Hexagon SmartPlant Foundation (SPF) and SDx Administrator

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Company : Black & Veatch Corporation

Req Id : 116514

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : No

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Project Only Hire : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

Why Black & Veatch?

At Black & Veatch, you’ll be part of work that matters—designing, creating, and building the infrastructure communities rely on every day, from concept through execution.

We care about how the work gets done as much as what we build. Safety is built into every decision, and people look out for each other—speaking up, collaborating, and doing the right thing because it affects real lives.

You’ll work alongside teams solving complex challenges and turning ideas into solutions that perform in the real world—gaining hands-on experience across projects, technologies, and disciplines.

Ownership shows up in how we work. We take responsibility for outcomes, follow through on commitments, and take pride in what we deliver. As a 100% employee-owned company, employees share in the long-term success we build together.

With flexible ways of working and meaningful development opportunities, you’ll build a career you can be proud to stand behind.

The Opportunity

The Senior SmartPlant Foundation (SPF) and SDx Administrator is responsible for the setup, configuration, integration, development, and sustained operational support of SmartPlant Foundation and SDx as the central engineering information management and integration platforms for Octave applications, formerly Hexagon PPM / Intergraph SmartPlant. This role will establish and maintain the Integration framework required to connect Smart 3D, Smart P&ID, Smart Instrumentation, Smart Electrical, and related engineering applications across project and enterprise environments.

The successful candidate must have hands-on experience configuring SPF and SDx. Their experience must include the configuration of schemas, domains, publish/retrieve workflows, tool registrations, mapping rules, security, workflows, data validation, and the development of front-end and back-end extensibility modules using the SDx Extensibility Framework. This role will work closely with engineering disciplines, administrators of other SmartPlant applications, IT, project teams, vendors, and client stakeholders to ensure the SmartPlant application ecosystem is fully configured, governed, and supportable for production project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Set up, configure, and administer the SmartPlant Foundation (SPF) environment.
• Set up, configure, and administer the SDx environment.
• Configure plant structures, domains, security, workflows, vaults, documents, tags, and relationships.
• Administer Foundation clients, services, schema components, and application services.
• Maintain schemas, class definitions, properties, document types, naming rules, and status rules.
• Coordinate installations, upgrades, patches, refreshes, backups, and issue resolution.
• Configure integrations between SPF and Smart 3D, Smart P&ID, Smart Instrumentation, and Smart Electrical.
• Set up publish, retrieve, correlate, consolidate, and update workflows.
• Set up the Consolidated Data Warehouse (CDW) in SPF and configure precedence rules
• Maintain tool registrations, plant registrations, design basis setup, and cross-application synchronization.
• Define schema mappings, attribute mappings, precedence rules, consolidation rules, and data ownership models.
• Troubleshoot publish/retrieve errors, schema conflicts, data conflicts, and integration failures.
• Develop custom configurations, utilities, reports, data loaders, validations, and automation.
• Use APIs, .NET, SQL, XML, schema tools, and import/export utilities to extend functionality.
• Architect custom integrations connecting disparate 3rd-party enterprise systems through REST, OData, and SOAP endpoints.
• Support data extraction, transformation, reporting, analytics, and enterprise system integration.
• Manage configuration changes, defects, development tasks, and release documentation.
• Enforce data ownership, object status, revision control, document status, and auditability.
• Support data validation, cleansing, duplication checks, and inconsistency resolution.
• Align integration rules with engineering workflows and deliverable requirements.
• Create administration guides, configuration records, troubleshooting guides, and end-user training material.
• Train administrators, project users, engineering disciplines, and support teams on enabling SmartPlant Foundation Integration workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field; equivalent SmartPlant Foundation administration and integration experience may be considered.
• 7+ years of experience supporting Hexagon / Octave SmartPlant applications, with direct hands-on experience administering SmartPlant Foundation and SDx.
• Strong experience configuring SmartPlant Foundation for multi-application integration, including domains, schemas, relationships, plant structures, publish/retrieve workflows, tool registrations, mappings, security, and workflows.
• Experience integrating SmartPlant Foundation with Smart 3D, Smart P&ID, Smart Instrumentation, Smart Electrical, or related engineering applications.
• Working knowledge of SQL Server databases for troubleshooting, data extraction, reporting, validation, connectivity, backups, restores, and administration support.
• Development or scripting experience using .NET, SQL, XML, APIs, schema tools, import/export utilities, or comparable SmartPlant Foundation development methods.
• Experience with the development of responsive, modern web-client interfaces utilizing component-based architectures in React and Angular.
• Experience with scripting high-throughput Engineering Tag Attributes and automated ETL pipelines to execute mass data ingestion and document loading via SDx APIs.
• Experience supporting power generation or other highly regulated infrastructure projects.
• Prior Lead or Senior Administrator role supporting Hexagon SmartPlant platforms.
• Experience administering multi-disciplined environments is considered an asset.
• Relevant Octave / Hexagon SmartPlant Foundation, SDx, integration, engineering systems, or database certifications are preferred.

Minimum Qualifications

Typically a minimum of 3 plus 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.

As this position supports the global nuclear program at Black & Veatch, any potential offer will be conditional on the individual being able to satisfy all requirements, including citizenship requirements, outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations 10 CFR 810.

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.

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Compensation Transparency

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Salary Plan

ENS: Eng & Technical Specialties

Job Grade

015

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Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers an array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.

To support a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.

A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company-matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.

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