Senior Energy Storage Engineer - Power

Senior Energy Storage Engineer - Power (Multiple Locations)

Burns & McDonnell’s Energy Storage team offers storage solutions that take clients from project conception, siting and permitting to turnkey design, construction, and startup. As one of the only firms in the United States to offer a fully integrated turnkey solution in the energy storage industry, Burns & McDonnell has the market expertise to manage a wide variety of storage technologies including lithium‑ion, flow, and mechanical storage systems.

The company provides every essential service in the energy storage market and is a key player in the country’s transition to renewables.

Burns & McDonnell is searching for well‑rounded and driven senior‑level electrical engineers with a focus on energy storage. This unique opportunity requires an individual who enjoys engineering, business development, and project management roles—a “seller‑doer” type with high‑quality technical and interpersonal skills.

The Energy Storage team focuses on renewable power generation and storage in both the utility‑scale market and the commercial/industrial market and offers a wide range of design and project execution experiences. Services include initial battery sizing, use‑case evaluation, and technology selection to full detailed design. Current projects range in size from 1 MW to 500 MW with interconnection voltages from 480 V to 500 kV and include both standalone storage and storage plus other renewables such as wind and solar.

• Evaluating energy storage technology and providing guidance for clients on the best technology for the application.
• Perform marketing, project development, and proposal development for energy storage projects.
• Regularly meeting and corresponding with clients or outside personnel.
• Developing scope of work, conceptual design, and execution plans.
• Preparing engineering cost and man‑hour estimates and schedules.
• Performing project‑management duties on energy‑storage consulting projects.
• Performing lead‑engineer duties on multi‑discipline energy‑storage construction projects.
• Providing leadership, guidance, instruction, and mentorship to less‑experienced team members.
• Preparing or directing the creation of construction documents for the installation of energy‑storage facility electrical systems.
• Developing or directing the creation of equipment specifications, procurement, and factory‑acceptance testing of batteries, inverters, battery enclosures, and other miscellaneous equipment associated with energy‑storage projects.
• Coordinating project design assignments and design teams locally and with other office locations.
• Providing guidance and field engineering support to construction and startup personnel during construction and commissioning.
• This position requires approximately 20 % travel to client offices and field project sites. Some travel may be overseas.
• Work experience which demonstrates progressive design and management responsibilities as well as knowledge of construction and commissioning of engineered designs.
• Experience with design scope development, budget preparation and project execution, meeting schedule requirements and maintaining established budgets.
• Capable of applying intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to broad areas of assignments.
• Must be capable of interpreting and developing solutions to complex problems.
• Other duties will be assigned as required.

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related degree from an ABET‑accredited program.
• Or Bachelor of Science in Electrical or related Engineering Technology from an ABET‑accredited program and successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.
• Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering is a plus.
• Seven years of electrical‑engineering experience; EPC project experience preferred.
• Professional Engineering License (PE) preferred.
• Experience with energy storage in both utility‑scale and/or large industrial facilities, including battery technology/chemistry selection, battery sizing, one‑line development, site arrangements, inverter selection, cable ampacity calculations, grounding, protective relaying and associated systems design and construction administration.
• Software experience utilizing SKM Power Tools, ETAP, or similar software is preferred.
• Field construction and commissioning experience is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, as well as strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, are required.
• Previous consulting‑engineering experience preferred.
• Ability to travel.

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.

EEO/Disabled/Veterans

Primary location: US‑MO‑Kansas City (Other locations: US‑FL‑Orlando, US‑MO‑Saint Louis, US‑AZ‑Phoenix, US‑TX‑Houston, US‑OH‑Columbus).

Schedule:

Full‑time. Travel:
Yes, 25 % of the time.