Senior Electrical Engineer-Aviation

About the role

Burns Engineering provides professional engineering design and project management services for transportation, facilities, and infrastructure projects. We help our clients attain their strategic goals and initiatives through successful large-scale infrastructure projects. Burns’ full-service capabilities include mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, transportation, and energy consulting engineering.

Aviation Team

Burns Engineering has been ranked a Top Workplace and ENR Top 500 Design Firm for over 50 years. We are personally invested in helping our clients achieve their goals, sharing in their passions, and successfully guiding them through the challenges of complex projects using our no surprises Burns Unique Client Experience.

Senior Electrical Engineer

We are currently seeking a licensed Senior Electrical Engineer to join our Aviation team in Washington, D.C., New York City, or Philadelphia.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensures that company technical policies and procedures are practiced during the execution of projects for clients.
• Takes lead in developing design approaches and concepts on assigned projects and requests assistance from the senior technical staff when needed.
• Performs specific engineering studies and design analyzes and assists the project manager in establishing budgets, cost estimates and project schedules.
• Reviews shop drawings, record changes and communicate directly with suppliers, contractors and client representatives as required.
• Performs on-site inspections during construction and coordinates design requirements with contractors and equipment suppliers.
• Develops innovative technical solutions and engineering methods to enhance efficiency, quality and production.
• Make and/or supervise the scoping, implementation and design of plans.
• Plan other consultation services.
• Maintain highest quality of design and review.
• Assists Project Managers in the coordination of project designs with other disciplines including attendance at project meetings.
• Assists in proposal writing and client presentations for future work.
• Provides feedback to Project Managers in regards to technical staff performance for mid and end-of-year review periods.
• Develop a specialized niche of company's target markets.
• Maintain overall group schedule of project deliverable milestones, billing objectives and activity codes.
• Is recognized by clients as an expert technical resource.
• Actively participates in professional organizations and/or client groups where the technical reputation and image of the firm may be enhanced.
• When directed by the President, Project Manager or Chief Engineer, assumes other duties.
• Sets technical direction for specific discipline on projects, determine discipline work tasks and flow, delegates design elements to Engineers.
• Designers and primarily retains most complex, high value tasks for self.
• Mentors junior staff.
• Informal task supervision of CAD Operators, Designers, Junior Associates, Associates, Engineers and Engineer IIs at the direction of the Project Manager.

Education & Experience

Professionally Licensed Engineer with a Bachelor's (B.S.) Engineering degree and at least 10 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Professional Engineering License is required at this level.