Structural Substation Engineer

Date:
May 12, 2026

Location:

Tualatin, OR, US

Company:
Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Req

Opportunity Type:
Staff

Relocation eligible:
Yes

Full time/Part time:
Full-Time

Project Only Hire:
No

Visa Sponsorship Available:
No

As a Structural Substation Engineer, you will have the opportunity to:

• Apply advanced engineering techniques and analyses for problems and methods.
• Expand knowledge and skill set in area of discipline.
• Start to expand knowledge in other disciplines and/or functional areas.

As part of BV Operations, your skills will be aligned to projects that support our three market sectors:
Governments and Environment, Energy and Process Industries, and Connectivity and Commercial. You will be engaged with exciting projects across the globe, from small community improvements to grand-scale mega projects, learning and focusing on your own development. The foundation of BV Operations allows movement where your skills are needed and a collaborative, innovative culture offering greater challenges and career development opportunities.

• Continuously develop knowledge and provide guidance and direction on design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies, providing technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines.
• Independently apply knowledge and comply with B&V quality program relative to assigned tasks; may be responsible for ensuring compliance with the program, providing guidance and direction to others, supporting continuous improvement and change management efforts.
• Prepare complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects; perform complex research and recommend equipment and/or materials selection; oversee collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; prepare complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles; manage assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements; apply advanced engineering techniques and analysis; delegate appropriate tasks to lower level team members; review lower level engineering work or assignments;
  
  lead production teams, coordinate multiple discipline activity, and serve as the responsible charge for a project.
• Actively coordinate with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects.
• Assist with identification of key client interests and drivers on low to moderately complex projects; communicate client interests and drivers to project team members and develop approaches to accommodate these concerns; provide support to business development or pursuit activities and may offer other services to clients.
• Act as a technical specialist, providing consultation and guidance to project teams in a particular practice area; design a complete project of moderately complex scope or support multiple projects on complex technical challenges; foster knowledge management and provide mentoring; develop and apply advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems.
• Assist with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required; participate in career planning and learning and development; mentor lower-level professionals and identify successors to train in role specifics.
• Assist with resource management strategy and have responsibility of engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline.
• May be accountable for some administrative responsibilities that include but aren't limited to:
  • Ensuring policies, procedures and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for the work group.
  • Ensuring adherence to corporate and division programs.
  • Approving timesheets and expense reports.

• Valid PE license
• Experience with the design of utility‑scale electrical substations
• Structural design of electrical substation steel structures and their foundations
• Basic structural steel and concrete experience using 3D analysis and design software such as
  • RISA 3D or STAAD Pro
• Basic foundation design experience using analysis and design software such as L‑Pile and RISA Foundation, SP‑Mats, and SP‑Col
• Solid experience using EXCEL or similar…