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  • www.burnsmcd.com
  • Kansas City, MO
  • 5001 to 10000 Employees
  • 1898
  • Company - Private
  • Architectural & Engineering Services
  • $2 to $5 billion (USD)

Competitors: Bechtel Jacobs, Black & Veatch, HNTB
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At Burns & McDonnell, we believe in the power of an entrepreneurial dream. It’s how we began, in 1898, when Clinton Burns and Robert McDonnell opened a consulting engineering firm. Today, we're a full-service engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting ...
Mission: Making our Clients Successful: The company secured its first major client in 1900 and inched into the black with net earnings of 13 cents after three years in business. That was just the beginning. By the time the firm reached the 50-year milestone in 1948, it had completed ...

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Opportunities to learn on great projects
Key infrastructure for building successful teams

Cons

Billable hours can burn people out if team is not staffed efficiently, like all consulting gigs
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Diversity & Inclusion at Burns & McDonnell

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Burns & McDonnell Interviews

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Applied online38%
Campus Recruiting32%
Recruiter14%
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    Seamless process starting with recording videos of myself and eventually a paid visit to office for in-person interviews and a paid lunch outing. The interviews themselves were somewhat straightforward and I spoke with some five people while in the office.
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Company Updates

June 3, 2015
While there is a progressive focus on women in #STEM, it is increasingly difficult to engage women and girls in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. The Burns & McDonnell Career Team explains the imbalance and how we can even the scale.
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June 1, 2015
For ENR's Top 500 Design Firms, 2014 was a tumultuous year, but our CEO Greg Graves speaks on what 2015 looks like for the top design firms. Check out the full story in the latest edition of Engineering News-Record.
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Burns & McDonnell Awards & Accolades

  • 100 Best Companies to Work For, FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For, 2017
  • 100 Best Companies to Work For, 100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortune Magazine, 2016, 2016

Pledges & Certifications

  • Veteran Hiring Commitment

    Committed to helping America's military veterans find work

  • Pay Equality Pledge

    Committed to paying equitably for equal work & experience

  • Tech Hiring Commitment

    Helping to train, hire and promote more technology workers

  • Social Responsibility Pledge

    Formal programs or foundation to give back to communities

  • Diversity Commitment

    Has programs that support a diverse and inclusive workforce

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