
Assistant Civil Engineer - Water (Kansas City)
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Job overview
Burns & McDonnell seeks a self-motivated Assistant Civil Engineer to support its Water Global Practice team in Kansas City. The role contributes to civil and environmental engineering designs for water, wastewater, collection systems, water distribution, and site/civil projects. It also supports multidisciplinary project delivery, design documentation, quality reviews, client relations, and technical leadership and mentorship of early-career team members.
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Description
Burns & McDonnell is seeking a self-motivated Assistant Civil Engineer with water or wastewater engineering experience to add to our Water Global Practice’s team in Kansas City (MO). This role will support a wide variety of civil and environmental engineering designs for new projects, alterations, and redevelopments on a variety of projects in engineering markets and contribute to implementing department strategy, vision, and culture.
The position offers the opportunity to practice in a variety of technical areas, including but not limited to:
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Collection Systems – Planning, design, construction, and analysis of sanitary or combined sewer systems including condition assessment, hydrology, flow and rainfall analysis, and pipe hydraulics. Developing and evaluating alternatives for the rehabilitation of aging water, sewer, and drainage systems, including the use of trenchless technologies (e.g., CIPP, pipe bursting, slip-lining) and traditional replacement methods.
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Water Distribution – Planning, design, construction, and analysis of water distribution systems, including storage and pump stations.
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Site/Civil – Site grading and design, site stormwater modeling and design, design of other site utilities (water and wastewater), etc. Coordinate field investigations and development of surveys.
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The Assistant Civil Engineer will work within our region’s team to provide technical leadership and mentorship of early career team members, collaborate broadly to support our Water global practice, and will generally be responsible for the following:
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Assist in supporting engineering teams to deliver well-coordinated, high-quality designs for civil or environmental engineering projects.
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Assist in supporting multidisciplinary projects with varying degrees of technical complexity.
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Assist in preparing documentation for design projects, including design criteria, technical letters, memorandums, reports, drawings, detailed design packages, and cost estimates.
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Assist in providing technical leadership and quality reviews aligned with experience.
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Assist in the execution of projects within scope, budget, schedule, quality, safety, risk, and client expectations.
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Assist in establishing client relations and involvement with marketing, contractual, management, and design meetings.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
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Complies with all policies and standards.
Qualifications
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A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field from a recognized, accredited program. ABET accreditation strongly preferred.
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Professional civil or environmental engineering experience in consulting is strongly preferred.
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Experience and knowledge of water and sewer asset management principles preferred.
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Experience with inflow and infiltration (I&I) studies and sanitary sewer evaluation surveys (SSES) preferred.
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Experience overseeing construction and an understanding of construction methods and procedures preferred.
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Basic knowledge in standard civil/environmental engineering techniques, principles and procedures.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment and demonstrated critical thinking skills.
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Proficient computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite)
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Basic computer skills (e.g. AutoCAD Civil 3D, ArcGIS, and civil analysis programs).
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Proficiency in technical area specific programs such as hydraulic modeling software preferred.
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Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.
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Demonstrated leadership skills.
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Engineers in Training-EIT Certification strongly preferred.
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Minimum of a 3.0 GPA strongly preferred.
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Involvement on campus or in the community preferred.
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Candidates must be legally authorized to work permanently (i.e., without time limitations, without restrictions or without need for work sponsorship) in the country where this position is located.
This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
EEO/Disabled/Veterans
Job Civil Engineering
Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Req ID: 265183
Job Hire Type New Grad #LI-JF #WTR
How this job compares
Set against the 5,131 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Missouri median$91–145K/yr45 salary ranges
- US median$30–42/hr199 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 95 open Civil Engineer jobs in Missouri and 5,131 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Missouri
- Olsson25 open
- Burns & McDonnell (this employer)14 open
- HNTB9 open
- Experience
- Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (4,151 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,892 of the 5,131 open Civil Engineer jobs (76%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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