Senior GIS & CAD Applications Lead – AI-Driven Construction

Burns & McDonnell; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k)

Job summary

Burns & McDonnell in Kansas City seeks a Senior Applications Specialist to lead GIS, CAD, AI, and digital delivery initiatives across ENS Global Practice, coordinating with Water and Transportation teams. You will develop standards, pipelines and governance for enterprise platforms such as Esri, Autodesk and Bentley.

You will guide field data collection, data management and automation, while advancing AI-enabled workflows and dashboards for internal and external clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering, computer science or geospatial science with 8+ years of experience.
• Consulting experience in environmental, water or transportation infrastructure preferred.
• Software development experience (Python, SQL, JavaScript).
• Experience deploying enterprise GIS/CAD platforms (Esri, Autodesk, Bentley).
• Strong data governance and QA/QC practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead standards, reference architectures and roadmaps for GIS, CAD, AI and hardware/software.
• Coordinate between disciplines and Global Practices to standardize software and data.
• Lead enterprise platform strategy, licensing and governance.
• Evaluate new software; lead pilots and proofs of concept.
• Manage vendor relationships and licensing optimization.
• Design and administer enterprise GIS and CAD/CAD environments.
• Develop spatial data architectures and pipelines.
• Promote spatial SQL, ETL and automation practices.
• Establish data governance and QA/QC standards.
• Lead asset data collection and field workflows.
• Develop workflows for construction and digital delivery.
• Lead AI adoption and dashboards/apps development.
• Mentor staff and support project teams.
• Lead project delivery, budgets and client engagement.

Skills

Python

SQL

JavaScript

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Esri ArcGIS

Autodesk

Bentley

PostGIS

Job description

Burns & McDonnell in Kansas City seeks a Senior Applications Specialist to lead GIS, CAD, AI, and digital delivery initiatives across ENS Global Practice, coordinating with Water and Transportation teams. You will develop standards, pipelines and governance for enterprise platforms such as Esri, Autodesk and Bentley.

You will guide field data collection, data management and automation, while advancing AI-enabled workflows and dashboards for internal and external clients.