Senior Registered Engineer-Structural-Advanced Power Generation

Date: Jun 4, 2026<br><br>Location:<br><br>Overland Park, KS, US<br><br>Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies<br><br><strong>Job Summary<br><br></strong>Functions as technical specialist, or has management and/or administrative responsibilities for a group. May supervise multi-discipline engineering staff on projects of medium to high complexity, and/or is recognized as a key reference for technical guidance through depth and breadth of knowledge. Has some influence for scope of responsibilities within the organization.<br><br><strong>Key Responsibilities<br><br></strong><ul><li>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. </li><li>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.</li><li>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. </li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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. </li><li>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.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Preferred Qualifications<br><br></strong><ul><li>Significant steel and reinforced concrete design at Power Plant and/or Industrial Facilities. </li><li>Experience in Front End Design and Conceptual studies at Power Plant and/or Industrial facilities </li><li>Experience writing technical and/or construction specifications</li><li>Experience creating and reviewing project schedules</li><li>Professional interested in an Owner's Engineer role on Power projects<br><br></li></ul><strong>Minimum Qualifications<br><br></strong>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. 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.<br><br><strong>Salary Plan<br><br></strong>ENG: Engineering<br><br><strong>Job Grade<br><br></strong>017<br><br><strong>Nearest Major Market: </strong>Olathe<br><br><strong>Nearest Secondary Market: </strong>Kansas City<br><br><strong>Job Segment: </strong> Construction, Structural Engineer, Engineer, Engineering

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