Project Engineer - Underground & Submarine Cables (Kansas City)

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