Jobs at Barr Engineering Co.

Design and implement industrial automation and control systems from requirements through commissioning and startup. Responsibilities include PLC and HMI programming, instrumentation and controls design, control panel design, technical documentation, estimating, project coordination, client communication, and training. The engineer may lead projects, mentor junior staff, and support industrial clients across manufacturing, power, mining, utilities, and process facilities. Travel of 10–20% is expected, with hybrid work based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Develop and advance firmwide market strategies for engineering and environmental consulting services, with primary focus on power markets. Responsibilities include market intelligence, business development, client and market coordination, go-to-market strategy, strategic positioning, client loyalty initiatives, and cross-functional corporate business development. The role requires collaboration with technical, communications, events, and leadership teams, plus approximately 10% travel.

Supports contractor prequalification and compliance administration through third-party platforms such as ISNetworld and Avetta. Coordinates documentation, approvals, training registration, compliance status updates, proposal questionnaires, records management, and contractor safety audit preparation. Collaborates with project teams, vendors, clients, and employees to maintain requirements related to safety, quality management, corporate policies, and social responsibility.

Design and maintain enterprise business intelligence platforms, including dimensional models, semantic layers, data warehouses, Power BI solutions, and Microsoft Fabric integrations. Optimize SQL, DAX, refresh processes, and semantic model performance. Establish BI governance, security, deployment pipelines, source control, testing, monitoring, and documentation. Lead complex initiatives, evaluate emerging technologies, and translate business needs into scalable solutions while communicating technical recommendations and risks to diverse stakeholders.

Designs detailed electrical drawings for high-voltage substations, transmission lines, and renewable energy systems using AutoCAD and CADD software. Collaborates with engineers, designers, clients, and multidisciplinary teams to incorporate technical information into project drawings and meet deadlines. The role requires a two-year technical education or equivalent experience, five years of relevant experience, software proficiency, and a valid driver’s license.

Leads the organization’s business intelligence and analytics function, managing BI analysts and developers while overseeing reporting, dashboards, data governance, analytics delivery, and analytical data architecture. Partners with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable data models, semantic layers, governed reporting, and actionable insights. Directs Power BI and Microsoft Fabric environments, advances data quality and self-service analytics, and evaluates AI-enabled tools. Responsibilities include team development, KPI standardization, predictive analytics, forecasting, and cross-functional solution delivery.

Leads HR operations through direct reports, overseeing employee lifecycle administration, compliance, policy governance, service delivery, process improvement, budgets, vendors, and operational controls. Partners cross-functionally, supports employee relations and investigations, ensures compliant employment practices, and drives organizational effectiveness. Requires strong HR expertise, leadership, regulatory knowledge, HRIS experience, communication, project management, and change-management skills.

Manage, evaluate, maintain, analyze, and deliver environmental datasets throughout project lifecycles. Use EQuIS, Excel, and related tools to ensure data quality, develop workflows, troubleshoot issues, create reports and visualizations, and support multidisciplinary technical teams. Collaborate with scientists, engineers, geologists, clients, and project managers while mentoring junior staff and improving data efficiency and consistency across projects.

Designs and analyzes electrical power and control systems for industrial, mining, power, petroleum, chemical, and municipal facilities. Prepares plans, specifications, reports, cost estimates, proposals, schedules, and budgets. Leads multidisciplinary projects, coordinates teams, manages client relationships, mentors staff, supports business development, and may participate in fieldwork, startup, and commissioning activities.

Designs power and control systems for industrial, power, mining, manufacturing, and water/wastewater facilities. Responsibilities include electrical calculations, analyses, equipment selection, design drawings, specifications, cost estimates, proposals, reports, and client communication. The engineer collaborates with multidisciplinary project teams and may perform domestic fieldwork at construction sites. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, EIT certification or eligibility, software familiarity, a valid driver’s license, and U.S. work authorization without sponsorship.

Conduct full-cycle recruiting for engineering, science, and technical roles, including job postings, intake meetings, sourcing, candidate screening, interview coordination, offer support, and candidate experience management. Partner with hiring managers, senior recruiters, and HR stakeholders, track recruiting metrics, analyze hiring data, and support process improvements and recruiting projects.

Process engineering interns support multidisciplinary teams with mineral and chemical process design, mass and energy balance modeling, laboratory and pilot plant testing, process flow and piping/instrumentation diagrams, technical reports, equipment specifications, cost estimates, and process piping and equipment sizing. The role also requires client communication, technical presentations, collaboration, schedule flexibility, and occasional travel in industrial or construction-site environments.

Electrical engineering intern supporting multidisciplinary project teams with power distribution, controls, and instrumentation work. Responsibilities include basic engineering calculations, analysis, design development, construction project monitoring, and preparing drawings, specifications, and sketches. The intern will collaborate with clients and project teams, communicate technical information, and adjust schedules to meet project needs. The three-month summer 2027 internship is based in Duluth, Minnesota, with potential hybrid work and periodic travel.

Electrical engineering intern supporting multidisciplinary project teams with power distribution, controls, and instrumentation work. Responsibilities include basic calculations and analysis, design development, construction project monitoring, and preparation of drawings, specifications, and sketches. The role requires strong communication, collaboration, organization, client service, and flexibility. It is a three-month hybrid internship based in Minneapolis, with occasional travel and construction or industrial-site work.

Mechanical engineering intern supporting multidisciplinary project teams through engineering calculations, analyses, equipment and component selection, design drawings, specifications, technical reports, and system arrangement sketches. The role requires collaboration with clients and project teams, strong communication and organization, and flexibility to meet project deadlines. Work may occur in hybrid office settings and construction environments with rough terrain and moving machinery.

Design and review mechanical engineering systems, calculations, specifications, drawings, equipment selections, reports, estimates, and bid packages for industrial projects. Coordinate multidisciplinary project execution, track milestones, communicate with clients, and support construction observation and field surveying. The role may lead mechanical engineering or project management for major capital projects serving mining, power generation, oil and gas, and manufacturing clients.

Designs, configures, programs, commissions, and starts up industrial automation and control systems. Develops requirements, architectures, control panels, instrumentation packages, specifications, estimates, and project deliverables. Supports proposals, project coordination, client relationships, field investigations, commissioning, and startup. Provides technical leadership and mentors engineers and technicians while delivering solutions for processing, power, mining, utility, and manufacturing facilities.

Design, review, and integrate mechanical systems for mining, power, oil & gas, and manufacturing projects. Prepare engineering calculations, equipment selection, drawings, reports, cost estimates, and bid packages. Support project execution, field observation, and client communications while coordinating multidisciplinary teams.

Senior mechanical engineer supporting multidisciplinary projects for mining, power, oil & gas, and manufacturing. Develop and review calculations, specifications, and construction drawings; select equipment; lead mechanical layout and installations; produce reports, cost estimates, and proposals; manage projects from concept to bid; perform periodic field observation and construction verification (up to 15%).

The electrical engineer will provide technical expertise, manage projects, mentor staff, collaborate across teams, and ensure successful project delivery in renewable energy.