Burns & McDonnell

Project Engineer - Underground & Submarine Cables (Kansas City)

Burns & McDonnell • $90K — $110K *
Kansas City, MO 64118In-Person
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical engineering required
  • 5+ years of project development and execution experience
  • Experience with underground electrical infrastructure projects
  • Professional Engineering (PE/P.Eng) registration required
  • Strong written and verbal communication and analytical skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead project execution from proposal to closeout
  • Provide technical guidance to the design team
  • Oversee design quality control processes and procedures
  • Coordinate project requirements across different disciplines
  • Develop tools to enhance team efficiency
  • Maintain adherence to client and industry standards
  • Manage communication with clients regarding engineering standards

Benefits

  • Full-time employment status
  • Opportunity for professional development and mentorship
  • Potential for travel up to 25% of the time
  • Engage with diverse engineering disciplines
  • Work on innovative projects in the transmission and distribution sector
Full Job Description
Description Our Transmission & Distribution global practice is looking for a Project Engineer in our Kansas City, MO office to serve as an engineer on engineering/EPC projects. The Project Engineer will be responsible for successful project execution from the proposal state through project closeout. Major responsibilities for the Project Engineer will include:
  • Overall Focus/Leadership
  • Provide technical leadership, direction, and support to design team
  • Provide team level accountability for the implementation and tracking of design quality control processes and procedures utilizing all applicable QC forms and checklists.
  • Proactive coordination and communication of project requirements and schedule needs across disciplines.
  • Identify, develop, and communicate processes and tools to increase efficiency across the team and department
  • Ensure that client requirements and expectations, industry standards, and Burns & McDonnell standards are maintained
  • Communicate with the project manager regularly regarding project status and identification of challenges or concerns relating to project designs, the client, or the team
  • Identify development needs of team and mentor, coach, and develop team members (engineers, designers, drafters, admin, etc.)
  • Communicate staffing needs and employee performance to department managers
  • Create, improve, facilitate and teach training courses to the team and department
  • Project Development
  • Develop engineering scope, labor hour estimates, schedules and staffing plans
  • Develop project design criteria
  • Identify and communicate technical risks to the project
  • Project Execution
  • Ensure adherence to project plan. Proactively communicate changes to project plan with the team.
  • Maintain responsibility for interdisciplinary design coordination
  • Oversee production work required to meet deliverable milestones
  • Coordinate design change notifications with project manager
  • Provide technical leadership over construction engineering support
  • Manage vendor drawing reviews and fabrication progress
  • Monitor workload and facilitate project assignments across team
  • Communicating high risk or urgent technical issues with the client
  • Communicate and schedule necessary project resource needs
  • Perform QC reviews, as required
  • Ensure that all document sealing requirements for the project are met
  • Assist in preparation of project status reports
  • Client Engagement
  • Serve as primary technical point of contact for the client
  • Communicate all client engineering standards to the project team, including client revisions, expectations, and interpretations
  • Build relationships with key personnel at the client organization

Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical engineering from an accredited program
  • Must have a minimum of five years of experience in project (engineer/construction) development and execution.
  • Experience working on underground electrical infrastructure projects
  • Professional Engineering (PE/P.Eng) registration.
  • Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Must be capable of applying intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to broad areas of assignments.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with project management including:
  • Experience estimating projects
  • Experience with Critical Path Method or Resource Loaded Schedules (Microsoft Project, Primavera P6)
  • Experience with contracts and specification development.
  • Previous consulting experience.
  • Previous utility company experience.
  • Previous construction or EPC experience.
  • Previous submarine cable design and/or installation

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.

Job Engineering

Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time

Req ID: 250636

Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-MG #T&D

About Burns & McDonnell

Burns & McDonnell is a full-service engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting solutions firm. The company was founded in 1898 by Clinton Burns and Robert McDonnell and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Burns & McDonnell provides services to a wide range of industries, including aviation, defense, energy, environmental, healthcare, and transportation. The company has over 7,500 employees and operates in more than 50 countries around the world. Burns & McDonnell has been recognized as one of the best places to work in the United States by Fortune magazine.
Learn more about Burns & McDonnell
Size
7,500 employees
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Founded
1898
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