Staff Environmental Engineer - Kansas City, United States - Burns & McDonnell

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    **Description**

    Burns & McDonnell is seeking a Staff Environmental Engineer with related experience to add to our Environmental Services Engineering team. Burns & McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned firm providing the opportunity to exercise your entrepreneurial spirit and develop professionally within a growing and industry-leading engineering firm. This position provides the successful candidate the ability to take on progressively increased responsibility and grow professionally in a thriving practice.

    As a professional within our Environmental Services Practice, the candidate has the opportunity to support a wide variety of environmental engineering projects which may include stormwater management, hydraulic analyses, solid waste, remediation, sustainable solutions, design of environmental systems such as containment liners and water quality/treatment systems, and site development for buildings/facilities. The position offers the opportunity to focus in certain technical areas or practice in a variety of technical areas, perform assistant project management duties, and interact with clients. This group manages long-term clients, pursues new environmental projects and clients, and supports other departments throughout the company with environmental and civil engineering services. Our team also works closely with in-house construction professionals on design-build and engineer-procure-and-construct (EPC) projects.

    The successful candidate will be highly self-motivated, have strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, good time-management skills, and experience with the following:

    + Providing technical solutions for environmental or civil engineering projects.

    + Performing calculations using industry-standard tools and software.

    + Preparing preliminary engineering reports, options evaluations, design drawings, calculations, specifications, work plans, construction reports, and cost estimates.

    + Design programs such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, GIS, MicroStation, etc.Duties may include:

    + Design of environmental systems and facilities.

    + Support environmental or civil projects or tasks which may include earthwork/grading, stormwater, wastewater, remediation, waste management, and restoration.

    + Preparing reports, studies, and cost estimates to help clients evaluate options and provide solutions.

    + Assistant project management duties such as developing and executing project scope, budget, schedule, quality, safety, and client expectations.

    + Oversight of construction and preparation of construction quality assurance (CQA) reports.

    + Internal and External Oral Presentations.

    + Training / mentoring staff.

    + Developing new and maintaining existing client and regulatory relationships.

    + Other duties, as assigned.

    **Qualifications**

    + Bachelor's degree in related engineering program from an accredited university.

    + 3 years of civil or environmental engineering experience.

    + FE or EIT preferred.

    + Experience overseeing construction preferred.

    + Available for travel as necessary (approximately 10% travel)

    + Strong knowledge in standard environmental engineering techniques and procedures.

    + Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

    + Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.

    EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

    **Job** Environmental Engineering

    **Primary Location** US-MO-Kansas City

    **Schedule:** Full-time

    **Travel:** Yes, 10 % of the Time

    **Req ID:**

    **Job Hire Type** Experienced #LI-JJ #ENS