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Staff Engineer-Electrical
Posted: 07/23/2026
Job Number: 28935294
Job Description
Duties:
Staff Electrical Engineer - Power System Protection
Onsite at one of the following BV offices 5 days/week. Specify worker location in submittal.
Black & Veatch is seeking a Power System Protection Engineer with 5-10 years experience to join our Protective Relay Settings team. The ideal candidate has significant working experience and knowledge of Protection & Control (P&C) design concepts, relay setting calculations / setting file development, relay manufacturer software platforms, and power system analysis & modeling software.
Skills:
Staff Electrical Engineer - Power System Protection
Onsite at one of the following BV offices 5 days/week. Specify worker location in submittal.
- Overland Park, KS
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Bloomington, MN
- Dallas, TX
- Denver, CO
- Houston, TX
- Orlando, FL
- Phoenix, AZ
- Cary, NC
- Tualatin, OR
Black & Veatch is seeking a Power System Protection Engineer with 5-10 years experience to join our Protective Relay Settings team. The ideal candidate has significant working experience and knowledge of Protection & Control (P&C) design concepts, relay setting calculations / setting file development, relay manufacturer software platforms, and power system analysis & modeling software.
Skills:
- 5-10 years of experience in Transmission industry.
- Previous working experience with Protection & Control design concepts including one-lines, three-lines, schematics, wiring, et cetera.
- 5 years of experience in development of protective relay settings (line, transformer, breaker, bus, et cetera).
- Significant experience with commonly utilized system modeling software programs (ASPEN, CAPE, CYME, ETAP, SKM, et cetera).
- Significant knowledge and application of the predominant protection schemes and philosophies which are encountered in Transmission, Distribution, and Renewable Collector Substations.
- Significant experience with Mathcad and Excel software for protective setting calculations.
- Experience with commonly utilized communication protocols (DNP, SEL, MMS, Modbus, et cetera).
- Knowledge of IEC 61850 (GOOSE, MMS, SV) and its implementation.
- Knowledge and application of NERC-PRC standards and other commonly utilized industry standards.
- Proven ability to independently develop written communication and to facilitate coordination with team members and clients.
- Proven ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
- Proven ability to lead small projects including management of project schedules, budgets, and staffing.
- Significant experience supporting proposal development- including, scope of work, level of work, engineering estimates, schedule.
- Strong leaderships skills, with desire to train and develop early career and/or inexperienced professionals.
- Significant experience functioning in a QC/QA capacity.
- PE License (preferred, not required)
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