Jobs at K&A Engineering

Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, cost controls, forecasts, progress measurements, change controls, and earned value management reports. Verify coding and allocation of project costs, monitor budgets and commitments, analyze critical paths and schedule deviations, forecast delays, and evaluate alternatives. The role coordinates project controls data with financial systems, supports project managers, maintains control databases, and guides personnel on scheduling practices across utility and construction projects.

Manages transmission and substation projects by coordinating project teams, reporting, execution planning, schedules, scope, costs, staffing, risks, contracts, resources, and change management. Supports financial tracking, quality assurance, client deliverables, proposals, presentations, and contract negotiations. The role requires utility-sector experience, project management expertise, and daily onsite work in Binghamton, New York.

Develops and maintains integrated project schedules, cost controls, forecasts, performance reports, and earned value analyses. Responsibilities include critical path analysis, progress measurement, change control, budget reconciliation, cost trend evaluation, project control database maintenance, and coordination with project managers and functional departments. The role supports utility and construction projects across substations, transmission, distribution, gas-hydro, and related infrastructure.

Manages utility and industrial projects from initiation through closeout, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, environmental, communications, change, regulatory, stakeholder, construction, and commissioning oversight. Leads project teams, coordinates contractors and clients, monitors performance indicators, resolves contract disputes, and ensures successful delivery. Projects involve substations, transmission and distribution, gas-hydro, and other utility infrastructure.

Obtain and coordinate environmental, municipal, state, and federal permits for energy infrastructure projects. Manage regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, environmental studies, public and regulatory meetings, and mitigation plans. Develop or oversee SWPPPs, conduct inspections, supervise environmental monitors, interpret proposed regulations, and support project planning and execution while minimizing environmental and community impacts.

Manage controlled engineering documentation, including drawings, procedures, reports, revisions, approvals, distribution, audits, and document tracking. Maintain records in customer document control systems, support engineering design and submittal reviews, reconcile document distributions, train users, and provide deliverable tracking data for management reporting. The role supports utility and industrial projects across substations, transmission and distribution, gas-hydro, and OSG functions.

Develops and maintains project cost sheets, tracks commitments, analyzes budgets and forecasts, monitors variances, processes journal entries, and reconciles materials and costs. The role supports project cash flow management, work orders, accounting allocations, vendor invoice reviews, asset registry updates, and project closeout. It collaborates with project management, accounting, tax, purchasing, contracts, and investment planning teams while using Powerplan, Maximo, E-Builder, and Microsoft Excel.

Supports Project Managers in coordinating utility engineering and construction projects. Responsibilities include managing internal and external resources, developing schedules and site requirements, reviewing RFIs, submittals, invoices, change orders, and technical bid documents, coordinating field activities, participating in contractor meetings and field reviews, and supporting E-Builder and emergency response processes. The role is hybrid and requires strong organization, communication, Excel proficiency, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Manage project schedules, cost controls, resource loading, baselines, forecasts, budgets, and variance analysis for electric utility transmission, capital, maintenance, and distribution projects. Coordinate with project management, engineering, procurement, construction, finance, estimating, and planning teams. Monitor project performance, risks, commitments, contingencies, and schedule adherence; prepare executive reporting; facilitate status meetings; support process improvements; and provide training on cost control and baseline management methodologies.

Supports engineering projects by analyzing data, financials, and budgets; preparing reports; coordinating SAP purchase requests, purchase orders, receipts, accruals, and invoices; resolving workflow issues; and anticipating project needs. The role requires strong communication, organization, prioritization, database navigation, Microsoft Office skills, and approximately three years of related experience or equivalent education and experience.

Senior regulatory/legal expert to support an MCC-funded infrastructure project in Central America. Requires demonstrated experience in power system operations, electricity market design, regulatory frameworks, PPAs, grid codes, penalty mechanisms, renewable integration, and battery energy storage systems. Must have a bachelor's in engineering, law, or related field and at least eight years' relevant experience. Applicants should provide CV, certificates/licenses, current residence, and relevant project references.

Provide senior technical expertise for an MCC-funded Central America infrastructure project on power system operations, market design, regulatory frameworks, renewable integration, and battery energy storage. Deliver technical guidance on grid-forming controls, forecasting, curtailment, and SoC management; support design, documentation, and project references.

Senior power systems engineer supporting an MCC-funded infrastructure project in Central America. Responsibilities include power system operations, electricity market design, regulatory analysis, renewable integration and battery energy storage projects, and work with SCED/AC-OPF, EMS/SCADA, and dynamic probabilistic reserves.

Design and produce detailed electrical substation designs and construction drawing packages, BOMs, equipment layouts, cable and conduit calculations, rigid bus calculations, and System Protection & Control (SP&C) drawings and materials procurement. Prepare relay one-lines, connection diagrams, panel layouts, and circuit schedules; support procurement and standards compliance. US utility experience preferred.

Lead or support HV/MV substation (69kV-500kV) design including layouts, grounding, protection & control, one-lines/schematics, construction drawing packages, BOMs, vendor reviews, and construction/commissioning support while ensuring compliance with NESC/IEEE/NEC and utility standards.

Develop detailed work packages and plans for transmission/substation construction and maintenance. Coordinate resources, clearances, permits, materials, estimates, and scheduling; perform field visits, collaborate with construction and operations, and ensure execution readiness and compliance for capital and maintenance projects.

Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to drive schedules, control costs, manage scope, administer contracts, oversee procurement and construction activities, and report project metrics. Support permitting, stakeholder engagement, change management, bid development, and use of project tools (E-Builder). Ensure safety-first execution and owner communications throughout project lifecycle.

Lead detailed electrical substation design projects including construction drawing packages, engineering calculations, bills of materials, and QA/QC of physical and electrical layouts. Coordinate with project managers and junior engineers, communicate with clients, attend on-site meetings, and assemble proposals and cost estimates to support project execution and development.

Lead design and engineering of high-voltage substations (up to 500 kV), provide technical authority and QA on deliverables, mentor engineers, coordinate with PMs and construction, prepare calculations and drawings, support field activities and commissioning, ensure compliance with industry standards, and manage timelines, budgets, and resources.

Produce substation layout and electrical drawings, grounding and conduit plans, and bills of materials. Prepare general arrangement, AIS design, equipment plans, section views, elevations, below-grade conduit/raceway plans, and control building layouts. Review drawings and specifications to support utility substation design projects.