Engineer - Program Management - T&D (STL)

Burns & McDonnell is proud to be the market leader in providing program management services to the electric utility industry. As our clients focus on their capital investment in the energy delivery market, Burns & McDonnell brings a seasoned team to assist them across a variety of operational roles to ensure the needed grid improvements are executed on time and on budget.

The ideal candidate will have a safety-first mindset, be dedicated to making their clients and teams successful, and take an entrepreneurial approach to their job. As programs are an extension of our clients day-to-day operations, roles within the program management track allow for frequent, often daily, client interaction.

Responsibilities

Engineers on the program management track leverage their technical expertise and education to make informed decisions in the execution of projects on behalf of our clients. Program management often offers engineers an opportunity to lead a team in one of the below functional areas after demonstrated proficiency. Generally, engineers in program management will pursue job responsibilities in the following areas :

• Project Management : Lead a cross-functional team to execute substation, transmission line, and telecommunication projects from inception through design and construction to closeout.
• Project Management : Oversee 5-20 projects concurrently of varying sizes ($100k-$50M) and voltages (4kV-765kV).
• Project Management : Manage projects for schedule adherence identifying risks and requirements to successfully achieve a project's in-service date.
• Project Management : Navigate projects through client gate approval processes including presentations to senior and executive management as required by each client.
• Project Management : Manage projects for financial adherence maintaining an accurate cost forecast reflecting committed and uncommitted costs for an estimate-at-completion.
• Project Management : Coordinate craft labor resources with client approved vendors for construction, testing and other field activities.
• Project Management : Provide regular status updates on projects by maintaining project data and routine reporting as well as meeting updates for clients.
• Project Management : Lead project meetings with cost, schedule, real estate, environmental, construction and engineering resources to facilitate project execution.
• Portfolio Management : Develop a multi-year capital expenditure plan to support client's replacement and betterment of electric transmission and distribution assets.
• Portfolio Management : Regular interface and coordination with project sponsor organizations to determine details of proposed plans and business justification.
• Portfolio Management : Ensure synergies across projects are incorporated into the portfolio of work to prevent scope from being duplicated or performed inefficiently.
• Portfolio Management : Monitor composition of client's capital investment allocation to align with stated subsidiary investment targets for optimal rate of return.
• Portfolio Management : Engage with project sponsors to evaluate need-by date for realistic schedules and budgets.
• Portfolio Management : Assist with creation and compilation of rate filing support for federal and state filings.
• Portfolio Management : Review tabletop engineering estimates for accuracy and scope.
• Portfolio Management : Review project change requests (scope, In-service date, etc.) and reconcile with the existing and long-range portfolio of work.
• Portfolio Management : Interface with client's accounting group to establish financial setup for projects.
• Portfolio Management : Create analyses & reports to assist the client in tracking, coordination, and execution of projects.
• Portfolio Management : Build baseline scopes, schedules, and budgets to be released to multiple client's stakeholders.
• Outage / Construction Sequencing : Responsible for development of substation and transmission project construction lifecycles with focus on outage efficiency and constructability.
• Outage / Construction Sequencing : Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting specified deliverable dates and expectations.
• Outage / Construction Sequencing : Analyze scoping and project documents to determine boundaries of required construction within substation and within electric grid.
• Outage / Construction Sequencing : Conduct site walkdowns and project calls with project team as necessary to establish an achievable construction sequence with attainable outages.
• Outage / Construction Sequencing : Analyze needed outages against adjacent outages scheduled in the area.
• Outage / Construction Sequencing : Create initial outage sequence to communicate proposed construction lifecycle to project team.
• Outage / Construction Sequencing : Coordinate with drafting resources to create engineering-caliber drawings that document the evolution of a project from present conditions to final state and all needed incremental steps.

Qualifications

Burns & McDonnell is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. EEO / Disabled / Veterans

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