Senior Project Engineer - Overhead Transmission (Midwest Region)

Burns & McDonnell; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Burns & McDonnell is seeking an Overhead Transmission Project Engineer to lead design teams on 69kV–500kV projects within the Transmission & Distribution Group. The role emphasizes technical leadership, client coordination, and mentoring across disciplines.

The ideal candidate holds a ABET-accredited engineering degree, a PE license, and 7+ years of project engineering experience with strong communication and scheduling skills in overhead transmission environments.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited engineering degree with 7 years' project engineering experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license is required.
• Proven ability to lead project teams and communicate clearly.
• Strong scheduling and budgeting experience.
• Experience in overhead transmission design preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for overhead transmission design teams on 69kV–500kV projects.
• Mentor, coach, and develop team members.
• Serve as primary technical client contact on projects.
• Implement quality control processes and standards.
• Support proposal development and scope changes.
• Coordinate project requirements and schedules across disciplines.
• Identify and communicate technical risks and mitigation plans.
• Oversight of production work to meet milestones.
• Develop training materials and conduct team training sessions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical skills

Scheduling

Budgeting

Problem-solving

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Tools

PLS-CADD

PLS-POLE

Job description

Description Wishing you could have an ownership stake in the company you are working for? Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is an award-winning engineering, architectural, construction, environmental and consulting services firm. We are a 100% employee-owned company, with regional and project offices nationwide. Burns & McDonnell plans, designs, constructs and manages projects all over the world with one mission in mind -- to make our clients successful.

Burns & McDonnell has an exciting opportunity in our Transmission & Distribution Group for an Overhead Transmission Project Engineer. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Providing technical leadership, direction, and support for an overhead transmission design team on projects ranging from 69kV to 500kV.

• Mentoring, coaching, and developing team members.

• Serving as the primary technical point of contact for the client.

• Implementation of quality control processes.

• Supporting proposal development.

• Leading coordination and communication of project requirements and schedule needs across disciplines.

• Identification and communication of technical risks associated with projects.

• Oversight of production work required to meet deliverable milestones.

• Identifying, developing, and communicating processes and tools to increase efficiency across the team and department.

• Creating, improving, facilitating and teaching training courses to the project team and department.

• Other duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate will be able to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external clients as well as provide technical leadership, guidance, and instruction to project teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited university and 7 years of direct project engineering experience managing design efforts for Design-only and EPC projects required.

• Professional engineering license (PE).

• Ability to effectively lead project teams. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experience in scheduling and budgeting.

• Proficiency with PLS-CADD and PLS-POLE.

• Consulting or utility experience preferred.

Benefits

Our extensive benefits package takes care of you so that you can focus on doing great work. From insurance and disability to time off and wellness programs, we provide the tools to meet your needs. As part of being 100% employee-owned, eligible employees participate in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in addition to our 401(k) retirement program. For more information, please visit the Benefits & Wellness page. 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-OH-Akron

Other Locations US-MO-Saint Louis, US-OH-Columbus

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time

Req ID: 260853

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