Energy Auditing Engineer (Early Career)

Energy Auditing Engineer supporting renewable energy audits, engineering analysis, commissioning inspections, and feasibility studies for energy infrastructure projects.

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.

Job Summary
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.

Key Responsibilities

•    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.

Preferred Qualifications

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 DigSilent, 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 (ideally including VBA, and Python).
    • Well-developed report writing skills, using MS Word.
 
Personal attributes:
    • Willingness to learn and interest in progressing career in engineering for energy infrastructure
    • Self-starter with the ability to think independently.
    • Prioritising, planning, and organising own workload.
    • Accountability, including level of self-motivation and ambition.
    • Communication and team-working skills and sharing / using best practice information.
    • Willingness to be adaptable, work flexibly.
    • Initiative, self-reliance, and drive to deliver results.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical / Electrical / Process Engineering.

• You should be a recent graduate or early in your professional career (0-4 years experience)

• You must have the legal right to work in the UK

• Full UK Driving Licence (you do not need your own vehicle)

• Full professional fluency (C1/C2) in written and verbal English language

• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.