Sr. Project Engineering Manager - Campus Infrastructure

About the role

The Black & Veatch Campus Infrastructure business has a need for a Sr. Project Engineering Manager with experience leading engineering design activities for large data center projects. The Sr. Project Engineering Manager will lead large multi-discipline design teams including civil, architecture, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, telecom, security, and BIM while serving as technical specialist on Data Center projects.

Responsibilities

• Prepare complex architectural and engineering deliverables for multiple or large-scale data center projects including but not limited to schematic design, detailed design, permitting submission, and construction issue documents.
• Oversee scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, and safety performance.
• Cover interfaces across power generation, electrical infrastructure, data center, and interconnection scopes.
• Support change management, claims avoidance, and commercial risk alignment.
• Conduct complex research and develop recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
• Understand key client interests and drivers for moderately complex projects.
• Communicate client concerns to project team members and develop solutions.
• Manage project changes directly with the client under Project Manager supervision.
• Lead large multi-disciplined teams to meet project deliverables.
• Provide technical leadership for complex data center and commercial projects.
• Drive solutions to achieve project goals.
• Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable codes and policies.
• Experience working as part of or managing Building Design, MEP, Engineering Teams including but not limited to architecture, HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, power distribution, lighting, communication, and civil, and structural engineering.
• Reviews architect and engineering work or assignments.
• Responsible for mentoring and performance management of assigned personnel.
• Partner with client or home office PM, scheduling, cost, and risk resources to maintain:
• Integrated Master Schedules
• Cost forecasts, commitments, and change logs
• Risk registers and mitigation plans

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of progressive experience managing complex infrastructure or energy projects.
• Demonstrated experience in Owner’s Representative, Project Management Consulting (PMC), Owner’s Engineer, or similar client side execution roles.
• Strong background in:
• Mega Project Execution in conventional generation
• Risk Mitigation
• Stakeholder, Contractor and EPC coordination
• Construction oversight and field execution
• Commissioning and turnover support

• Proven ability to operate independently in an on-site leadership role while coordinating with home office project management and controls resources.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
• Understanding of design differences in hyper-scale, edge, and colocation data centers.
• Demonstrates understanding of design risk factors for redundancy and resiliency.
• Advanced knowledge of architectural design principles and applicable design guides and standards.
• Intermediate knowledge of other engineering disciplines.
• Advanced ability to interpret architectural deliverable content as assigned.
• Intermediate industry knowledge and technology trends.
• Intermediate knowledge of quality programs.
• Intermediate knowledge of construction and constructability practices and principles.
• Intermediate knowledge of procurement and contract administration.
• Working knowledge of process and procedures for project controls and estimating.
• Intermediate knowledge of technical aspects of the proposal process.
• Intermediate knowledge of management techniques and administrative practices.