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 or in a lead role. Under general direction, develops and applies advanced engineering techniques, concepts and approaches to complex engineering problems. May provide technical guidance over a group or supervise engineering staff on projects of low to medium complexity. May be responsible for developing, validating, and presenting specialist/technical output.

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:

• Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch 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 complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks  
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black and Veatch quality program  
• Provides related guidance and direction to others 
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts 

Engineering Production: 

• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple 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 
• Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods 
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments  
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: 
• leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project  

Project Coordination: 

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects 

Client Focus:

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on moderately complex projects and may determine the key clients in some instances 
• 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  
• May offer other services to the clients  
• 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 complex technical challenges 
• Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring 
• Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems 

People Management - (supervision, career development, training, mentoring):

• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required 
• May participate in career planning, and learning and development 

Resource Management - (budgets, tools, processes, project support): 

• Implements resource management strategy 
• Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline  

Administrative: 

• Administrative responsibilities may include office administration 
• Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup 
• Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs 
• May approve timesheets and expense reports 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in design of FPSO/ FLNG topside Modules /Piperacks using SACS software.
• Proficient in carrying out In-place analysis, transportation analysis, lift analysis, loadout analysis for large modules independently.
• Experience in connection design for modular structures is required.
• Design experience in fatigue analysis and nonlinear blast analysis is desirable.
• Experience in FEM analysis software like FEMap, ANSYS is added advantage.

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 8 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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