Black & Veach
Mid-Atlantic Regional Drinking Water Process Leader
Black & Veach, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28202
Mid-Atlantic Regional Drinking Water Process Leader
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. The Opportunity
In this role, you will have the opportunity to: Function in a lead water process engineer role, as a technical specialist or as a subject matter expert in the areas of conventional water treatment and advanced water treatment processes. With limited direction, develop and apply advanced treatment and engineering techniques to solve complex engineering problems. Provide technical guidance to project teams, supervise junior process engineering staff, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary design teams. Develop and present technical evaluations and recommendations to clients and key stakeholders. Be responsible for business development activities and external marketing opportunities. As a lead process engineer, you will be part of a team that provides strategic direction on the process design for drinking water, reuse and/or desalination projects around the world for municipalities, utilities, and industrial clients. Great career stability and growth potential with record backlog and revenue growth in all those solution areas. Join our award-winning work culture, enjoy flexible work location, and become an employee owner. The Team
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 Key Responsibilities
Engineering: Prepares a variety of engineering deliverables, supports multiple projects simultaneously, serves as a technical specialist, performs applied research activities, develops recommendations for treatment process, equipment, and/or materials selection, oversees collection, assimilation, analysis, and management of data for process design work, prepares and/or oversees the development of complex engineering calculations, manages assigned scope, budget, and schedule requirements for projects, independently applies advanced engineering techniques and problem-solving analyses, develops conceptual-level life cycle costs to evaluate treatment options, demonstrates strong technical writing skills and effective communication skills, actively coordinates with internal and external team members for successful project execution. Client Focus: Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers, communicates client interests and drivers to project team members, provides support to business development or pursuit activities, presents on applied research, industry trends, challenging projects, and thought leadership ideas at local, regional, and national conferences. People Management: Actively fosters technical and professional development of junior engineers, participates in coaching/mentoring opportunities, career development planning, learning/training, and development of junior staff, reviews or manages the work of junior engineers. Engineering Standards: Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, and applicable engineering codes related to water quality and treatment, assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards, provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines. Management Responsibilities
Supervises work of others. Responsible for hiring, discipline, and pay administration of their subordinates. Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree (Masters or Doctoral) in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering preferred. 15 years of experience in drinking water treatment with at least 5 years in water quality and treatment. Advanced knowledge of process design for treatment of municipal effluent for reuse, brackish and seawater desalination, brine management, engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline. Established leadership skills with deep understanding of consulting, project execution, client services, and business development. Effective written and oral communications, Drive for Results, Priority Setting, Planning, Delegation, Directing Others, Conflict Management, Informing, Listening, Dealing with Ambiguity, and Building Effective Teams. Minimum Qualifications
Requires a bachelors degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing. Minimum of 15 years related work experience. All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements 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. Certifications
Professional engineering license from any of the states in the USA or ability to obtain one within 2 years of employment required. 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. 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. Competencies
Collaborates, Communicates effectively, Courage, Directs work, Instills trust, Interpersonal savvy, Organizational savvy, Being resilient, Builds effective teams, Business insight, Cultivates innovation, Customer focus, Drives engagement, Drives vision and purpose, Global perspective, Manages ambiguity, Strategic mindset. Salary Plan
ENG: Engineering Job Grade
133
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. The Opportunity
In this role, you will have the opportunity to: Function in a lead water process engineer role, as a technical specialist or as a subject matter expert in the areas of conventional water treatment and advanced water treatment processes. With limited direction, develop and apply advanced treatment and engineering techniques to solve complex engineering problems. Provide technical guidance to project teams, supervise junior process engineering staff, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary design teams. Develop and present technical evaluations and recommendations to clients and key stakeholders. Be responsible for business development activities and external marketing opportunities. As a lead process engineer, you will be part of a team that provides strategic direction on the process design for drinking water, reuse and/or desalination projects around the world for municipalities, utilities, and industrial clients. Great career stability and growth potential with record backlog and revenue growth in all those solution areas. Join our award-winning work culture, enjoy flexible work location, and become an employee owner. The Team
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 Key Responsibilities
Engineering: Prepares a variety of engineering deliverables, supports multiple projects simultaneously, serves as a technical specialist, performs applied research activities, develops recommendations for treatment process, equipment, and/or materials selection, oversees collection, assimilation, analysis, and management of data for process design work, prepares and/or oversees the development of complex engineering calculations, manages assigned scope, budget, and schedule requirements for projects, independently applies advanced engineering techniques and problem-solving analyses, develops conceptual-level life cycle costs to evaluate treatment options, demonstrates strong technical writing skills and effective communication skills, actively coordinates with internal and external team members for successful project execution. Client Focus: Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers, communicates client interests and drivers to project team members, provides support to business development or pursuit activities, presents on applied research, industry trends, challenging projects, and thought leadership ideas at local, regional, and national conferences. People Management: Actively fosters technical and professional development of junior engineers, participates in coaching/mentoring opportunities, career development planning, learning/training, and development of junior staff, reviews or manages the work of junior engineers. Engineering Standards: Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, and applicable engineering codes related to water quality and treatment, assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards, provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines. Management Responsibilities
Supervises work of others. Responsible for hiring, discipline, and pay administration of their subordinates. Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree (Masters or Doctoral) in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering preferred. 15 years of experience in drinking water treatment with at least 5 years in water quality and treatment. Advanced knowledge of process design for treatment of municipal effluent for reuse, brackish and seawater desalination, brine management, engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline. Established leadership skills with deep understanding of consulting, project execution, client services, and business development. Effective written and oral communications, Drive for Results, Priority Setting, Planning, Delegation, Directing Others, Conflict Management, Informing, Listening, Dealing with Ambiguity, and Building Effective Teams. Minimum Qualifications
Requires a bachelors degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing. Minimum of 15 years related work experience. All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements 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. Certifications
Professional engineering license from any of the states in the USA or ability to obtain one within 2 years of employment required. 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. 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. Competencies
Collaborates, Communicates effectively, Courage, Directs work, Instills trust, Interpersonal savvy, Organizational savvy, Being resilient, Builds effective teams, Business insight, Cultivates innovation, Customer focus, Drives engagement, Drives vision and purpose, Global perspective, Manages ambiguity, Strategic mindset. Salary Plan
ENG: Engineering Job Grade
133