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Black & Veatch · 1 day ago

Senior Marine Structural Engineer

Walnut Creek, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

11+ years exp

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned company focused on sustainable infrastructure and engineering solutions. As a Senior Marine Structural Engineer, you will provide engineering design, analysis, and studies for marine and coastal projects, while also mentoring younger professionals and leading technical strategies.

ConstructionConsultingIndustrial EngineeringInfrastructure

No H1B

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

Qualification

Marine structural engineeringDesign of marine structuresTechnical leadershipHydraulic structures designProfessional engineering registrationClient communicationMentoringProject management

Required

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

Provide marine structural engineering related design, analysis, and studies for domestic and international marine, coastal and heavy civil projects

Specific experience in design and inspection of marine structures including docks, marinas, wharves, piers, steel, timber and concrete pile structures, floating structures, breakwaters, seawalls, bulkheads, and waterfront facilities

Function as a technical leader in a regional practice lead capacity, in a role that implements engineering strategy and advises on national practice strategy on Coast and Flood Infrastructure projects

Execute assigned projects and mentor younger professionals

Proactively provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and B&V policies

Applies knowledge and ensures compliance with B&V quality program

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

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

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

Typically oversees performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development, and corrective actions

Actively mentors lower level and mid level professionals and identifies successors to train in the specifics of their role