Emerging Market Process Engineering Lead

Recognized by Glassdoor as a 2023 Top 100 place to work, Black & 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; 401K match and benefits that start day 1. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. 

At Black & 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.

Black & Veatch Process Engineers develop technical solutions that are critical to winning work and drive design deliverables for critical infrastructure projects with community benefits. Our Team of over 200 process engineers support water, industrial, next generation agriculture, LNG, hydrogen, fertilizer, and carbon capture businesses among others.  We have transformed our team to align with megatrends associated with water scarcity, limited resources, alternative fuels, and energy sustainability. Our industry leading solutions modernize infrastructure, optimize asset use, reduce cost, and mitigate risk. 

Why BVs Process Engineering Team?

• The work is rewarding and meaningful
• The team is comprised of supportive and appreciative professionals 
• Career opportunities exist in many rapidly expanding business solutions 

Engineering Standards:

• Proactively provides guidance and direction Interpreting, applying and providing direction to larger assigned tasks
• May own the maintaining, updating, and developing engineering standards
• Provide technical guidance to others regarding projects or disciplines

Quality / Continuous Improvement:

• Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality
• Supports continuous improvement, change management and risk management efforts

Engineering Production:

• Accountable for managing engineering design-related aspects of complex project(s) or small multiple projects, including engineering schedule and budget performance, quality of engineering solutions and deliverables, and coordination of design, procurement, and construction
• Orchestrates all technical aspects of complex projects and makes project engineering execution decisions within the bounds set by applicable policies, standards, guides and contract commitments
• Responsible for the following: leading production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; responsible for technical aspects of projects as assigned
• Establishes work plan to be applied to a given project

Project Coordination:

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on complex projects
• Responsible for coordinating project schedules for multiple disciplines

Client Focus:

• Responsible for determining identification of key client interests and drivers on projects
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on complex projects
• Works to identify future client needs and how to better position Black and Veatch for the future
• Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

• Serves as the senior level 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
• Typical roles include being recognized as an industry expert, participating in professional societies by presenting papers, acting as a section lead for a large or complex specialty area, an engineering consultant for larger scale projects
• Often supports a division chief engineer or top engineering management, and is accountable for discipline-specific engineering processes

People Management:

• Provides direction to a small size group
• Typically oversees performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development
• May participate in compensation management, succession planning, disciplinary actions, employee relations and workforce planning

Resource Management:

• Influences and implements resource management strategy
• Manages engineering resources for small size and/or less complex group, typically involving one line of business or discipline
• Common responsibilities staffing, recruiting, budgets, tools and/or processes
• Resolves resource conflicts and identifies training needs
• Specific responsibilities may vary by office, region, or division, but typically involve one or more offices within a country

Administrative:

• Administrative responsibilities typically include supervising group operations and budgets
• May support IT, office administration, and facilities
• Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively developed, implemented, and communicated for workgroup

Typically a minimum of 15 years related work experience. Bachelor's degree in engineering technology or sciences preferred or any other degree, specialized training, or experience, that makes the individual uniquely qualified to perform the job responsibilities. Industry recognized credentials preferred as needed.

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), atmospheric conditions (fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation).  Sitting, walking, talking, hearing, reading, writing, keyboarding, driving, filing, reaching, stooping, crouching, bending, standing for extended periods of time, lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds.