Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch
Company typeEmployee-Owned
IndustryEngineering, procurement and construction, and consulting
FoundedKansas City, Missouri (1915)
HeadquartersOverland Park, Kansas
Areas served
Power, water, private telecommunications, oil and gas, mining, government, data centers
Key people
Mario Azar, Chairman and CEO

Steve Meck, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

Michael Williams, Chief Financial Officer

Steve Uhlmansiek, Vice President and Chief of Staff

Mike Adams, Chief Digital Technology Officer

Patrick Hogan, Chief Client Officer

Andrea Bernica, Chief People Officer

Jennifer Divito, President, Black & Veatch Operations

Narsingh Chaudhary, President, Fuels & Natural Resources

Jim Doull, President, Power Providers

Jim Moos, Interim President, Governments & Communities

Jim Moos, President, Technology, Commercial & Industrial

Charlie Sanchez, President, Strategic Advisory & Lifecycle Resiliency Services

Narsingh Chaudhary, Interim President, Asia Pacific and India

Oscar Falcon, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Latin America

Youssef Merjaneh, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa
ServicesAsset management, consulting, data analytics, EPC and design build, operations, physical and cybersecurity, program and construction management, sustainability
Revenue$4.735 billion (2023)
Number of employees
More than 12,000 (2024)

Black & Veatch (BV) is a global engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Founded in 1915 in Kansas City, Missouri it is now headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. It specializes in infrastructure development in energy, liquefied natural gas, water, renewable energy including solar, private telecommunications, government, mining, data centers, cybersecurity, advisory services, electrified transportation and smart cities.

In 2023, BV was the 10th largest 100% employee-owned company in the United States with reported total revenue of $4.735 billion. According to Engineering-News Record (ENR) magazine, Black & Veatch is the 13th-largest design firm in the United States based on revenue for design services performed in 2024. In its annual ENR 500 rankings, the magazine also reports that BV is the nation's 4th largest provider of design services to the Power market and 8th largest in Water.

BV has more than 100 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries on six continents.