Energy Auditing Engineer (Early Career

Energy Auditing Engineer (Early Career)

Date:
Aug 4, 2026

Location:

Glasgow, GB

Company:
Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.

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.

As a Black & Veatch early career professional, you’ll be working on sustainable solutions to some of today’s biggest energy challenges, learning the business from a diverse, motivated team of designers, engineers, and project managers. You'll develop and sharpen the skills that will serve you throughout your career. As an Energy Auditing Engineer
, you’ll join a team of multidisciplinary engineers undertaking energy plant (e.g. Biomass Plants, Windfarms etc) audits throughout the United Kingdom.

You’ll be based in our Glasgow city centre office, with the option to work from home 2 days per week once you’ve completed your first 90 days. Regular travel to sites across the UK including Northern Ireland is required, so please note you must be able to drive for this role. This role is open to all early-in-career (0-4 years since graduating) engineers with a BEng in Mechanical / Electrical / Process Engineering.

• Work effectively on several energy audits concurrently.
• Undertake engineering and economics analysis of energy projects.
• Undertake witnessing / inspection of mechanical and electrical commissioning of energy projects.
• Participate in site visits and client meetings.
• Liaise with external organisations.
• Progress to undertake feasibility studies, design, specification and implementation of energy projects.
• Progress to provide grid connection and compliance support for energy projects.
• Assist with various marketing and tender initiatives.

If you bring some of these skills and areas of knowledge we’d love to hear from you! We don’t expect any candidate to have everything on this list, just a few and curiosity to learn more.

Knowledge areas:

• Key energy technologies such as; biomass, wind, solar, heat pumps, and battery energy storage.
• Power generation, transmission and distribution networks.
• Typical electrical power system studies (Load Flow, Short Circuit, Losses.).
• Electrical infrastructure and plant specification and arrangement for renewable energy projects
• Additionally, it would be beneficial to have some knowledge of: power system analysis software such as Dig Silent, PSCAD or ETAP;
  Grid connection and TSO/DNO interfaces;
  Feed in Tariff (FIT) and Renewables Obligation (RO); UK Grid Code.

Skills:

• Technical analysis
• Ability to effectively communicate to different stakeholders.
• Time management is key to this role so an ability to manage multiple tasks throughout your working week is paramount.
• Highly numerate and well-developed MS Excel skills…