Job Description

Why Black & Veatch

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.

The Team

BV’s Infrastructure Advisory business is driven to meet clients’ rapidly changing infrastructure needs in generation, storage, transmission, and distribution of safe, reliable electric power. Our business continues to invest in energy to power the future and support BV’s vision of more sustainable solutions. By joining our business, you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of helping our clients with the most innovative energy solutions.

The Opportunity

The Project Manager for Asset Engineering will be responsible for managing and orchestrating multiple small to medium size projects ranging from initial conceptual design to complete EpCM opportunities on existing generation facilities. There is also potential to own projects in other areas such as sustainable generation, Data Centers, Oil & Gas, and Industrial sites. The position will be supported by our national team – a group focused on delivering value to our clients through high technical standards of work and a complete commitment to a one-team culture.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Manage and lead small teams of multi-discipline professionals.
• Coordinate and integrate activities associated with the engineering, procurement, construction and startup elements of the project including the activities of third party companies contributing to the work.
• Support client project development with feasibility studies, project cost and operating cost estimates, project schedule development, and project execution planning.
• Provide technical support for client projects with design review services, development engineering support, design engineering services, construction monitoring/management, startup, testing, and commissioning support.
• Provide proposal support for client projects with technical specification preparation, RFP support, and bid evaluation support.

Please note: This role has 25% to 50% travel to project and client sites. When not travelling, this role will be hybrid: 2 days per week remote, 3 days per week in-office out of our Houston, Texas office.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively promote Black and Veatch's safety culture.
• Respond to RFPs and prepare proposals for services work.
• Lead project teams in conceptual design, detailed design, procurement, construction, startup and commissioning phases of plant modification and upgrade projects at combined cycle, simple cycle, coal fired units.
• Interface between the client, external stakeholders, and internal stakeholders to ensure project success.
• Work in both a corporate and field environment.

Management Responsibilities

Acts as a project manager. Among responsibilities is management of a project team. The individual comprising this team may vary by project.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant industry experience including simple cycle, combined cycle, and plant expansion.
• Experience in multiple phases of project execution.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or relevant degree.
• PE, P.Eng or equivalent professional license.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 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.

Certifications

None specified

Work Environment/Physical Demands

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

Builds networksCustomer focusDevelops talentDirects workDrives vision and purposeFinancial acumenManages complexityManages conflictTech savvyValues differencesBusiness insight

Salary Plan

PMT: Project Management

Job Grade

018