Asset Maintenance Expert

Job Summary

Functions as a technical specialist or in a lead role. Under general direction, develops and applies advanced engineering techniques, concepts and approaches to complex engineering problems. May provide technical guidance over a group or supervise engineering staff on projects of low to medium complexity. May be responsible for developing, validating, and presenting specialist/technical output.

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Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards:

• Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch policies  
• Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards  
• Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines 

Quality/Continuous Improvement:  

• Independently applies knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks  
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black and Veatch quality program
• Provides related guidance and direction to others 
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts 

Engineering Production: 

• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple 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 
• Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods 
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments  
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project  

Project Coordination: 

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects 

Client Focus:

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on moderately complex projects and may determine the key clients in some instances 
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on moderately complex projects  
• May offer other services to the clients  
• Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities 

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology: 

• Serves as a technical specialist and has knowledge and skill set to provide consultation and guidance to project teams in a particular practice area 
• Typically supports multiple projects on the complex technical challenges 
• Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring 
• Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems 

People Management - (supervision, career development, training, mentoring):

• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required 
• May participate in career planning, and learning and development 

Resource Management - (budgets, tools, processes, project support): 

• Implements resource management strategy 
• Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline  

Administrative: 

• Administrative responsibilities may include office administration 
• Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup 
• Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs 
• May approve timesheets and expense reports 

Management Responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Written Communications
• Drive For Results
• Priority Setting
• Planning
• Delegation
• Directing Others
• Conflict Management
• Informing
• Listening
• Dealing with Ambiguity And Building Effective Teams 
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline 

• Industry knowledge capability:

  • Technical advisory – preferably around O&M and Engineering services
  • Fuel switch/ flexibility supports like co-firings, fuel blending.
  • Technical modifications for boiler, turbines, generators, pumps, electrical and I&C system etc.
  • Decommissioning and repurposing services
  • Familiarity with usages of different analytics tools such as Asset Performance Management (APM), ERP, EAM, PI, Alarm Management, PowerBI etc.
  • Knowledgeable and hands on practice in performing the below activities:
  • Criticality Assessment
  • Fault Tree Analysis
  • Weibull Tree Analysis
  • Root-Cause Failure Analysis
  • Single Point of Failure studies
  • LCCA (Life Cycle cost Analysis)
• Requirements
  • 15+ years of experience in Technical advisory – preferably around O&M and Engineering services,  engineering modification and upgrades in gas / coal plant
  • Experience around other generation technologies like renewables, geothermal, hydro is of added advantage  
  • Construction management / supervision experience
  • Experience in proposal development would be an added advantage.
  • Graduation in mechanical engineering, other deciplines may be considered for the candidate with right experience; Post-graduation is an advantage.
  • Certifications is an advantage -  IAM certificate, CMRP, CAMA, AEE Energy Manager, BEE Energy Manager and Auditor
  • Fully comfortable with Microsoft office suite and especially Microsoft excel, exposure to other management tools would be a plus 

     

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing. Minimum of 8 years related work 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.

Asset Maintenance Expert, Consulting

With a focus on utility industries such as Power, Oil & Gas, Data Infrastructure and Water as well as other resource-intensive sectors, Black & Veatch’s Infrastructure Advisory group provides a range of holistic strategic, process, financial and technology solutions. Black & Veatch brings together combined expertise in advanced analytics and practical business experience with extensive organizational, technology and engineering capabilities. Throughout the world, we deliver solutions that work best for the program needs, organization, assets and customers.

Our professionals improve organizational effectiveness, and reduce risks and costs by enabling our clients to adopt and operationalize new technologies and approaches. We help justify and fund major improvements to your utility network and assets. We help you achieve a clear, systematic approach to managing risks. And worldwide, we work with executive leadership teams to identify and design business-case solutions to some of our world’s most transformational initiatives solving energy, water, decarbonisation and other finite resource challenges.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Serve as technical expert on key engineering issues to guide clients towards right engineering solutions.
• Preferably should serve as technical leader for complex services projects managing cross functional engineering team to deliver project outcomes.
• Support services proposals by technical interpreting RFPs, detailing scopes, developing technical execution plan, identifying key resources / skillsets, schedules, T&Cs.
• Should be skilled in drafting and leading innovative work-methods to optimize resource spent to achieve project’s financial outcomes.
• Should be familiar with project management methodology for complex infrastructure project.

              Consulting Capability:

• Transfers knowledge, capabilities, and skills to improve others’ knowledge and skill levels
• Enhances established working relationships with team members and management from within the client’s organization
• Contributes to quality review on own engagement
• Ascertains and meets client expectations within scope of engagement role
• Develops applicable knowledge bases by using best practices to redefine tools and techniques. Outlines specific performance measures, targets, and goals to articulate the business case for realized efficiencies or added value
• Challenges client’s current strategy and direction through persuasive argument. Defines competitive advantage and achievable value to the client through use of the strategic change components and metrics. Formulates issue-based hypotheses and develops analytical plan for testing. Contributes to analysis of impact of strategic changes by defining linkages and interdependencies.

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