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Date: Aug 24, 2026

Location: Overland Park, KS, US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

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Company :Black & Veatch Corporation

Opportunity Type :Staff

Project Only Hire :Yes

Why Black & Veatch?

At Black & Veatch, you’ll be part of work that matters—designing, creating, and building the infrastructure communities rely on every day, from concept through execution.

We care about how the work gets done as much as what we build. Safety is built into every decision, and people look out for each other—speaking up, collaborating, and doing the right thing because it affects real lives.

You’ll work alongside teams solving complex challenges and turning ideas into solutions that perform in the real world—gaining hands‑on experience across projects, technologies, and disciplines.

Ownership shows up in how we work. We take responsibility for outcomes, follow through on commitments, and take pride in what we deliver. As a 100% employee‑owned company, employees share in the long‑term success we build together.

With flexible ways of working and meaningful development opportunities, you’ll build a career you can be proud to stand behind.

As a Packaged Equipment Engineer, your role is to provide packaged equipment support and technical equipment expertise to projects. Strong candidates are expected to have a broad set of skills and knowledge encompassing packaged equipment systems such as: fired heaters, flares, incinerators, boilers, SCRs, cooling towers, air‑cooled condensers, air compressors, nitrogen generation systems, or process treatment skids. General industries served are related to the Natural Gas, LNG, FLNG, Ammonia, Urea, Fertilizers, Gas Processing, Midstream, Sulfur, Hydrogen, Power Production, Data Center, and other general heavy industries. Strong candidates shall exhibit code knowledge and experience with process industry standards, such as API-521, API-537, API-560, API RP 936, HEI Standards, CTI Standards, NFPA standards, TEMA, API-660, API-661, etc. applicable to packaged equipment systems and heat exchangers, and shall be capable of simple and complex analyses related to the design, specification, and applications engineering tasks associated with this packaged equipment.

Black & Veatch Operations develops, deploys, and maintains global resources and capabilities that guide execution and process excellence across the organization. The foundation of Black & Veatch Operations provides the ability to move where your skills are needed and allows for a collaborative and innovative culture offering greater challenges and career development opportunities.

• Evaluate, select, specify, and engineer packaged equipment suitable for design needs for reliable, cost-effective, and efficient operation.
• Select and implement appropriate designs for package equipment
• Coordinate with equipment manufacturers to select the most technically acceptable design solutions.
• Utilize leading and current technologies in development of designs.
• Prepare equipment cost estimating and manhours for FEED and Detailed Design phases.
• Prepare packaged equipment data sheets and technical specifications for bid and purchase.
• Review, interpret, and include client technical specifications in the bid & purchase specifications.
• Perform bid clarifications / meetings with bidders and prepare technical bid evaluations/summaries for equipment.
• Lead and coordinate meetings with internal disciplines, external consultants, clients, contractors, subcontractors, and vendors/fabricators.
• Participate in client project meetings. Conduct meetings with packaged equipment team working on the projects
• Assist junior engineers to develop their packaged and fired equipment skills.
• Perform Pre-Inspection meetings, shop surveillance, attend inspections & testing on fired equipment in vendor’s shop.
• Perform vendor drawing reviews.
• Develop construction subcontracts for packaged equipment
• Participate in on-site start-up and commissioning work on an as‑needed basis.
• Travel expectations: Approximately 10% to 35% annually; variable; based on project construction support needs

• Experience working in LNG, Hydrogen, and gas processing projects.
• Experience working in Ammonia, Urea, and Fertilizer plant projects.
• Experience working in Power projects.
• Experience in selecting and working with all types of packaged equipment and auxiliaries, complex packaged equipment systems
• Experience with ASME Code (Section I, Section VIII Divisions 1 & 2).
• Experience with NFPA 85, 86, and 87 codes.
• Experience with EPA emissions regulations and test methods.
• Experience in reading detailed project drawings, blueprints, and technical interpretations.
• Experience with fired equipment troubleshooting and small services engineering projects.
• Experience with insulating refractory materials and specification of materials for various open flame applications
• Experience in purchasing equipment to ASME STS-1; API 521, 537, 560, and other relevant fired equipment standards.
• Experience with evaporative cooling towers (field erected and packaged)
• Experience with associated CTI and HEI Standards for Cooling Towers
• Experience with cooling tower performance testing (CTI-ATC-105)
• Experience with process air compressors, instrument air compressors
• Experience with Nitrogen Generation Systems
• Experience with equipment inspection and general condition engineering assessment projects per API 573, 936, etc.
• Experience in attending and performing engineered equipment shop inspections.
• Experience in writing fired equipment ASME and API overlay specifications.
• Experience with material and component selection for packaged equipment.
• Experience with working on projects from early conceptual to detailed engineering and on to project start‑up and operations support.
• Experience in the role of Lead Equipment Engineer on larger projects.
• Have mentoring skills and work with and encourage junior staff.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in handling multiple jobs/projects on a weekly basis.
• Excellent organizational skills and time management skills; self‑paced.

Having the following additional experience will have added advantage:

• Experience in the role of Mechanical Lead Engineer on projects.
• Experience in equipment installation, commissioning, & start‑up support at site.
• Experience working on offshore fixed platform and floating vessel projects or other general field related projects for the process industries.
• Experience in workshare with other country offices globally.
• Experience in heat exchanger design; competent in use of HTRI Software

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5 to 10 years of relevant industry experience as a minimum
• Licensed as a Professional Engineer in USA and/or Professional Engineering in Canada

• Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary.

• Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.

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Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers an array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.

To support a healthy work‑life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.

A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company‑matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre‑taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance‑based bonus program.

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