Senior Building Enclosure Leader - Aviation & Federal

We bring the clients, the credibility, and the backing.

Burns & McDonnell’s commissioning team is ranked #2 nationally by Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine. We are also No. 7 on ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms and No. 35 on its Top 400 Contractors, up from No. 42, with $4.5 billion in 2025 construction revenue. As a 100% employee-owner, you will have a direct stake in what you build. Few commissioning practices sit inside a firm that also designs and builds.

The role has two primary objectives. First, grow enclosure commissioning and consulting as a business: win work with owners, architects, and contractors, deliver the work you win, and hire the team to do more of it. Second, make our own construction jobs better: work with our construction and construction quality teams to bring enclosure expertise onto the projects we build, so enclosures are right the first time.

This is not a seat on someone else’s team. We want an enclosure professional who is as energized by winning the work as by doing it: someone who will make a name in their market, bring in the clients, deliver the projects, and hire and grow the team around them. You will have our client relationships, our multidisciplinary teams, and a fast-growing construction business across Federal, Aviation, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Mission Critical, and Higher Education markets to grow quickly.

What you will do

• Work with Burns & McDonnell construction teams, the National Director, Commissioning Managers, marketing staff, and other Global Practices to bring enclosure commissioning into our design-build and EPC projects and other pursuits.

• Partner with Burns & McDonnell construction quality teams and contractor quality staff so enclosures are built right the first time: commissioning lines up with mockups, field inspections, and testing, and deficiencies are resolved before work is covered.

• Lead building enclosure commissioning (BECx) and retro-commissioning for complex new and existing buildings in accordance with ASTM E2813 and NIBS Guideline 3.

• Be accountable for the results of your projects: scope, schedule, budget, and client satisfaction, from owner’s project requirements through post-occupancy.

• Lead design reviews and propose practical recommendations for improvement.

• Witness on-site enclosure testing, perform field inspections, and troubleshoot enclosure performance issues on new and existing construction.

• Learn how to build and review enclosure diagnostic models in WUFI, WINDOW, and THERM.

• Degree in Architectural, Engineering, Building Construction Science, or Architecture from an NAAB-accredited program.

• 9+ years of direct or related experience in building construction science, enclosure systems, enclosure testing, and enclosure commissioning or retro-commissioning.

• A track record having helped win projects, led proposals, and built client relationships.

• Strong written and verbal communication; you can present to an owner’s board as comfortably as you can talk details with a glazing sub.

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearance and/or access to secured client sites.

• Willingness to travel (typically 70%) and to inspect job sites worldwide. Completion of, or ability to obtain, an OSHA 8-hour safety course.

• Willingness to get BECx certifications and training on WUFI, WINDOW, and THERM.

• A Drive to continue to learn.

• Ability to walk job sites and climb ladders and scaffolding.

• A builder’s mindset and the drive to win and deliver.

• Working knowledge of WUFI, WINDOW, and THERM.

• Experience working with construction quality (QA/QC) teams and contractors in the field, including mockup review, inspection, and test coordination.

• IIBEC credential (such as RRC, RWC, or REWC), or the experience to obtain one within your first year.

• Hands-on knowledge of stand-alone enclosure testing equipment and the ability to evaluate and troubleshoot enclosure systems.

• Experience developing and managing work plans, schedules, and budgets.

• A forensic, design, and commissioning background: you use what you learn investigating existing enclosures to improve new design and commissioning, and the reverse.

• Experience on more than one side of the industry (consulting, third-party testing).

Preferred

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (RA).

• Building Enclosure Commissioning (BECx) or Commissioning Process certification, or the experience to obtain one within your first year.

• Experience in new construction commissioning and commissioning of retrofits.

• , design, or general contractor) that shows you how enclosure work is sold and delivered.

• Published articles or conference presentations on enclosure performance.

• Master’s degree in building science, sustainable design, or a related field, and additional credentials such as CxA, CPHC (Passive House), or LEED AP.

• Experience in our target markets: mission critical, healthcare, laboratory, aviation, manufacturing, higher education, commercial, water/wastewater, and onsite energy.