Job Description

Why Black and Veatch

Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexibleenvironment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation;401K match and benefits that start day 1.
Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. At Black & Veatch, you own yourcareer with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of yourcareer journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns orquestions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.

The Opportunity

As the Senior Marine Structural Engineer you will have the opportunity to:

• Provide marine structural engineering related design, analysis, and studies for domestic and internationalmarine, coastal and heavy civil projects.
• Specific experience in design and inspection of marine structuresincluding docks, marinas, wharves, piers, steel, timber and concrete pile structures, floating structures,breakwaters, seawalls, bulkheads, and waterfront facilities.
• Experience with design hydraulic structures will be aplus.
• Function as a technical leader in a regional practice lead capacity, in a role that implements engineeringstrategy and advises on national practice strategy on Coast and Flood Infrastructure projects.
• Execute assigned projects and mentor younger professionals

The Team

As part of BV Operations, your skills will be aligned to projects that support our 3 market sectors- Governments &Environment, Energy & Process Industries, and Connectivity & Commercial. In roles like Engineers, Technicians,and Skilled Specialists you will be engaged with exciting projects across the globe. From small communityimprovements to grand-scale Mega Projects, you will be Building a World of Difference through infrastructuregrowth and development while learning and focusing on your own individual development. The foundation of BVOperations provides the ability to move where your skills are needed and allows for a collaborative and innovativeculture offering greater challenges and career development opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies. May own, maintain, update, or develop engineering standards and guides. Provide technical guidance to others regarding projects or disciplines.  
• Applies knowledge and ensures compliance with B&V quality program. Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality. Supports continuous improvement, change management and risk management efforts.
• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for multiple or mega projects.  Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection. Oversees collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work.  
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.  Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements. Develops and applies advanced engineering solutions to complex problems. Responsible for ensuring project teams delegate appropriate tasks to lower level team members to develop depth of project execution staff.  Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments. Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for projects. Establishes work plan to be applied to a given project.
• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on complex projects. Typically responsible for defining project schedules for single discipline or may have responsibility for multiple disciplines.
• Responsible for determining identification of key client interests and drivers on projects. Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on complex projects.
• Works to identify future client needs and how to better position B&V for the future.    May offer other services to the client. Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities.
• Serves as the technical specialist in a broad area of specialization, or in a narrow but specialized field. Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems. Typically supports multiple projects on very complex technical challenges. Typical roles include being recognized as an industry expert, participating in professional societies by presenting papers, acting as a section lead for a large or complex specialty area, an engineering consultant for larger scale projects. May support the chief engineers or top engineering management, and is accountable for discipline-specific engineering processes. 
• Typically oversees performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development, and corrective actions. May participate in compensation management, succession planning, disciplinary actions, employee relations and workforce planning.   Actively mentors lower level and mid level professionals and identifies successors to train in the specifics of their role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
• Prior experience working specifically as a Marine Structural Engineer
• Licensed PE or ability and interest to obtain PE and/or be in active pursuit of registration

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 11 years related work experience.

Certifications

Professional engineering registration is preferred or in active pursuit

Work Environment/Physical Demands

• Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon managerdiscretion, job performance and work assignments.
• Typical office environment, typical construction environment, extreme weather conditions, high noise level, safetyhazards (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 orcarrying up to 40 pounds.

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