Senior Civil Engineer - Power (Phoenix)

Burns & McDonnell; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Burns & McDonnell in Phoenix is seeking a Senior Civil Engineer to lead civil design for power, process, and industrial projects. You will guide project teams through from concept to construction, ensuring design excellence and adherence to budget and schedule.

The role requires strong command of civil engineering practices, experience with AutoCAD, BIM, Civil 3D, and PE licensure is preferred. Travel up to 25% is expected; EPC project experience is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related ABET-accredited program.
• Master’s degree may substitute for 1 year of experience.
• PE license preferred.
• Minimum 7 years civil engineering experience.
• EPC project experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead civil design from conceptual phase through design completion.
• Prepare civil equipment specifications, data sheets, RFQs, technical bid summaries and purchase recommendations.
• Review civil vendor drawings and interface with suppliers, clients, and other disciplines.
• Develop project schedules, scope, budgets, staffing and construction planning.
• Quality review production drawings and constructability with project managers.
• Lead field inspections and measurements for public and private clients.
• Prepare and present technical reports for clients and industry publications.
• Build relationships with clients and contractors to grow business opportunities.

Skills

AutoCAD

MicroStation

BIM (Revit)

Civil 3D

PLS/PLS-CADD

RISA-3D

MathCAD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering

Master’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (substitution for experience)

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

BIM (Revit)

Civil 3D

PLS

PLS-CADD

RISA-3D

MathCAD

Job description

Description

The Power Division focuses on the design and construction of power generation facilities, including fossil, hydrogen, solar, nuclear, and energy storage. Our experience also covers other types of heavy industrial facilities, such as decarbonization, mining, and gas compression. The project diversity that the Power Division offers a wide range of design, project execution, and construction experience.

The Senior Civil Engineer will lead civil design project teams to create world‑class designs for new projects, alterations and redevelopments on a variety of projects including power, process, corporate, healthcare, pipeline, airports, institutional, industrial, manufacturing, government and military facilities. The Senior Civil Engineer will lead the project team throughout the design and construction process, adapting civil plans according to budget constraints, design factors or client needs.

• Lead civil design of projects from the conceptual phase through design completion for project needs and requirements that are set forth by the project managers.
• Prepare civil equipment: packaged equipment and construction specifications and data sheets, Requests for Qualifications (RFQ’s), technical bid summaries, and purchase recommendations.
• Review civil vendor drawings; data interface with suppliers, clients, other engineering disciplines, detailers, designers.
• Participate in development of project schedule, scope, budget staffing planning and construction planning. Responsible for effective management of change orders.
• Apply expert knowledge of commonly used civil concepts, practices, codes and procedures within the civil engineering services industry. Compile studies and reports. Write specifications.
• Apply knowledge and experience to complex projects, find and develop non‑standard design solutions.
• Quality review production drawings for a variety of projects and project‑related data as required by the project managers to verify design compliance with project, client, and industry standards, including constructability.
• Quality review the construction administration including coordination with field personnel to resolve design‑related installation issues, calculations, field inspections and testing of materials.
• Lead field inspections, installation, measurements or calculations for public and private clients.
• Prepare and present technical reports for clients and industry publications.
• Build effective relationships with existing clients, customers and contractors and develop new business opportunities. Responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction goals and expectations are met.
• Participate in sales and marketing efforts and identify, lead and manage key pursuits.
• Lead the development of cost proposals and qualification statements to achieve stated targets and standards for financial performance.
• Prepare, present and manage project budgets and cost estimates. Report project performance.
• Provide leadership, guidance and instruction to the civil engineering practice. Mentor and guide less experienced engineers.
• Responsible for QA/QC process adherence.
• Responsible for effective communication with other engineering disciplines.
• Responsible for compliance with company and site safety policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related degree from an ABET‑accredited program. May also have a bachelor’s degree in engineering technology from an ABET‑accredited program and successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.
• A Master’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering may substitute for 1 year of experience.
• Minimum of 7 years civil engineering experience required.
• EPC project experience strongly preferred.
• Expert knowledge in standard engineering techniques and procedures. Strong computer skills (e.g. AutoCAD, MicroStation, BIM (Revit), Civil 3D, PLS, PLS‑CADD, RISA‑3D, MathCADD), and/or hydraulic, hydrologic, pavement, civil analysis programs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with leading the discipline design for large projects and delegating work tasks to team members. Ability to lead execution of work and resolve issues in a team environment.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills, ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem‑solving environment.
• Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to perform quality reviews for detailed engineering documents and specifications.
• Ability to travel.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License preferred.

EEO/Disabled/Veterans

Job: Civil Engineering

Primary Location: US-AZ-Phoenix

Schedule: Full‑time

Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time