Project Engineer

Become Part of Our Team

As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays

Role and Responsibilities

1. Review highly detailed bid specifications and technical requirements as assigned by the acting Project Manager per project.
2. Participate in project kick-off meetings with assigned Project Manager relative to specifications and submittal schedules.
3. Formulate and develop power distribution schematics, control schematics and wiring diagrams based on Project Manager guidance, specifications, and similar system designs.
4. Participate in producing design submittals and device selection activities for projects.
5. Participate in future design innovation within technical teams for continuous improvement in products, services, and future industry needs.
6. Complete design calculations, relay coordination studies and short-circuit studies as required.
7. Work directly by assignment in instructing designers and manufacturing groups to finalize schematic and wiring diagrams.
8. Participate in engineering change system fully and coordinate approvals and help finalize technical introduction.
9. Participate in equipment pre-testing, factory testing and field commissioning tasks.
10. Establish test procedures for and support commissioning steps such as factory and field test energization, transfer trip and train start testing.
11. Lead field commissioning crew and work with customers/contractors as needed.
12. Work directly with software engineering from early development stages through field installation. Downloading and troubleshooting techniques included.
13. Participate in development of O & M and training manuals.
14. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:  Required

• 2 plus years electrical design and/or similar field experience or 4-year Electrical Engineering or similar degree
• MS Office proficiency

Qualifications:  Preferred

• 5 plus years of experience in power distribution or traction power substations
• 2 plus years of experience in engineering position
• Experience with CAD Software
• General familiarity with ERP systems

Skills:

• Superior communication skills in a diverse team environment
• Must have leadership and facilitation skills
• Must have ability to prioritize
• Ability to multi-task
• Must be a self-starter
• Capable of building strong relationships with customers and associates
• Ability to work without supervision
• Understands and manages critical paths, risks, and solution contingencies
• Meeting facilitation with excellent documentation records

General Physical Demands & Safety Awareness:

• Balfour Beatty Rail – Traction Power Group is committed to excellent Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) performance as an integral part of its service and business activities. Employees should have experience with, use appropriately and encourage others to use Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) in the appropriate areas of our operation.
• For general manufacturing & warehousing areas with MEDIUM duty, employees should be able to exert or lift up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally and up to 10 lbs. of force frequently. Walking, bending, standing, and sitting foreseen frequently.
• For general office areas with LIGHT duty, employees should be able to exert or lift to 25 lbs. of force occasionally and up to 5 lbs. of force frequently. Both standing and sitting foreseen frequently.

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.