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**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.

EEO/Disabled/Veterans

**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-JH #T&D