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Process Safety Engineering Specialist - Level 7

Date: May 27, 2025

Location:

Overland Park, KS, US Houston, TX, US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

As an employee-owned company, our people _are_ Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.

**Company :** Black & Veatch Corporation

**Req Id :** 109099

**Opportunity Type :** Staff

**Relocation eligible :** Yes

**Full time/Part time :** Full-Time

**Project Only Hire :** No

**Visa Sponsorship Available:** No

Why Black and Veatch

Recognized by Glassdoor as a 2023 Top 100 place to work and winner of the Newsweek’s 2023 America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day one. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life.

At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.  #LI-TF1

The Opportunity

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

+ Plan, schedule,conduct, and coordinateprocess safety work for a global business unit delivering FEED and EPC projects in the traditional oil & gas industry as well as new energy process solutions such as hydrogen and carbon capture.

+ Performwork that involves conventional engineering practice, but may include solving complex risk and safety design issues.

+ Support multiple projects as a subject matter expert.

+ Review and provide design recommendations for new projects and proposed facility modifications to ensure conformance with process safety and loss prevention codes, standards, and procedures.

+ Prepareand/or assistin the preparation of conceptual and design safety studies for projects.

+ Provide process safety consultation and guidance to project teams for scope of work documents, schedules, activities, and milestones.

+ Provide technical and thought leadership on process safety technologies and strategies.

+ Review lower-level engineering work or assignments as well as the process safety design and strategy implemented on major projects.

+ Contribute to proposal reviews to ensure safety protocol alignment between BV and subcontractors, assists in the preparation of cost estimates, quantity take-offs and staffing requirements for proposals.

+ Contribute to a work culture that fosters communication and teamwork.

This is a **hybrid** opportunity which allows our employees to work two days a week from other locations outside the office (3 days in office per week). This role may require up to 20% travel, including international. Preference for candidates located or willing to relocate to Kansas City (Black & Veatch World Headquarters) or Houston.

The Team

As part of BV Operations, your skills will be aligned to projects that support our 3 market sectors- Governments & Environment, Energy & Process Industries, and Connectivity & Commercial. In roles like Engineers, Technicians, and Skilled Specialists you will be engaged with exciting projects across the globe. From small community improvements to grand-scale Mega Projects, you will be Building a World of Difference through infrastructure growth and development while learning and focusing on your own individual development. The foundation of BV Operations provides the ability to move where your skills are needed and allows for a collaborative and innovative culture offering greater challenges and career development opportunities.

Minimum Qualifications

+ 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.

Preferred Qualifications

+ 15 years of related work experience.

+ Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Technology or Sciences; or any other degree, specialized training, or experience, that makes the individual uniquely qualified to perform the job responsibilities

+ Certified Process Safety Professional in accordance with the Center for Chemical Process Safety or equivalent.

+ Professional Engineer (PE) License.

+ Proven skills in the analysis of process safety on a variety of process projects including LNG, FLNG, ammonia, hydrogen generation, carbon capture and sustainable fuels.

+ Ability to determine the appropriate safety studies that should be applied to a variety of process projects.

+ Ability to write safety philosophy for a variety of process projects.

+ In-depth experience and capability to direct and manage the following process safety activities, including the ability to write and administer consulting agreements for:

+ Facility siting study.

+ Fire water system design including fire water demand, P&IDs, layouts, data sheets, etc.

+ Fireproofing philosophy and material selection.

+ Fire & gas detection layouts and cause & effect diagrams.

+ Hazardous area classification.

+ Escape route/life safety review.

+ Safety studies like HAZID/ENVID, HAZOP, SIL, QRA, consequence modeling, etc.

+ Vent dispersion.

+ Blast overpressure.

+ Vapor dispersion.

+ Experience with offshore safety practices and requirements from classification societies such as DNV, Bureau Veritas, ABS and Lloyds.

+ Working knowledge of various international codes and standards including NFPA.

+ Ability to facilitate HAZID analysis of a variety of process projects.

+ Working experience with modeling tools like Phast, FLACS, KFX, etc., including utilizing as a screening tool during early stages of projects.

+ Management and coordination of environmental impact assessments (EIA) and environmental audits related to process safety.

+ Preference for experience with major EPC contractors.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards: Interpreting, applying and providing direction to larger assigned tasks. May own the maintaining, updating, and developing engineering standards. Provide technical guidance to others regarding projects or disciplines.

Quality / Continuous Improvement: Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality. Supports continuous improvement, change management and risk management efforts.

Engineering Production: Accountable for managing engineering design-related aspects of project(s), including engineering schedule and budget performance, quality of engineering solutions and deliverables, and coordination of design, procurement, and construction. Orchestrates all technical aspects and makes project engineering execution decisions within the bounds set by applicable policies, standards, guides and contract commitments. Responsible for leading production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; technical aspects of projects as assigned. Establishes work plan to be applied.

Project Coordination: Coordinates with other internal/external team members on complex projects. Responsible for coordinating project schedules for multiple disciplines.

Client Focus: Responsible for determining identification of key client interests and drivers. Communicates interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns. Works to identify future client needs and how to better position Black and Veatch for the future. Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities.

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology: Serves as the senior level technical specialist in a broad area of specialization, or in a narrow but specialized field. Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems. Recognized as an industry expert, participating in professional societies by presenting papers, acting as a section lead for a large or complex specialty area, an engineering consultant for larger scale projects. Often supports a division chief engineer or top engineering management, and is accountable for discipline-specific engineering processes.

People Management: Provides direction to a small size group. Typically oversees performance management, career planning, recognition, learning and development. May participate in compensation management, succession planning, disciplinary actions, employee relations and workforce planning.

Resource Management: Influences and implements resource management strategy. Manages engineering resources, typically involving one line of business or discipline. Common responsibilities: staffing, recruiting, budgets, tools and/or processes. Resolves resource conflicts and identifies training needs.

Administrative: May include supervising group operations and budgets. May support IT, office administration, and facilities. Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively developed, implemented, and communicated for workgroup. Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs. May approve timesheets and expense reports.

Management Scope Factors: May influence costs, productivity, or competitiveness. Geographic responsibility may be for 1+ offices or a small region. Typical scope involves less complex business line or technology responsibility and/or less complex discipline responsibility.

Management Responsibilities

Certifications

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Typical office environment. May be subject to extreme cold (temperatures below 30 degrees for periods of more than one hour), extreme heat (temperatures above 90 degrees for periods of more than one hour), hazards (electrical currents, working on scaffold

Competencies

Collaborates

Communicates effectively

Courage

Directs work

Instills trust

Interpersonal savvy

Organizational savvy

Being resilient

Builds effective teams

Business insight

Cultivates innovation

Customer focus

Drives engagement

Drives vision and purpose

Global perspective

Manages ambiguity

Strategic mindset

Salary Plan

ENS: Eng & Technical Specialties

Job Grade

133

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Black & Veatch is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged, productive, safe and healthy.

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.

We are proud to be a 100 percent ESOP-owned company. As employee-owners, our professionals are empowered to drive not only their personal growth, but the company's long-term achievements - and they share in the financial rewards of the success through stock ownership.

By valuing diverse voices and perspectives, we cultivate an authentically inclusive environment for professionals and are able to provide innovative and effective solutions for clients.

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**Nearest Secondary Market:** Kansas City

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