Job Description

Why Black and Veatch

Black and Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation and benefits that start day one. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. At Black and Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.

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The Opportunity

Functions as a technical specialist. Under general direction, develops and applies advanced engineering techniques, concepts and approaches to complex engineering problems. May provide technical guidance over a group on projects of low to medium complexity.  May function to perform Quality Control support on projects. 

The Team

As part of BV Operations, your skills will be aligned to projects that support our 3 market sectors- Governments & Environment, Energy & Process Industries, and Connectivity & Commercial. In roles like Engineers, Technicians, and Skilled Specialists you will be engaged with exciting projects across the globe. From small community improvements to grand-scale Mega Projects, you will be Building a World of Difference through infrastructure growth and development while learning and focusing on your own individual development. The foundation of BV Operations provides the ability to move where your skills are needed and allows for a collaborative and innovative culture offering greater challenges and career development opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards: 

• Proactively provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies.  
• Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards.   
• Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines.   

Quality / Continuous Improvement: 

• Independently applies knowledge and ensures compliance with B&V quality program.  
• Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality.  
• Provides guidance and direction to others. Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.  
• Engineering Production: 
• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for multiple or mega projects.  
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.  
• Oversees collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work.   
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.  Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements. 
• Develops and applies advanced engineering solutions to complex problems. Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments.   

Project Coordination: 

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on complex projects.  
• Typically responsible for defining project schedules for single discipline or may have responsibility for multiple disciplines. 

Client Focus: 

• Responsible for determining identification of key client interests and drivers on projects.   
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on moderately complex projects. 
• Focuses on client's current needs and situations.   
• May offer other services to the client.     
• Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities. 

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology: 

• Serves as a technical specialist and has knowledge and skill set to provide consultation and guidance to project teams in a particular practice area.   
• Typically supports multiple projects on the very complex technical challenges.   
• Actively advances knowledge management of the enterprise and provides mentoring.   

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Preferred Qualifications

• Strong Experience in 69kV to 500kV overhead transmission line design and working knowledge and/or expertise in Power Line system based programs (i.e., PLS, PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, etc.) preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline
• Previous client interaction experience with solid relationship-building abilities in pursuit of business opportunities.

The following experience would be preferred based on the work anticipated from the client: 

• Experience with the design of utility-scale electrical transmission systems.
• Structural design of transmission steel structures and their foundations. 
• Basic structural steel and concrete experience using 3D analysis and design software.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing. Minimum of 11 years related work experience. 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.

Certifications

Most positions - depending on the nature of work performed as defined by the division - will typically require incumbents to have professional registration or licensure in their designated home office country, or be in active pursuit* of such registration

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Black & Veatch prides itself on the support of our employees and providing flexibility to make the things that are most important to you, a priority.   Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments. Additionally this opportunity has the possibility of being located in any of our offices located across the U.S; click the link to see a full list of   U.S. Office Locations (select United States).  Some positions may be relocation eligible. Speak to your recruiter if you have interest in relocation.

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