Engineering Standards: Proactively provides technical guidance and direction. Interpreting, applying and providing direction to larger assigned tasks. May own the maintaining, updating, and developing engineering standards.
Quality / Continuous Improvement: Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture conducive to quality. Supports continuous improvement, change management and risk management efforts.
Engineering Production: Accountable for managing engineering design-related aspects of complex project(s) or multiple small projects, including engineering schedule and budget performance, quality of engineering solutions and deliverables, and coordination of design, procurement, and construction. Orchestrates all technical aspects and makes project engineering execution decisions within the bounds set by applicable policies, standards, guides and contract commitments. Responsible for leading production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for projects. Establishes work plans.
Project Coordination: Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members. Responsible for coordinating project schedules for multiple disciplines.
Client Focus: Responsible for determining identification of key client interests and drivers on projects. Communicates client interests to project team and develops approaches to accommodate concerns in the performance of the work. Works to identify future client needs and how to better position Black and Veatch for the future. Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities.
Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology: Serves as the senior level technical specialist in a broad area of specialization, or in a narrow, but specialized field. Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems. Typical roles include being recognized as an industry expert, participating in professional societies by presenting papers, acting as a section lead for a large or complex specialty area, an engineering consultant for larger scale projects. Often supports a division chief engineer or top engineering management, and is accountable for discipline-specific engineering processes.
People Management: Provides direction to a small size group Typically oversees performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development May participate in compensation management, succession planning, disciplinary actions, employee relations and workforce planning
Resource Management (budgets, tools, processes, project support): Influences and implements resource management strategy. Manages engineering resources for small size and/or less complex group, typically involving one line of business or discipline. Common responsibilities include staffing, recruiting, budgets, tools and/or processes. Resolves resource conflicts and identifies training needs. Administrative responsibilities may include supervising group operations and budgets. May support IT, office administration, and facilities. Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively developed, implemented, and communicated for workgroup. Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs. May approve timesheets and expense reports.
Management Scope Factors: Pending nature of role, scope of influence may include a significant-size group. May influence costs, productivity, or competitiveness. Geographic responsibility may be for 1+ offices or a small region. Typical scope involves less complex business line or technology responsibility, and/or less complex discipline responsibility. Supports mitigation of risk related to projects/technologies.
