Dams Engineer

Overview

Design and lead dam/levee projects, delivering technical solutions and managing teams.

Key Responsibilities

• junior mentoring
• project lead
• client coordination
• design calculations
• technical documentation
• procurement management

Tasks

-Managing and mentoring junior engineers. -Lead smaller projects involving dams, levees, spillways, intakes and outlets and other structure improvements -Communicating and working directly with client counterparts to understand key interests for developing technical solutions to their infrastructure challenges, providing ideas and strategies to deliver projects from concept to closeout. -Preparing and overseeing the preparation of calculations and design documents. -Collaborate with subject matter experts across a wide array of disciplines to deliver high-quality design work (i.e. plans, specifications, estimates, analyses, etc.) -Creating written technical documents, technical drawings, specifications, cost estimates, alternatives analyses, and other common engineering deliverables -Deliver innovative and high-quality design products, manage equipment procurement, and participate construction processes clients -Perform technical design work and manage small project teams -Participating in equipment procurement and construction management processes. -Mentor and interact across disciplines with professionals in our hydropower and dams teams. -Providing support to business development teams for pursuit activities with the opportunity to lead projects that you pursue and acquire. -Translating client direction into efficient workplans and coordinating with project team members to deliver high-quality work products.

Requirements

• bachelors
• 5 years
• pe license
• masters
• regulatory
• hydraulics

What You Bring

-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 5 years related work experience. -Professional Engineer (P.E.) License -Sitting, walking, talking, hearing, reading,writing, keyboarding, driving, filing, reaching, stooping, crouching, bending, standing for extended periods oftime, lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds. -Typical office environment, typical construction environment, extreme weather conditions, high noise level,safety hazards (electric currents, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to chemicals), atmosphericconditions (fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation). -Master's Degree in Civil Engineering or Business -Having familiarity with design guides, standards, systems, and applicable engineering codes relevant to the industry -Familiarity with state and federal regulatory requirements for dams and hydropower clients -Demonstrating the ability to leverage knowledge of general engineering principles including hydraulics, civil/structural design, geotechnical considerations, and mechanical systems to generate unique, engineered solutions.

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Benefits

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

About Black & Veatch

-Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, it delivers multi‑billion‑dollar projects in energy, water, communications and industrial sectors. -The company’s portfolio spans landmark work—from power plants and water treatment systems to hydrogen and LNG facilities. -It handles full lifecycle services: from strategic advisory and engineering through procurement, construction and operations. -Its history features many firsts: early U.S. water and power infrastructure, the first U.S. hydrogen conversion project, and biosafety labs overseas.

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