Black & Veatch is a Campus Forward Award Winner

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company with a more than 100-year legacy of innovation in sustainable infrastructure. Global professionals are committed to solving humanity’s critical infrastructure challenges, while also considering the impact on the people, places, and resources where professionals live and work. Regardless of the scope or size of the project, execution is centered on safety and characterized by cost and schedule certainty. In-house project execution is offered through union and open-shop construction entities. Our flexible, cohesive teams provide seamless project delivery solutions across the entire project life cycle.

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Building an Innovative and Multi-Faceted Approach to University Recruiting

The Black & Veatch (BV) team has multiple approaches to sourcing talented candidates. This is accomplished by attending many in-person and virtual career fairs to meet face-to-face with candidates all around the country. BV’s technical professionals present to diverse student organizations to share the important work that is done all around the world. The team connects with thousands of candidates through Handshake campaigns and through their campus leader program. The program is made up of previous interns who serve as ambassadors on their campuses to prospective candidates.

Crafting a Standout Candidate Experience

BV’s team believes in staying in touch with students throughout the entire interview process. The team makes sure each student is clear on next steps and has all the information needed to have a successful interview and are updated on the status of the application. The team makes sure the hiring process is adaptable and accessible to anyone who’s interested in joining. From start to finish, the focus is to meet any unique needs and give every chance for the student to show their best! As one of the newest employee-owners at BV, professionals will address some of the world's most pressing infrastructure challenges. The team supports professionals to learn the business from a diverse, motivated team of designers, engineers, and project managers. In offering an optional rotational program professionals can ensure that they are working in a variety of disciplines and functional areas to develop and sharpen skills to serve throughout their career.

Moving the Needle on Diversity & Inclusion

Each member of our team has accountability in hiring diverse talent at Black & Veatch. This is done by recruiting at HBCUs, HSIs, and presenting at diverse student organizations on campuses across the country. The culture and values at Black & Veatch transcend differences in age, gender, race, religion, and sexual orientation. It is uncommon, exceptional people who make BV’s mission a success. No matter where someone is from, a student can grow their skills and be their authentic self at Black & Veatch.

Investing in Impactful Internship Programs

At Black & Veatch, our intern experience offers hands-on meaningful opportunities to quickly advance learning and career path on projects that are making a difference for people and communities around the world. Interns collaborate with the industry’s best engineers, designers, project managers and innovators on real projects that have tangible results. When interns bring their insight, imagination, and a healthy disregard for the impossible, their internship can have an impact around the world.

Supporting the Growth and Development of Entry-Level Talent

BV’s EDGE program is an early-career rotation program designed to allow professionals exposure to different functional areas and business units in office environments as well as field or client-facing work. Professionals build technical and strategic skills, sharpen business and communications acumen all while working within a structured training curriculum and receiving ongoing feedback from mentors, senior leadership, and other program support. Professionals can explore specific industries through a 3-4 year experienced filled with intensive rotations, have a cohort of fellow professionals to engage with and create a diverse career path based on the vision of the professional and the business needs.

Congratulations to the team at Black & Veatch for being selected as one of the winners of RippleMatch's 2022 Campus Forward Awards!

RippleMatch's Campus Forward Awards recognizes the top early career teams and programs in the nation. Through a detailed application process, early career teams shared their approach to recruitment, candidate experience, D&I, and internship & entry-level programming. The programs picked for this award represent the best of the best, selected from applications submitted by campus recruiting teams across industries.

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