Why Black and Veatch

Recognized by Glassdoor as a 2023 Top 100 place to work, 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 1. 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.

The Opportunity

Black & Veatch is seeking an Internal Events Director who plays a key role in supporting company growth by leading the Internal Events function. Successful candidates will thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment creating and implementing successful event strategies. In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Oversee the planning and execution of internal Black & Veatch events.
• Developing an overall internal events strategy for the Black & Veatch organization, in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Will ensure successful execution of internal events by overseeing and/or executing logistics in support of internal events.
• Intake new requests, coordinating with stakeholders to efficiently identify and agree on requirements, scope, schedule, deliverables, services, expectations, and budgets.
• Ensures necessary facilities, off-site venues, equipment, facilitators, vendors, and participants are arranged and scheduled.
• Prepares and distributes communications to event participants and stakeholders.
• Promotes events through a variety of media in coordination with stakeholders and the BV communications team. (SharePoint, Yammer, email, BV Connect, bulletin boards, newsletter, and so on.)
• Generate purchase requests and manage purchase orders (PO) and invoices; track PO/invoice progress and solve for issues.
• Assist participants and facilitators as needed on site during certain events.
• Manage to allotted event/program budgets.
• Develops a network of vendors and manages vendor relationships. Approves final selection of venues, catering, technology, and other event services.
• Resolves escalated issues

The Team

As part of BV Business Enablement, you will be part of the critical and forward-thinking group that enables our people, projects, and businesses to be as successful as possible by providing creative solutions. Functions in this group include CIO/Global Information Technology, Diode, ESH&S, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management, and Government Affairs and Real Estate and Building Services.

Key Responsibilities

Typical duties may include but are not limited to the following (Professional responsibilities may cross functions as needed):

General

• Responsible for staffing, managing resources, performance management and career development
• Serves as a key business adviser to division or company management team
• Ensures first line supervisors and/or staff get results
• Typically monitors and has influence on budget of a limited scope
• Develops and supports interdepartmental relationships
• May establish metrics for teams

Branding

• Elevates Brand to set organization apart from competition
• Clearly defines and differentiates brand that is expressed throughout the business including all professionals and activities
• Ties brand to organization's reputation in the marketplace, and implements and guards in a manner that builds the organization, and protects against wrong doing

Communications

• Clearly articulates what differentiates the organization from the competition, and effectively communicates these differentiators in internal and external marketing efforts
• Identifies and leverages opinion leaders to proliferate the organization's position as a thought leader in the market place

Marketing

• Plans, directs and controls the activities of staff to maximize the efforts of an organizational unit
• Provides for the preparation and consolidation of forecasts which meet overall marketing and sales objectives of the company
• Develops methods to track effectiveness of implemented programs
• Monitors performance and cost effectiveness of outside vendors and freelance contractors
• Formulates and distributes strategies for corporate or a division through various internal channels
• Assists in new product / services development and launch
• Ensures marketing and communications support and guidance is provided during acquisition processes
• Supervises work of others
• Responsible for hiring, discipline, and may have pay administration of their subordinates

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong business acumen; demonstrates willingness to deeply understand the B&V business; understands the dynamics of projects and their impact on B&V success; has the ability to establish and manage external relationships; and the ability to represent B&V with external constituents. Also understands business on a global scale.
• Innovative and tech savvy; brings leading edge solutions and practices that evolves, advances and improves the internal events function to achieve excellent business outcomes and participant experiences
• Collaborative leadership orientation; must be able to build consensus.
• Strong communication skills; must also be able to effectively communicate with stakeholders. Has experience interfacing with and presenting to C-level executives.
• Works with a sense of urgency and strategic purpose. Daily impatience with an understanding of long-term progress.
• Demonstrates ‘Connective’ thinking with an understanding of how things work together and avoidance of unintended consequences of decisions.
• Strong organization and planning skills; has the ability to effectively manage more than one initiative simultaneously
• Creative problem solving skills; can spot a problem and develop solutions
• Adheres to the Company’s ASPiRE program and our Global Ethics and Compliance Program
• Experience coordinating, planning, hosting, and facilitating events in a business environment

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience
• 10+ years progressive management experience in related areas
• Industry 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.

Salary Plan

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