Civil Engineer - Water

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•Des Moines, IA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an employee-owned company, Black & Veatch puts its people at the center of everything they do, empowering them to grow, explore new possibilities, and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting, and construction, Black & Veatch is building a world of difference. This role offers the opportunity to focus on large-scale water and wastewater infrastructure projects, leading significant portions of facilities through design, construction, and startup phases as a technical specialist or lead. The position involves hands-on work in developing reports, technical memos, studies, detailed designs, specifications, cost estimates, and contract documents. Participation in scheduling, budgeting, and contract administration for infrastructure projects is also part of the role, including involvement in business development and proposal preparation. The role requires coordination with internal and external team members, identification of key client interests, and communication of these drivers to the project team.

Requirements

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 5 years 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.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
Licensed PE or ability and interest to obtain PE and/or be in active pursuit of registration
Thorough understanding or water and wastewater design (i.e., Infrastructure, Conveyance, Pump Stations/Lift Stations)
Ability and motivation to lead portions of complex projects with guidance and mentorship
Professional engineering registration is preferred or in active pursuit

Responsibilities

Perform design of projects from the conceptual and bid phase through design completion for project needs and requirements that are set by the project managers based off client needs
Assist the Engineering Manager in maintaining project schedules and budgets
Assist the Engineering Manager in managing sub-consultants
Under the direction of the Engineering Manager, interface directly with the client or sub-consultants
Support business development through writing of technical approaches, scopes of work, and presentation to clients
Utilizes knowledge of regularly used civil concepts, practices, codes, and procedures within the water engineering industry
Applies knowledge to complex projects, find and develop non-standard design solutions to better serve clients project specifications
Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to less experienced engineers
Responsible for effective communication with other engineering disciplines and project team
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 engineering work and/or assignments of early career professionals
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