Engineering & Development Services Industrial Water Solution Manager

Why Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore newpossibilities.
Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow andexplore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and putyour diverse talents and perspectives to use. 

The Opportunity

Supports functional strategies as an Engineering & Development Services (EDS) contact for the Industrial Water Solution.  Provides high level monitoring of engineering design execution.  Collaborates with Industrial Water Solution business leadership on alignment of opportunites with engineering design skills, capabilities and capacity to support. Supports the EDS Water Solution leader, with a specific focus on the Industrial Water area.

Responsible for the development of optimal and consistent engineering Solution execution processes and design approaches for Industrial Water, including continuous review, improvement and updating of documentation (QMS, etc.). Drives development of typical/template engineering design deliverables for the Industrial Water area in collaboration with Industrial Water leadership, the BV Chief Engineers and Industrial Water professionals. Drives development of training and onboarding materials for Industrial Water professionals. Accountable for driving collaboration across Solutions, Regions, and other internal Ops/EDS stakeholders on the adoption and evolution of BVs programmatic engineering execution approaches in this area. Supports the EDS Solutions Engineering Excellence leader, with a specific focus on the Industrial Water area.

Accountable for EDS alignment across the Water solution, with a focus on Industrial Water operating areas, for understanding and translating Industrial Water solution strategies, priorities and growth commitments related to EDS resource needs. Responsible for developing and sustaining a cohesive, multidisciplinary Industrial Water Solution team. Coordination with Water Solution Resource Mangers for hiring, growth and associated resource management strategies and culture geared toward supporting Industrial Water strategic growth and optimizing efficiency and agility, while building high performing teams. 

Key Responsibilities

• Drive joint accountability and alignment for project execution between the Industrial Water Solution and EDS.
• Collaborate with Market Sector and Solutions Leaders and project leadership to understand new and existing business strategies globally and prepare for growth in emerging markets
• Track new business proposals and staffing trends that will drive collaboration with EDS Discipline leaders to build proposal and project teams.
• Monitor project challenges for elevation to EDS Leadership, Chief Engineers, and/or EDS Resources Discipline Leaders
• Work with the Market Sector and Solution leaders, Quality, and EDS Engineering Excellence Leaders on the strategy for improvements to processes and tools that will drive efficiency and prepare for future opportunities and markets
• Supports Industrial Water professional growth, training, development and succession planning.
• Coordinate engineering execution processes with all Op’s stakeholders (Construction, Supply Chain, PJC, PMO, etc.) to support efficient project execution of Industrial projects.
• Drive continuous improvements and standardization of Industrial Water engineering execution processes.
• Develop and continued execution of effective tactics to drive collaboration, influence and build followership of stakeholders related to Industrial Water engineering execution approaches and processes.
• Assist in identifying project risks and elevate concerns to project teams. Provide support as needed to assist project teams to meet project budget and schedule.  
• Support the hiring, onboarding, training, development, and staffing global for Industrial Water projects.
• Support the hiring goals by identifying potential hires, conducting interviews, developing employment offers, and supporting onboarding activities.
• Track existing and new business planning and support staffing trends utilizing tools such as Tempus that will drive collaboration with EDS Leaders as well as the Industrial Water Solution.
• Monitor individual professional challenges in coordination with group supervisors for elevation to EDS Leadership, Chief Engineers, EDS Discipline Leaders, and/or Solution Leaders.
• Coordinates Global Execution. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, HR-related, or other related technical discipline
• Experience with managing and delivering Services or EPC proposals and projects
• 7+ years’ proposal and client relationship experience in one of BV's markets
• Understands business on a global scale and that different approaches work in different places
• Interpersonal skills
• Risk management
• Technical depth
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Champion of innovation
• Worked for multiple market sectors.
• 3+ years of experience in Water and/or Industrial Water
• Excellent collaborator. 

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. 7+ years of management experience in areas such as engineering, environmental, land services, project management and/or operations management.

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

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

Salary Plan

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