Burns McDonnell’s team in its Upper Midwest Region is looking for an Assistant Environmental Engineer to support environmental investigation and remediation projects for clientele within a variety of business sectors including electrical utility, solid waste, mining, manufacturing, oil and gas, renewable energy, and others.
Burns McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned firm ranked numerous times on FORTUNE’s List of 100 Best Companies to Work For and voted as a Best Place to Work in cities across the United States.
This position offers challenging work with significant project variety at a successful, growing company that has been in business for more than 125 years. This individual will enhance our existing remediation and environmental engineering presence in the region working closely with clients across multiple markets. The position offers the opportunity to utilize cutting edge technology applied in the remediation industry, including 3D visualization modeling, forensic studies and investigation, high resolution site characterization, remediation systems engineering design, etc.
The Assistant Environmental Engineer will work under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer to assist project teams in performing environmental site assessment and remediation, remediation system design, operation and maintenance as well as installation and sampling of monitoring wells, report and permit preparation, task management and other activities, as required. Experience with emerging contaminants of concern including PFAs and experience investigating coal combustion residuals (CCR) is strongly preferred.
The Assistant Engineer will work within our region’s Remediation Department and collaborate broadly to support our Environmental Services Global Practice (division) and national Civil Construction group to generally perform the following duties:
Support preparation of environmental investigation work plans, reports, feasibility studies, etc.Perform safety, project and task management duties on environmental projects.Subcontractor solicitation and contracting, scheduling, and task management of field activities involving staff and subcontractors.Work in the field to guide environmental site assessments, including subsurface soil and groundwater sampling, air and vapor monitoring, monitoring well installation, soils logging, etc.Assist in remediation system design, installation and operation, including in-situ remedies, cover systems, recovery and treatment, etc., including work in the field.Work closely with project teams to complete and review projects within scope, budget and schedule. Assists in the environmental design of projects from the conceptual phase through design completion.Assists with modifying and reviewing production drawings for a variety of projects including, but not limited to: power plants, process facilities, industrial facilities, healthcare facilities, airports, educational institutions, commercial, and governmental and military facilities.Assists in designing environmental components for project needs and requirements that are set forth by the project managers.Applies basic knowledge of commonly used environmental engineering/design concepts, principles, practices, codes, and procedures within the environmental engineering services industry.Assists with research and compiles project related data as required by the project managers.Assists with correcting and updating drawings provided by senior engineers to verify corrections are made within multiple CAD related software.Assists with client presentations, shop drawing review, and contract administration for the design of power, process, pipeline, industrial, healthcare, airports, educational institutions, commercial, and governmental and military facilities.Assists in performing field inspections, measurements or calculations for public and private clients.Performs other duties as assigned.Complies with all policies and standards.