Overhead Transmission Line Structural Engineer

Location

Overland Park, KS, US | Phoenix, AZ, US | Houston, TX, US | Tualatin, OR, US | Dallas, TX, US

Black & Veatch Family of Companies – Black & Veatch Corporation

Staff

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 and benefits that start day one. 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.

Staff Structural – Transmission Line Engineer you will have the opportunity to:

• Support design engineering and analysis on transmission scopes.
• Support large, extensive 345kV+ rebuild and greenfield projects, including trending technologies like HVDC and 765kV.
• Collect and assimilate data for engineering work. Perform research and prepare calculations in accordance with Black & Veatch and industry standards.
• Develop recommendations for equipment and materials. Understand and work successfully within budget, project schedule, and quality requirements.
• Assist with providing guidance to engineering team members.
• Maintain positive client relations understanding client interests and drivers through effective communication with the project team.
• Assist with business development activities.
• Function as a technical specialist.
• With minimal supervision, apply advanced engineering techniques and analyses for problems and methods.
• Expand knowledge and skill set in your area of discipline.

As part of BV Operations, your skills will be aligned to projects that support our three market sectors – Governments & Environment, Energy & Process Industries, and Connectivity & Commercial. In roles such as Engineers, Technicians, and Skilled Specialists you will be engaged with exciting projects across the globe, from small community improvements to grand-scale mega projects. You will build a world of difference through infrastructure growth and development while learning and focusing on your own individual development.

• Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black & Veatch policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks.

• Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Black & Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks.
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black & Veatch quality program.
• Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline.
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.
• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables.
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
• Plans and conducts independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria.
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments.
• 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.

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects.

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects.
• 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 provide support to business development or…