Graduate Engineer, Structural, Substation

About the Role

As an Entry Level Structural Engineer (Substation) at Black & Veatch, you will contribute to critical infrastructure challenges and impactful projects. This role offers opportunities for professional growth and advancing the success of Black & Veatch. Selected candidates will be located in or relocate to Overland Park (KS), Ann Arbor (MI), or Orlando (FL).

Key Responsibilities

• Engineering Standards: Develop familiarity by reading, understanding, and applying departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes, and Black and Veatch policies and procedures.
• Quality / Continuous Improvement: Develop an understanding of and comply with the Black and Veatch quality program. Support continuous improvement and change management efforts.
• Engineering Production: Contribute to the preparation of less complex engineering deliverables such as drawings, reports, specifications, and studies of limited scope.
• Perform routine research and develop recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
• Collect, assimilate, and manage data for engineering work.
• Prepare basic engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.
• Understand and adhere to budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
• Project Coordination: Share information with others as requested. Coordinate with others when directed by a supervisor or project leadership.
• Client Focus: Focus on the needs of internal clients (project team leadership) while gaining a basic understanding of external client interests and drivers. May provide support to business development or pursuit activities.
• Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology: Share current knowledge of the latest technology and processes.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from a recognized accredited program.
• Ability to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (criminal/civil background check, drug screen, motor vehicle records search).

Qualifications

• Preferred Non-Technical Skills:
• Learning on the Fly
• Problem Solving
• Intellectual Horsepower
• Written Communications
• Drive For Results
• Informing
• Listening
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Preferred Technical Skills:
• Basic knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards for the assigned engineering discipline.
• Basic industry knowledge and technology trends.
• Basic knowledge of company quality program.
• Basic knowledge of construction and constructability practices and principles.