Senior Mechanical Engineer - Mission Critical - Kansas City

Burns & McDonnell; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Burns & McDonnell seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead design project teams across power, process, healthcare, and industrial facilities. You will guide conceptual to construction phases, interface with clients and vendors, and ensure compliance with codes and quality standards.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentoring, and collaboration across disciplines, with responsibilities for budgets, scheduling, and change management. PE preferred and travel up to 25% are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited program and 7 years mechanical engineering experience.
• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical or related Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited program and 7 years mechanical engineering experience.
• Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 6 years mechanical engineering experience preferred.
• Expert knowledge of mechanical design codes (ASME, ANSI, API, PIP, NACE) and strong CAD related review.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience leading discipline design for large projects and delegating tasks.
• Ability to travel.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design of projects from conceptual phase through design completion.
• Prepare mechanical equipment specifications, data sheets, RFQs, technical bid summaries, and purchase recommendations.
• Review vendor drawings and interface with suppliers, clients and other disciplines.
• Participate in development of project schedule, scope, budget, staffing and construction planning.
• Quality review production drawings and verify corrections across CAD software.
• Coordinate construction administration with field personnel to resolve design issues.
• Lead field inspections, installations, measurements or calculations for clients.
• Prepare and present technical reports for clients and publications.
• Develop client relationships and identify new business opportunities.
• Lead development of cost proposals and qualification statements.
• Prepare and present project budgets and report performance.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Quality review

Communication

Mentoring

Education

ABET-accredited Mechanical Engineering degree

FE exam completed

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Description

The Senior Mechanical Engineer will lead mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineer will lead the project team throughout the design and construction process, adapting mechanical plans according to budget constraints, design factors or client needs

• Lead mechanical design of projects from the conceptual phase through design completion for project needs and requirements that are set forth by the project managers.

• Prepare mechanical equipment: packaged equipment specifications and data sheets, Request for Qualifications (RFQ's), technical bid summaries, and purchase recommendations.

• Review mechanical equipment 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.

• Applies expert knowledge of commonly used mechanical concepts, practices, codes and procedures within the mechanical engineering services industry.

• Applies knowledge and experience to complex projects, find 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 corrections are made within multiple CAD related software.

• Quality review the construction administration including coordination with field personnel to resolve design related installation issues, calculations, field inspections and testing of mechanical systems.

• Leads 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 sales and marketing efforts and identify key pursuits.

• Lead the development of cost proposals and qualification statements to achieve stated targets and standards for financial performance.

• Prepare and present project budgets and cost estimates. Report project performance.

• Provide leadership, guidance and instruction to the mechanical 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

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited program. and 7 years mechanical engineering experience. EPC project experience preferred. Required or

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical or related Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited program and successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. and 7 years mechanical engineering experience. EPC project experience preferred. Required or

• Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 6 years mechanical engineering experience preferred.

• Expert knowledge in standard engineering techniques and procedures. Strong knowledge of mechanical equipment design codes (ASME, ANSI, API, PIP, NACE). Strong computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite).

• 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

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

EEO/Disabled/Veterans

Job Mechanical Engineering

Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time

Req ID: 254920

Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-EH #GFS