Overhead Transmission Line Structural Engineer

Description

• Collect and assimilate data for engineering work. Perform research and prepare calculations in accordance with Black & Veatch and industry standards.
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: overseeing collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; leading smaller production teams; and serving as the responsible charge for a project
• Ensuring policies, procedures and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for work group.
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
• Support large, extensive 345kV+ rebuild and greenfield projects, including trending technologies like HVDC and 765kV.
• Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline
• May provide support to business development or pursuit activities
• Structural design of transmission steel structures and their foundations.
• Ensuring adherence to corporate and division programs.
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
• Support design engineering and analysis on transmission scopes.
• Designs a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s)
• With minimal supervision, apply advanced engineering techniques and analyses for problems and methods.
• Approving timesheets and expense reports.
• Develop recommendations for equipment and materials. Understand and work successfully within budget, project schedule, and quality requirements.
• Maintain positive client relations understanding client interests and drivers through effective communication with the project team.
• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects
• May assist with providing guidance to engineering team members.
• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on less complex projects
• May assist with business development activities.
• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black and Veatch quality program
• Plans and conducts independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria

Requirements

• 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.
• Previous client interaction experience with solid relationship-building abilities in pursuit of business opportunities.
• 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.
• Experience with the design of utility-scale electrical transmission systems.
• Strong PLS CADD experience and proficiency
• Proven strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline
• Written Communications, Drive For Results, Priority Setting, Planning, Delegation, Directing Others, Conflict Management, Informing, Listening, Dealing with Ambiguity, And Building Effective Teams
• Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred.
• Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
• Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks
• Recognized as a technical specialist by the division having in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry
• Good listening skills, customer focused, priority setting, delegation, teamwork and team building skills.
• Basic structural steel and concrete experience using 3D analysis and design software.
• Ability to think quick at the job site and in front of customer personnel.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance