Job Description

Job Summary

The Fuels & Natural Resources - Energy Resources Industries group is seeking a highly motivated Senior Structural Designer with Offshore/Marine LNG experience. The ideal candidate will be able to:

• Review project requirements and determines correct format and contents of the required deliverables. 
• Ensures deliverables are following codes and standards. 
• Solves difficult technical problems and provides consultation and training. 
• Coordinate deliverables with other groups to minimize interference or errors. 
• Participate with other design groups to review and exchange project information necessary for design development. 
• Functions in a technical specialist/entry level supervisory capacity.
• Solve difficult technical problems.
• Provide consultation and training.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards:

• Communicates and sets appropriate design and graphic standards 
• Reviews project requirements and accurately determine the correct format and contents of the required deliverables  

Quality / Continuous Improvement:

• Promotes quality within project/group/section  
• Reviews design inputs in order to ensure consistency 
• Ensures deliverables are in compliance with the specific codes and standards in force for the project 
• May contribute to the continuous improvement of guides and standards 
• Participates in and leads process improvement activities and assignments  
• Demonstrates personal accuracy and drives continual improvement and change management efforts  
• Engineering Production: Applies basic engineering principles and established design practices in developing complex design concepts and deliverables  
• Continues to apply judgment, makes decisions with respect to the work and provides guidance to other professionals 
• Coordinates deliverable presentations, delegates' production design, or other electronic applications 
• Monitors production to assure consistency, budget and schedule of deliverables 
• Establish the appropriate method for drawing control and historical records  
• May program control systems or participate in other plant start-up activities associated with a specialized area of expertise  
• May lead development activities relating to new/updated design applications or processes  

Project Coordination:

• Coordinates with other design group personnel to review and exchange project information necessary for design development 
• May support field activities 
• Communicates project design requirements, progress and schedules  

Client Focus:

• Responsible for determining identification of key client interests and drivers on projects 
• Communicate client interests and drivers to project team members and develop approaches to accommodate these concerns  

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

• May lead in the development and communication of appropriate design standards and process improvement activities 
• Identify training and development needs for personnel they supervise and participate in training efforts 
• Assigned special assignments depending on technical expertise 
• Assignments may involve solving a particular design problem or participating in a design team focused on completing an assigned project task 
• Makes presentations and conducts training classes within a specialized area of expertise  

People Management - (supervision - career development - developing professionals, mentoring):

• May oversee functions including performance management process, career planning, learning and development, recognition, and corrective actions  
• Supervises engineering technicians, including mentoring, instructing, delegation of work and providing feedback  

Resource Management - (staffing): 

• Monitors staffing levels and available skill sets for project(s) 
• Identifies resource application needs and process requirements  

Administrative:

• May review timesheets, expense reports, involved in communicating the continual development of new hire recruitment, policy and procedure 

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Drafting or an Engineering Design Related Technology preferred 
• Bachelor Degree in an Engineering Design Related Technology preferred 
• Typically a minimum of 15 years related work experience  

Preferred Non-Technical Skills:

• Drive for Results . Self Development
• Listening
• Informing
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Priority Setting
• Planning
• Delegation 

Preferred Technical Skills:

• Ability to use the appropriate electronic applications and programs required for performing assignments  
• Include but not limited to CADD, other electronic applications, information modeling and document storage systems
• Advanced knowledge of engineering standards, systems, document control, departmental guides and Black and Veatch policies and procedures
• Advanced industry knowledge and technology trends
• Advanced knowledge of company quality program
• Advanced ability to interpret engineering deliverable content as assigned
• Advanced knowledge of other disciplines
• Intermediate knowledge of construction and constructability practices and principles
• Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides related to assigned engineering discipline
• Intermediate knowledge of procurement and contract administration . Intermediate knowledge of process, procedures for project controls and estimating
• Advanced knowledge of management techniques and company/division HR programs, policies, procedures, and organization structure
• Basic knowledge of technical aspects of the proposal process . Basic 

Minimum Qualifications

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

Normal office environment

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