douglas cowin

I am the Business Development Manager for the Environmental Practice at the Chicago Regional Office of Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. Burns & McDonnell is an award-winning engineering, architecture, construction, and environmental firm headquartered in Kansas City, with offices worldwide.

As the Environmental Business Development Manager my number one priority is to engage with clients to address their environmental needs, while also cultivating the remarkable talent of the engineers and scientists on staff within the Environmental Engineering department in the Chicago area.

With more than 30 years of professional experience in the field of environmental consulting, I’ve served in various client-facing roles, including Project Manager, Technical Lead, Program Manager, Principal-in-Charge, and Department Manager.

I have a proven record of generating new business opportunities within the engineering service markets by identifying potential partners, working with key decision-makers, and building and maintaining strong relationships that result in mutually beneficial, long-term associations.

I’ve managed various environmental and engineering related projects as well as marketing segments. I have extensive experience managing, investigating and remediating sites under various environmental regulatory programs.

I’m a certified professional geologist in Illinois and Wisconsin and am dedicated to making our clients successful.

Burns & McDonnell plans, designs, permits, constructs and manages projects all over the world with one mission in mind: to make our clients successful. We’re constantly working to make the world a better place.

As a 100% employee-owned firm ranking in the top leading firms for safety, each professional brings an ownership mentality to our projects. That means we think like owners, working through each challenge until it’s resolved.