Senior Power Generation Structural Engineer

Black & Veatch Corporation, a 100‑year‑old employee‑owned company, is seeking an experienced Technical Specialist in Engineering. We empower our people to solve humanity’s biggest challenges in sustainable infrastructure.

Functions as a technical specialist. May supervise multi‑discipline engineering staff on projects of medium to high complexity, and/or is recognized as a key reference for technical guidance through depth and breadth of knowledge.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies. May own, maintain, update, or develop engineering standards and guides. Provide technical guidance to others regarding projects or disciplines.
• Applies knowledge and ensures compliance with B&V quality program. Establishes related processes and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality. Supports continuous improvement, change management and risk management efforts.
• 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. Responsible for ensuring project teams delegate appropriate tasks to lower level team members to develop depth of project execution staff. Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments.
• 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.
• Responsible for determining identification of key client interests and drivers on projects. Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches.
• Works to identify future client needs and how to better position B&V for the future. May offer other services to the client. Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities.
• Serves as the technical specialist in a broad area of specialization, or in a narrow but specialized field. Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems.
• Typically oversees performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development, and corrective actions. May participate in compensation management, succession planning, disciplinary actions, employee relations and workforce planning. Actively mentors lower level and mid level professionals and identifies successors to train in the specifics of their role.

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.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited program and a minimum of 11 years related work experience. All applicants must be able to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements.

Certifications

Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for B&V projects in applicable countries.

Work Environment / Physical Demands

Hybrid work environment: two days per week from other locations near an office. Some positions may be relocation eligible.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Black & Veatch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status or other status protected by law.