Black & Veatch · 1 day ago
Senior Electrical Engineer - Data Centers
Canonsburg, PA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
11+ years expBlack & Veatch is an employee-owned company focused on sustainable infrastructure and engineering solutions. The Senior Electrical Engineer will lead design and construction projects for Data Centers, providing expertise and developing talent within the team.
ConstructionConsultingIndustrial EngineeringInfrastructure
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead the delivery of design-only, design-build, and construction only projects in Electrical Engineering deliverables for Data Centers projects
Provide subject matter expertise in the area of Data Center design
Train and develop early career and/or inexperienced professionals
Work with a collaborative team of engineers experienced in the Data Center projects
Build business relationships with clients to understand needs and drivers
Interact in a client-facing/business development role
Support business development, including developing scope-of-work, level-of-effort, and site visits to understand the scope of the pursuit
Continuously development technical expertise
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
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
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing or equivalent experience in engineering work
Minimum of 11 years related work experience
Active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary (U.S. Professional Engineer License)
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
Previous Project Lead experience in Data Center Designs
Demonstrated understand of design risk factors for redundancy and resiliency
Understanding of design differences in hyper-scale, edge, and colocation data centers
Possesses a proficiency in 3D modeling as well as managing and creating complex families with custom parameters within Autodesk Revit
Familiarity with Data Center tier rating systems
Strong knowledge of Autodesk Revit
Experience utilizing BIM 360, Navisworks, Revit work sets, view templates and project phasing
Ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment
Self-motivated to deliver results when given a deadline
Attention to detail with the ability to manage competing priorities simultaneously
Demonstrated ability to analyze and leverage data and metrics to challenge current assumptions
Sound, professional communication skills to engage in client-facing activities
Ability to lead projects including management of project schedules, budgets, and staffing
Support business development, including developing scope-of-work, level-of-effort, and site visits to understand the scope of the pursuit
Strong leadership skills, with desire to train and develop early career and/or inexperienced professionals
Benefits
401K match
Health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances
Disability
Robust wellness program
Flexible work schedules
Paid vacation and holiday time
Sick time
Dependent sick time
Adoption reimbursement
Tuition reimbursement
Vendor discounts
Employment referral program
AD&D insurance
Pre-taxed accounts
Voluntary legal plan
B&V Credit Union
Performance-based bonus program
Stock ownership
Company
Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is an engineering, consulting, and construction company.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Water Research Foundation
2023-03-09Grant
2012-09-14Equity Crowdfunding
Leadership Team
Mario Azar
Chairman & CEO
Steve Edwards
Chairman and CEO
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