Principal Signal Engineering Specialist

3 weeks ago


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Burns PLLC Full time

About Burns Engineering

Burns Engineering is a professional engineering design and project management services firm that provides expertise in transportation, facilities, and infrastructure projects. We help our clients achieve their strategic goals and initiatives through successful large-scale infrastructure projects. Our full-service capabilities include mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, transportation, and energy consulting engineering.

We are a Top Workplace and a Top 500 Firm, recognized for our talented, driven, and vibrant team. 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.

Railroad and Transit Team

Burns Engineering provides design and construction solutions to help maintain, improve, and expand the nation's railroad and transit infrastructure. We have designed the implementation of critical programs across the country and support the renewed emphasis on a public transit-oriented lifestyle.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Principal Signal Engineering Specialist to join our Railroad and Transit team in Philadelphia, PA or Pittsburgh, PA. The successful candidate will perform technical oversight of identified engineering projects within a specific specialization or market sector with high levels of complexity. They will formulate and guide the attempt to solve problems consisting of a high level of difficulty and marked importance to the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Coordinate project work with all engineering staff and consultants.
  • Trouble-shoot and provide design and/or construction solutions.
  • Apply advanced engineering techniques and analyses.
  • Utilize thorough knowledge of current technology to select and apply appropriate engineering software for use on projects.
  • Perform complex engineering tasks and particularly important engineering work efficiently and accurately.
  • Assist in recruiting, retaining, and developing top industry talent.
  • Establish and maintain cooperative and productive relationships with all employees, clients, and other stakeholders.
  • Individual investigations into complex technical problems.
  • Quality control through project review at various stages throughout project design.
  • Provides subject matter expertise to company clients on technical issues.
  • Represents firm at technical conferences.
  • Represents firm at client meetings.
  • Assists in the performance management process by providing feedback to the Project Manager for performance evaluations.
  • Works with the Project Manager to determine technical staffing needs for the group.
  • Assures financial and technical project success and maintains a high level of client satisfaction.

Supervisory Responsibilities

The successful candidate will have informal task supervision of CAD Operators, Designers, Junior Associates, Associates, Engineers, and Engineer IIs at the direction of the Project Manager.

Education and Experience

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's (B.S.) Engineering degree and at least 12 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Burns Engineering is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.



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