Senior Electrical Engineer - Data Centers

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 one. 

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-KG1

The Team

Black & Veatch’s Technology, Commercial & Industrial Sector is a specialized group of capabilities focused on the latest needs for clients in a fast-growth technology-led arena of advanced manufacturing, and generative AI computing including gigafactories, bio/ag tech, data centers and distributed infrastructure. By joining our market sector, you will have the opportunity to be involved in cutting-edge technology and work with a team that moves quickly with decisions and expectations.

As a member of the Data Centers Team at Black & Veatch, you will be part of a progressive, growing business within a global organization recognized for consistently delivering impactful solutions for over a century.  This team specializes in delivering Data Centers facility planning, design, engineering, construction, technology, and energy services to our valued clients.

The Opportunity

In this role, you may have the opportunity to: 

• Lead the delivery of design-only, design-build, and construction only projects in Electrical Engineering deliverables for Data Centers projects. 
• Provide subject matter expertise in the area of Data Center design. 
• Train and develop early career and/or inexperienced professionals. 
• Work with a collaborative team of engineers experienced in the Data Center projects. 
• Build business relationships with clients to understand needs and drivers. 
• Interact in a client-facing/business development role. 
• Support business development, including developing scope-of-work, level-of-effort, and site visits to understand the scope of the pursuit. 
• Continuously development technical expertise.

This role will support projects primarily for North America. The ideal candidate will be located or willing to relocate to: Kansas City (Overland Park, KS); Arlington, VA (D.C.); Canonsburg, PA (Pittsburgh); or Los Angeles, CA. Other Regional Office locations may be considered - .

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. Typically 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. Typically supports multiple projects on very complex technical challenges. 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 identifies successors to train in the specifics of their role.

Management Responsibilities

Supervises work of others. Responsible for hiring, discipline, and pay administration of their subordinates.

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 or equivalent experience in engineering work.
• Minimum of 11 years related work experience.
• Active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary (U.S. Professional Engineer License).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. 
• Previous Project Lead experience in Data Center Designs. 
• Demonstrated understand of design risk factors for redundancy and resiliency. 
• Understanding of design differences in hyper-scale, edge, and colocation data centers. 
• Possesses a proficiency in 3D modeling as well as managing and creating complex families with custom parameters within Autodesk Revit. 
• Familiarity with Data Center tier rating systems. 
• Strong knowledge of Autodesk Revit 
• Experience utilizing BIM 360, Navisworks, Revit work sets, view templates and project phasing. 
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment. 
• Self-motivated to deliver results when given a deadline. 
• Attention to detail with the ability to manage competing priorities simultaneously. 
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and leverage data and metrics to challenge current assumptions. 
• Sound, professional communication skills to engage in client-facing activities. 
• Ability to lead projects including management of project schedules, budgets, and staffing. 
• Support business development, including developing scope-of-work, level-of-effort, and site visits to understand the scope of the pursuit. 
• Strong leaderships skills, with desire to train and develop early career and/or inexperienced professionals. 

Certifications

• Active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary (U.S. Professional Engineer License).

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.