Black & Veatch

Staff Registered Structural Engineer - Power Generation

Black & Veatch • $95K — $115K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited program
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience
  • Significant experience in steel and reinforced concrete design
  • Proficient in Front End Design and Conceptual studies for Power Plant or Industrial facilities
  • Experience in writing technical specifications and scope of work documents

Responsibilities

  • Develops knowledge and provides guidance on design standards and engineering codes
  • Ensures compliance with quality programs and supports continuous improvement
  • Prepares complex engineering deliverables and manages project budgets
  • Coordinates with internal and external teams on project execution
  • Identifies client interests and develops approaches to meet them
  • Acts as a technical specialist and mentors project teams
  • Assists with performance management and resource management strategies

Benefits

  • Hybrid or flexible work options after 90 days based on performance
  • Opportunities for career development and mentoring
  • Access to a collaborative and innovative work culture
  • Potential involvement in business development activities
Full Job Description
The Opportunity

Functions as a technical specialist or in a lead role. With minimal supervision, applies advanced engineering techniques and analyses. Continues building on knowledge to develop concepts and approach more 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

Black & Veatch Operations develops, deploys, and maintains global resources and capabilities that guide execution and process excellence across the organization. The foundation of Black & Veatch 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

  • Continues developing knowledge and may provide guidance and direction on design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies. Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines.
  • Independently applies knowledge and complies with B&V quality program relative to assigned tasks. May be responsible for ensuring compliance with B&V quality programs. Provides related guidance and direction to others. Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.
  • Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects. Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection. May oversee 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 of problems and methods. Actively delegates appropriate tasks to lower-level team members to develop depth of project execution staff. Reviews lower-level engineering work or assignments. Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activities; and serving as the responsible charge for a project.
  • Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects.
  • Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on low to moderately complex projects. Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on low to moderately complex projects. Provides support to business development or pursuit activities and may offer other services to clients.
  • Recognized as a technical specialist and has knowledge and skill set to provide consultation and guidance to project teams in a particular practice area. May design a complete project of moderately complex scope or support multiple projects on the complex technical challenges. Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring. May develop and apply advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems
  • Typically assist with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required. May participate in career planning, learning, and development. Actively mentors lower-level professionals and identifies successors to train in the specifics of their role.
  • May assist with resource management strategy. May have responsibility of engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline.
  • May be accountable for some administrative responsibilities that include but aren9t limited to:
  • Ensuring policies, procedures and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for work groups.
  • Ensuring adherence to corporate and division programs.
  • Approving timesheets and expense reports.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Significant steel and reinforced concrete design at Power Plant and/or Industrial facilities.
  • Experience in Front End Design and Conceptual studies at Power Plant and/or Industrial facilities.
  • Experience writing technical and/or construction specifications.
  • Experience writing scope of work documents.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Requires a bachelor9s degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
  • Minimum of 5 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.


Work Environment/Physical Demands

  • Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.


Salary Plan

ENG: Engineering

Job Grade

016

About Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch is a global engineering and construction company. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. Black & Veatch provides a range of services, including engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services, consulting, and environmental services. The company serves a variety of industries, including power, water, telecommunications, and oil and gas. Black & Veatch has operations in more than 100 countries around the world.
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