ( 2 Openings )

Location Houston, Texas

Base Salary $150,000 $170,000

JOB#. 83439074

Industry: Energy Utilities

• Ideal Candidate ***
  
  

The ideal candidate is a High Voltage Substation Engineer from an engineering consulting firm (not a utility) with at least five years of hands-on design experience in Protection & Controls and/or physical substation layout, along with proven project lead responsibility on utility-scale projects. They are technically strong, detail-oriented, capable of managing budgets and schedules, and confident leading small teams while serving as the primary point of contact for clients.

WORK SCHEDULE:

Full-time in-office for the first 90 days > After that, hybrid flexibility may be available (3 days in office) and 9/80 schedule

Job Details:

Established engineering firm seeking an experienced Electrical Project Engineer to lead high-voltage (HV) substation design projects. This role combines technical leadership (Protection & Controls and/or Physical Design) with project execution responsibility, including schedule, budget, QA/QC oversight.

• This is not a distribution, low/medium voltage, or O&M-focused role ***
• Candidates must have direct HV substation design experience. ***
  
  

Responsibilities:

Serve as Project Lead or Technical Specialist on HV substation projects (up to 765kV).

Lead small, single-discipline electrical project teams.

Oversee detailed design for EPC and engineering-only substation projects.

Develop and review Protection & Control deliverables, including:

Protective relays

One-line and three-line diagrams

AC/DC schematics

Relay panel wiring diagrams

Equipment wiring and panel arrangements

Develop and review physical substation design deliverables, including:

Yard layout plans (2D/3D)

Grounding and lightning protection plans

Control building layouts

Auxiliary AC/DC systems

Qualifications:

Bachelor s Degree in Electrical Engineering (accredited program).

5 years of high-voltage substation design experience.

Experience in either:

Protection & Controls design (protective relays, schematics, wiring), and/or

Physical substation design (yard layouts, grounding, structural/equipment layouts).

Project Lead experience on HV substation projects.

Strong understanding of QA/QC processes and design review standards.