Mechanical Engineer

Overview

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At Black & Veatch, our employee-owners go beyond the project. For over a century, we have been breaking down social, economic and geographic barriers by making life's critical resources accessible to all. Working with us, you will help provide critical expertise as we, along with our valued clients, deliver solutions that positively impact communities around the world. Our professionals are our greatest asset, and we believe nothing is more important than the health, happiness and professional growth of our employee-owners. With a focus on flexible work-life balance options, an expanding and diverse workforce, and limitless career growth opportunities, we will give you our best to help you give us your best, and together we can build a world of difference.

Req Id : 109505

Opportunity Type : Staff

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Employment Status: [[employmentStatus]]

Responsibilities

• Functions as a technical specialist or in a lead role. With minimal supervision, applies advanced engineering techniques and analyses for problems and methods. Expands knowledge and skill set in area of discipline. May start to expand knowledge in other disciplines and/or functional areas.
• Engineering Standards: 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
• Quality/Continuous Improvement: consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Black & Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks; may be responsible for ensuring compliance with the quality program; provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline; supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
• Engineering Production: 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 data collection, assimilation, and management for engineering work; leads smaller production teams; serves as the responsible charge for a project
• Project Coordination: actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects
• Client Focus: assists with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects; communicates client interests to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns; may provide support to business development or pursuit activities
• Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology: recognized as a technical specialist by the division with in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or technical aspects of an industry; designs a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area
• People Management (supervision, career development, training, mentoring): typically assists with performance management, mentoring, recognition, and corrective actions as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Written Communications
• Drive For Results
• Priority Setting
• Planning
• Delegation
• Directing Others
• Conflict Management
• Informing
• Listening
• Dealing with Ambiguity and Building Effective Teams
• Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
• A Registered Professional Engineer Victoria (RPEV) Mechanical or will secure this qualification imminently.
• Minimum 10 years of experience required in the related field for this qualification.
• Experience with municipal water/wastewater projects for utilities and contractors.
• Proficiency as a Senior Mechanical and Process engineer.

Certifications

Most positions - depending on the nature of work performed as defined by the division - will typically require incumbents to have professional registration or licensure in their designated home office country, or be in active pursuit of such registration.

Work Environment / Competencies

• Collaborates
• Communicates effectively
• Courage
• Directs work
• Instills trust
• Interpersonal savvy
• Organizational savvy
• Customer focus
• Decision quality

Employment Type & Function

• Salary Plan: ENG: Engineering
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Black & Veatch is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status or other status protected by law.

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