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Company : Black & Veatch Corporation
Req Id : 115245
Opportunity Type : Staff
Relocation eligible : No
Full time/Part time : Full-Time
Project Only Hire : No
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
Why Black and Veatch
Join the Black & Veatch Construction team and build with pride. As a 100% employee-owned company, every role matters - you own your work, your impact, and your future. We lead with care, and safety is non-negotiable and embedded into every role, site and decision, ensuring our teams return home safe, every day.
From field engineering to project management to quality and startup, you'll work with cutting-edge technology, learn from seasoned experts, and grow through real-world, hands-on experience. With a strong backlog across power, water, grid, and industrial markets, you'll have the stability to grow and the opportunity to shape what comes next.
Job Summary
In this role, you will help keep construction activities on track by providing subcontractors and craft personnel with the guidance, technical direction, and contract information needed to execute work safely, efficiently, and on schedule. You will collaborate closely with the discipline engineer and superintendent to interpret technical requirements, resolve field issues, and support work across disciplines. You will also manage assigned subcontract administration responsibilities, address commercial matters, and, on smaller or less complex projects, may support project controls functions while maintaining full EPC responsibility.
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Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and interpretation of design drawings, specifications, and overall combined cycle design requirements to subcontractors.
• Support field execution by reviewing requests, maintaining records, and helping resolve design-related questions.
• Administer assigned subcontractors to ensure compliance with contract documents, monitor construction activities against the project schedule, and prepare and issue extra work authorization requests as needed.
• May also sign off on field designs or redesigns performed in the field.
• Partner with the field administrator, as needed, to support smooth site operations. Maintain daily logs for site records and perform or direct quantity takeoffs to support construction planning and invoice approval.
• Review subcontractor progress payment requests, monitor technical service representative and supplier logs, and approve submitted timesheets.
• Compile and maintain construction records and list markups, and help establish site document control activities for design documents when needed.
• Help ensure field teams are working from the latest IFC revisions and intermediate updates.
• Support inspections and test verification activities, and provide supervision, training, development, and performance management for direct reports.
• Champion safety and quality standards in all aspects of the work while contributing to continuous improvement efforts and change management initiatives.
• Lead and support field discipline engineers, fostering strong performance, development, and collaboration across the team.

Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Skills:

• Experience in combined cycle construction
• Knowledge of cost control, scheduling, engineering drawings, and related project documentation
• Ability to set up and perform project controls functions on smaller, less complex projects
• Experience completing material takeoffs and field estimates; strong communication, organizational, and supervisory skills
• Knowledge of safety regulations; discipline engineering experience; contract administration experience; and an understanding of craft dynamics.

Minimum Qualifications
Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either an ABET accredited program in the USA or an engineering program, offered by a foreign institution, accepted as valid in the home country or the country in which the individual is practicing. 6+ yrs construction 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.
Work Environment/Physical Demands
Physical Demands:
• Lift and carry heavy items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Stand, Kneel, Bend, Stoop, Move, and Walk long distances in and around confined, cluttered places, and uneven areas.
• See and hear naturally or with correction.
• Full range of motion and flexibility consistent with requirements of the job duties.
• Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls according to a set procedure.
• Requires repetitive movement.
• May require work above 5 feet in height.
• Climb and maintain balance on steel framework, stairs, ladders and scaffolds.
• Work up to a 12 hour shift doing hard physical labor in varying temperature extremes and other outside conditions.
Work Environment:
• Typical construction site environment:
• Requires working in cramped work spaces and getting into awkward positions.
• Requires working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32F degrees) temperatures and exposure to inclement weather such as dust, wind, snow, rain, etc.
• Requires working in extremely bright or low lighting conditions
• Includes exposure to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable.
• Work around hazardous equipment.
• Typical office environment.
• This position is considered a safety sensitive position.
Competencies
Collaborates
Communicates effectively
Courage
Directs work
Instills trust
Interpersonal savvy
Organizational savvy
Salary Plan
CNS: Construction Services
Job Grade
018
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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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