Northeast Tunnels Regional Practice Lead

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Northeast Tunnels Regional Practice Lead

Location: Arlington, VA, US Gaithersburg, MD, US New York, NY, US Rochester, NY, US Burlington, MA, US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

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Company : Black & Veatch Corporation

Opportunity Type : Staff

Project Only Hire : No

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Job Summary

Black & Veatch has a great opportunity for a Position is for a Regional Tunnel Practice Lead in the Northeast. within our national Civil Works practice.

This position will be responsible for providing engineering and construction related planning, design, analysis, oversight and studies for domestic and international geotechnical and heavy civil projects.

This role will also function as technical specialist and business leader supporting project and pursuit teams on heavy civil projects. With minimal supervision, apply advanced engineering techniques and analyses for problems and methods and may supervise multi‑discipline engineering staff on projects of medium to high complexity and is responsible for execution of assigned projects.

Key Responsibilities

Client Focus:

• Responsible for growing the Civil Works business line including Tunnels, Dams, Buried Infrastructure, Linear Infrastructure and Hydro Practices.
• Responsible for identification of key client interests and drivers on projects
• 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
• Focuses on client's current needs and situations
• Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities
• Proactively 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
• Independently applies knowledge and ensures compliance with Black and Veatch quality program
• Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality
• Provides guidance and direction to others
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for multiple or mega 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
• Develops and applies advanced engineering solutions to complex problems
• Reviews lower-level engineering work or assignments
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for projects
• Establishes work plan to be applied to a given project

Project Coordination:

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on complex projects
• Typically responsible for defining project schedules for single discipline or may have responsibility for multiple disciplines
• 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 tunnel project pursuits and project execution.
• Typically supports multiple projects on the very complex technical challenges
• Actively advances knowledge management of the enterprise and provides mentoring
• As a subject matter expert, has additional expertise in a technical area, participates in professional societies by presenting papers, participates on technical committees, and assists with code/standard authoring
• Is externally recognized in industry as an expert which enhances the Company brand
• Typically oversees performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development, and corrective actions
• Resource Management - (budgets, tools, processes, project support):
• Implements resource management strategy
• Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline
• Resolves resource conflicts and identifies training needs

Management Responsibilities

Supervises work of others. Responsible for hiring, discipline, and pay administration of their subordinates.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in in heavy civil and tunneling projects.
• Licensed Professional Engineer or be in active pursuit of registration.

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 or equivalent experience in Engineering work.
• Minimum of 11 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.
• Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary.

Certifications

Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary.

Salary Plan

REG: Registered Engineering

Compensation Transparency

In accordance with local requirements, the annual compensation ranges for this role are listed below by state or jurisdiction and reflect the applicable office location(s) within each. Final compensation is determined based on factors such as skills, experience, qualifications, internal alignment, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law.

State of Massachusetts: $170,508 - $284,736

State of Maryland: $170,508 - $284,736

State of New York: $156,299 - $284,736

State of Virginia: $170,508 - $284,736

Job Grade

017

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