Manager, Consulting-Asset Modification & Upgrade Specialist

Key Responsibilities

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  Engineering Standards:

  
  
  
  
  • 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
  
  
  
  

  Quality/Continuous Improvement:

  
  
  
  
  • Independently applies knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
  
  
  • May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black and Veatch quality program
  
  
  • Provides related guidance and direction to others
  
  
  • Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
  
  
  
  

  Engineering Production:

  
  
  
  
  • Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple 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
  
  
  • Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods
  
  
  • Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
  
  
  • Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project
  
  
  
  

  Project Coordination:

  
  
  
  
  • Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects
  
  
  
  

  Client Focus:

  
  
  
  
  • Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on moderately complex projects and may determine the key clients in some instances
  
  
  • 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
  
  
  • May offer other services to the clients
  
  
  • Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities
  
  
  
  

  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 a particular practice area
  
  
  • Typically supports multiple projects on the complex technical challenges
  
  
  • Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring
  
  
  • Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems
  
  
  
  

  People Management - (supervision, career development, training, mentoring):

  
  
  
  
  • Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required
  
  
  • May participate in career planning, and learning and development
  
  
  
  

  Resource Management - (budgets, tools, processes, project support):

  
  
  
  
  • Implements resource management strategy
  
  
  • Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline
  
  
  
  

  Administrative:

  
  
  
  
  • Administrative responsibilities may include office administration
  
  
  • Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup
  
  
  • Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs
  
  
  • May approve timesheets and expense reports
  
  
  
  

Management Responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

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  • Requirements
    
    
    
    • 15+ years of experience in Technical advisory – preferably around O&M and Engineering services, engineering modification and upgrades in gas / coal plant
    
    
    • Experience around other generation technologies like renewables, geothermal, hydro is of added advantage
    
    
    • Construction management / supervision experience
    
    
    • Experience in proposal development would be an added advantage.
    
    
    • Graduation in mechanical engineering, other deciplines may be considered for the candidate with right experience; Post-graduation is an advantage.
    
    
    • Certifications is an advantage - IAM certificate, CMRP, CAMA, AEE Energy Manager, BEE Energy Manager and Auditor
    
    
    • Fully comfortable with Microsoft office suite and especially Microsoft excel, exposure to other management tools would be a plus
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Industry knowledge capability:

    
    
    
    
    • Technical advisory – preferably around O&M and Engineering services
    
    
    • Fuel switch/ flexibility supports like co-firings, fuel blending.
    
    
    • Technical modifications for boiler, turbines, generators, pumps, electrical and I&C system etc.
    
    
    • Decommissioning and repurposing services
    
    
    • Familiarity with usages of different analytics tools such as Asset Performance Management (APM), ERP, EAM, PI, Alarm Management, PowerBI etc.
    
    
    • Knowledgeable and hands on practice in performing the below activities:
    
    
    
    
    • Criticality Assessment
    
    
    • Fault Tree Analysis
    
    
    • Weibull Tree Analysis
    
    
    • Root-Cause Failure Analysis
    
    
    • Single Point of Failure studies
    
    
    • LCCA (Life Cycle cost Analysis)
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Written Communications
  
  
  • Drive For Results
  
  
  • Priority Setting
  
  
  • Planning
  
  
  • Delegation
  
  
  • Directing Others
  
  
  • Conflict Management
  
  
  • Informing
  
  
  • Listening
  
  
  • Dealing with Ambiguity And Building Effective Teams
  
  
  • Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline
  
  
  
  

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