About Burns:

Burns Engineering provides professional engineering design and project management services for transportation, facilities, and infrastructure projects. We help our clients attain their strategic goals and initiatives through successful large-scale infrastructure projects. Burns’ full-service capabilities include mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, transportation, and energy consulting engineering.

Recently voted a Top Workplace by Philly.com, we credit our strength as an organization to our talented, driven, vibrant team. Burns is an ENR Top 500 Firm, and has been named an MEP Giant by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine, as well as a Hot Firm by Zweig. We are industry experts, proven leaders, innovative thinkers, and team players. We put our clients’ successes and best interests first, because their success is our success. We have fun at work because we love making a difference in the world. We are looking for high-energy, bright, collaborative individuals who want the opportunity to “write their own story” with us.

SUMMARY

The Senior Designer is responsible for completing non-routine design and project tasks of high complexity. This role involves the planning, conceptualization, and execution of complete projects across design disciplines. The Senior Designer collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative, effective, and compelling solutions that align with project goals and brand standards. The Senior Designer will have a strong knowledge of multiple disciplines. The Senior Designer will mentor early and mid-career level Designers.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Determine appropriate 2-D or 3-D computer software to complete assigned design drawings for projects, and teams of Engineers and Designers in the execution of such work.
• Perform non-routine assignments of substantial variety and are of high complexity.
• Coordinate design activities with other team members of other disciplines assigned to the same project.
• Coordinate designs among all engineering disciplines and identify conflicts between disciplines.
• Serve as the lead Designer on projects, overseeing the work of other Designers to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to deadlines.
• Develop complete drawing packages, sketches, and specifications required to deliver projects within a specific / or multiple discipline(s).
• Provide the design team with guidance and direction to ensure adherence to project schedules, budgets, quality review schedules, and submission timelines.
• Partner with technical staff to assist in the development and standardization of design procedures and templates.
• Collaborate with Project Manager and technical staff to proactively address issues, challenges, and/or project changes.
• Coordinate the design activities with other disciplines, attending design coordination meetings with team members and client representatives.
• Review designs prior to submission to ensure the project deliverables meet Burns quality standards and client expectations.
• Communicate record changes to all disciplines and keep team members informed of details and schedules.
• Coordinate the contract documents with the construction teams.
• May be requested to assist in site inspections during construction stage as required.
• May be requested to assist in field data collection and/or field system verifications.
• Mentor early career Engineers, Designers, and Interns/Co-ops.
• Assists in the studies and selection of equipment to fit the project design.
• Perform all tasks in compliance with Burns (and, when applicable, a client’s) standards, policies, procedures, and engineering codes.
• Perform all tasks efficiently, accurately, within the allotted project hours, and complete tasks on or before the due date.
• Observe, understand, apply and retain Burns technical policies, procedures, design analyses, calculations, engineering methodology and codes, and equipment selection criteria.
• Complete special duties as assigned.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Associate’s degree in engineering technology or equivalent from two-year college or technical school preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive drafting and design experience.
• Healthcare Design, specifically Structured cabling Voice, Data, Video, and Networked Clinical Devices, Audiovisual related to o Conference, Meeting, & Training Rooms, Security related to access controls (card readers)

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Proficiency in working on multi-disciplinary engineering design projects of high complexity. 
• Proficiency in design techniques, tools, and concepts involved in the production of technical plans and specifications for at least one engineering discipline. 
• Strong working knowledge of multiple engineering disciplines. 
• Successfully solving highly complex design challenges.  
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams.  
• Developing and enhancing design standards and quality. 
• Reviewing the overall project for quality assurance and standard compliance. 
• Strong technical and analytical skills including knowledge of principles. 
• Strong knowledge of industry standard engineering software and tools 
• Ability to successfully work collaboratively in a team environment 
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills. 

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