Project Engineer - Underground & Submarine Cables (Kansas City)

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-MG #T&D