Job Description

Job Summary

Functions in a senior supervisory capacity. Well experienced in engineering design in multiple disciplines. Manages engineering and design schedules, design activities, and budgets for discipline(s) for a large project(s). May directly manage one discipline and/or coordinate activities involving multiple departments.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards:

• Communicates and sets appropriate design and graphic standards 
• Reviews project requirements and accurately determine the correct format and contents of the required deliverables  

Quality / Continuous Improvement:

• Promotes quality within project/group/section  
• Reviews design inputs in order to ensure consistency 
• Ensures that design deliverables are prepared, coordinated among disciplines and issued in accordance with Black and Veatch Quality Assurance Procedures and project specific procedures 
• Looks for ways to improve applications integration, coordination and communication across disciplines 
• Contributes to the continuous improvement of guides and standards  
• Participates in and leads process improvement activities and assignments 
• Demonstrates personal accuracy and evaluates department design processes for improvement and drives continuous improvement and change management efforts  

Engineering Production:

• Applies sound engineering fundamentals and established design practices in developing deliverables  
• Continues to apply judgment, makes decisions with respect to the work and provides guidance to other professionals  
• Coordinates deliverable presentations, delegate's production design, or other electronic applications 
• Monitors production to assure consistency, budget and schedule of deliverables 
• Establish the appropriate method for drawing control and historical records  
• Programs control systems or participate in other plant start-up activities associated with a specialized expertise area 
• May lead development activities relating to new/updated design applications or processes  

Project Coordination: 

• Coordinates with other design group personnel to review and exchange project information necessary for design development 
• May support field activities 
• May manage multiple discipline area or groups  
• Communicates project design requirements, progress and schedules  

Client Focus:

• Responsible for determining identification of key client interests and drivers on projects 
• Communicate client interests and drivers to project team members and develop approaches to accommodate these concerns  

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

• Lead in the development and communication of appropriate design standards and process improvement activities 
• Identify training and development needs for personnel they supervise and participate in training efforts 
• Serves as the champion for project tool/application development and improvement for software tools  

People Management - (supervision - career development - developing professionals, mentoring):

• May oversee functions including performance management process, career planning, learning and development, recognition, and corrective actions  
• Supervises engineering technicians, including mentoring, instructing, delegation of work and providing feedback  

Resource Management - (staffing):

• Monitors staffing levels and available skill sets for project(s), possibly involving multi-disciplines 
• Identifies resource application needs and process requirements  

Administrative:

• Reviews timesheets, expense reports, responsible for communicating the continual development of new hire recruitment, policy and procedure 

Management Responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Drafting or an Engineering Design Related Technology preferred  
• Bachelor Degree in an Engineering Design Related Technology preferred 
• Typically a minimum of 15 years related work experience  

Preferred Non-Technical Skills:

• Drive for Results
• Self Development
• Listening
• Informing
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Priority Setting
• Planning
• Delegation 

Preferred Technical Skills:

• Ability to manage external client based meetings on CADD, information modeling engineering and resource topics
• Advanced knowledge of engineering standards, systems, document control, departmental guides and Black and Veatch policies and procedures
• Advanced industry knowledge and technology trends
• Advanced knowledge of company quality program
• Advanced ability to interpret engineering deliverable content as assigned
• Advanced knowledge of other disciplines
• Intermediate knowledge of construction and constructability practices and principles
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides related to assigned engineering discipline
• Intermediate knowledge of procurement and contract administration . Intermediate knowledge of process, procedures for project controls and estimating
• Advanced knowledge of management techniques and company/division HR programs, policies, procedures, and organization structure . Intermediate knowledge of technical aspects of the proposal process

Minimum Qualifications

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

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Normal office environment

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