Project Manager - Mission Critical (Kansas City)

Burns & McDonnell is a leader in high tech building design and construction, seeking a Project Manager for their Mission Critical team. This role involves managing and coordinating engineering activities on mission-critical data center projects, ensuring safety, cost, and quality standards are met.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, organize and direct engineering projects; including, the overall safety, cost, schedule and quality of assigned projects
• Ensure that the project review process and other quality control guidelines are followed
• Establish project teams, coordinate activities of multiple disciplines, ensure the efficient, cost-effective utilization of staff
• This position requires an experienced and competent individual capable of successfully solving difficult problems that require adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures and criteria
• Executes complex assignments requiring the use of advanced techniques, resulting in the development of new or improved processes, equipment and/or technological methods
• Develop and evaluate plans for major projects
• May assess feasibility or soundness of proposed applications when data is insufficient, or testing is advisable
• May coordinate departmental or divisional project studies, reports or project design assignments
• Progressive design and project management responsibilities
• Provide leadership, guidance and instruction to less experienced staff members
• Regularly meets and corresponds with clients or outside personnel
• Some marketing responsibilities
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree in engineering, construction management or related degree from accredited program and 7 years applicable experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding work environment, ability to work overtime on short notice
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency using Microsoft Office
• Ability to work collaboratively with others (owners, contractors, engineers, designers) in a multi-disciplined project team environment to resolve design or drawing issues as appropriate and to accomplish objectives
• Strong experience with document control, scheduling, cost control and project management software
• Prior experience on construction project sites or executing program management in the industries of aviation, commercial, energy, government, manufacturing, oil & gas, process, transmission & distribution, or water