
Lead Engineering Technician – Advanced Power Generation
Black & Veatch
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Overland Park • Kansas • United States
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About the role
- Functions in a lead technician capacity, technical design specialist and/or supervisor
- Applies advanced technical knowledge to solve complex design challenges, typically within a specific engineering discipline
- Contributes to the development of innovative engineering solutions
- Utilizes digital tools and design software (e.g., CAD, BIM, 3D modeling) in accordance with standardized procedures to create, modify, and maintain technical documentation, drawings, and project deliverables
- Ensures technical excellence, adherence to schedules, and compliance with budgetary requirements
- Coordinates efforts across departments, teams, and stakeholders
- May supervise an assigned team of engineering technicians and support personnel
- Communicates and sets appropriate design and graphic standards
- Reviews project requirements and accurately determines the correct format and contents of the required deliverables
- Promotes quality within project/group/section
- Reviews design inputs in order to ensure consistency
- Ensures that design deliverables are prepared, coordinated among disciplines and issued in accordance with BV Quality Assurance Procedures and project-specific procedures
- Looks for ways to improve applications integration, coordination, and communication across disciplines
- Contributes to the continuous improvement of guides and standards
- Participates in and leads process improvement activities and assignments
- Applies sound engineering fundamentals and established design practices in developing deliverables
- 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
- Programs control systems or participates in other plant start-up activities associated with a specialized expertise area
- May support field activities
- May manage multiple discipline areas or groups
- Communicates project design requirements, progress and schedules
- 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
- 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
- Serves as the champion for project tool/application development and improvement for software tools
Requirements
- Typically a minimum of 15 years related work experience
- Associate Degree in Drafting or an Engineering Design Related Technology preferred
- Bachelor Degree in an Engineering Design Related Technology (preferred)
- 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.
Benefits
- health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances
- disability and a robust wellness program
- flexible work schedules
- paid vacation and holiday time
- sick time and dependent sick time
- company-matched 401k plan
- adoption reimbursement
- tuition reimbursement
- vendor discounts
- employment referral program
- AD&D insurance
- pre-taxed accounts
- voluntary legal plan
- B&V Credit Union
- performance-based bonus program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
technical designengineering solutionsCADBIM3D modelingdesign documentationdrawing controlcontrol systems programmingprocess improvementengineering fundamentals
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcoordinationteam supervisionquality assuranceclient relationstraining and developmentproblem-solvinginnovationproject management
Certifications
Associate Degree in DraftingBachelor Degree in Engineering Design Related Technology