Senior Technical Consultant - Power Transformers, Transmission & Distribution (Kansas City)

Are you a recognized expert in your field, looking for a place where your contributions directly translate into personal and professional rewards?

At Burns & McDonnell, we are a 100% employee-owned firm. This isn't just a job; it's an opportunity to become an owner, share in our collective success, and build a lasting legacy. We are searching for a premier consultant to be more than just a subject matter expert; we need a visionary leader who will guide our clients, mentor our teams, and drive the technical frontier of our industry.

How You'll Make a Defining Impact:

Instead of just executing projects, you will be the catalyst for innovation and growth.

• Become a Trusted Partner: Act as the go-to strategic advisor for our clients, guiding them through their most complex and ambitious challenges with cutting-edge, innovative solutions.
• Spearhead Our Transformer Consulting Practice: Provide world-class expertise in transformer application, manufacturing oversight, and performance. You will be our clients' trusted advocate, from initial specification to final factory inspection, ensuring quality and reliability for these critical assets.
• Drive Our Technical Vision: You won't just follow the status quo; you will help define what is possible. You will be at the helm of our technical direction, evaluating emerging technologies, and guiding our teams on how to apply them to our clients' most complex challenges.
• Build the Business: Move beyond project execution to identify and capture key pursuits. You'll leverage your reputation and our firm's brand to cultivate client relationships and secure landmark projects that define our market leadership.
• Mentor the Next Generation: Elevate our entire team by sharing your knowledge. Your role is crucial in developing our rising talent, leading internal training, and fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Be an Industry Voice: Represent Burns & McDonnell on the industry stage. We encourage and support our experts to publish papers, present at conferences, and participate in the technical societies that are shaping the standards of tomorrow.

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Architecture, Science, Construction or related degree and 10 years of relevant experience required.
• Or profound technical expertise in the design, construction, and manufacturing processes of core type distribution and power transformers.
• Hands-on experience witnessing Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) for high-voltage transformers, performing factory audits, and developing robust technical specifications.
• An established reputation as a go-to technical expert within your discipline, recognized both internally and by the external market.
• A strong network of colleagues, clients, and vendors, with a proven ability to develop new business opportunities.
• Deep expertise with state-of-the-art industry technologies and software relevant to your discipline.
• Exceptional ability to influence and clearly communicate complex technical concepts to all audiences, from project teams to executive leadership.
• A strategic, analytical, and entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to solve challenging problems independently.
• Valued Additional Assets: Familiarity with other critical substation assets—such as high-voltage circuit breakers, GIS, or instrument transformers—including experience developing equipment specifications, conducting design reviews, or witnessing Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT).
• The ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% to serve our clients at their point of need.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License highly valued.