Assistant Civil Engineer, Water

About the Role

Burns & McDonnell is seeking a self-motivated Assistant Civil Engineer with water or wastewater engineering experience to join our Water Global Practice’s team in Kansas City (MO). This role supports civil and environmental engineering designs for new projects, alterations, and redevelopments.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist engineering teams in delivering well-coordinated, high-quality designs for civil or environmental engineering projects.
• Support multidisciplinary projects with varying degrees of technical complexity.
• Prepare documentation for design projects, including design criteria, technical letters, memorandums, reports, drawings, detailed design packages, and cost estimates.
• Provide technical leadership and quality reviews aligned with experience.
• Execute projects within scope, budget, schedule, quality, safety, risk, and client expectations.
• Establish client relations and participate in marketing, contractual, management, and design meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Technical Areas Include

• Collection Systems: Planning, design, construction, and analysis of sanitary or combined sewer systems, including condition assessment, hydrology, flow and rainfall analysis, and pipe hydraulics. Developing and evaluating alternatives for rehabilitation of aging water, sewer, and drainage systems, including the use of trenchless technologies (e.g., CIPP, pipe bursting, slip-lining) and traditional replacement methods.
• Water Distribution: Planning, design, construction, and analysis of water distribution systems, including storage and pump stations.
• Site/Civil: Site grading and design, site stormwater modeling and design, design of other site utilities (water and wastewater). Coordinate field investigations and development of surveys.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Basic knowledge in standard civil/environmental engineering techniques, principles, and procedures.
• Proficient computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite).
• Basic computer skills (e.g., AutoCAD Civil 3D, ArcGIS, and civil analysis programs).
• Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field from a recognized, accredited program. ABET accreditation strongly preferred.
• Professional civil or environmental engineering experience in consulting is strongly preferred.
• Experience and knowledge of water and sewer asset management principles preferred.
• Experience with inflow and infiltration (I&I) studies and sanitary sewer evaluation surveys (SSES) preferred.
• Experience overseeing construction and an understanding of construction methods and procedures preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment and demonstrated critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency in technical area specific programs such as hydraulic modeling software preferred.
• Engineers in Training-EIT Certification strongly preferred.
• Minimum of a 3.0 GPA strongly preferred.
• Involvement on campus or in the community preferred.