Associate Overhead Transmission Line Structural Engineer

Why Black and Veatch

Black and 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 and 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. #LI-GC2

Key Responsibilities

• Engineering Standards:

  • Continues to learn and remains current on departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch policies and procedures
  • Applies to assigned tasks as appropriate

  Quality / Continuous Improvement:

  • Continues developing knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
  • Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts

  Engineering Production:

  • Prepares and verifies less complex engineering deliverables
  • Performs research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
  • Collects, assimilates, and manages data for engineering work
  • Prepares engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
  • Understands and adheres to budget, schedule, and quality requirements

  Project Coordination:

  • Seeks out supervisor or project leadership to share information and gain guidance with respect to details of design and interdisciplinary coordination
  • Coordinates with others as assigned by supervisor or project leadership

  Client Focus:

  • Focuses on the needs of internal clients (project team leadership) while attempting to gain basic understanding of external client's main interests and drivers
  • May provide support to business development or pursuit activities

  Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

  • Shares current knowledge of latest technology and processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the utility-scale projects
• Experience with PLS-CADD, PLS-Pole, LPile, MFAD, Sag10 or Ultralite
• Basic structural steel and concrete experience using 3D analysis and design software
• Solid experience using EXCEL or similar spreadsheets and MathCAD design templates
• Basic knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline 

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing
• Minimum of 1 year related work 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.

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.