MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Gene Sieve has been promoted to vice president of the Minneapolis-St. Paul office of Burns & McDonnell. The office he opened in 2007 now has nearly 90 employee-owners.

Sieve is a Minnesota native and joined Burns & McDonnell in 1991 after being recruited out of college. He left the firm in 1998 but returned in 2007 to establish the Minneapolis-St. Paul office.
He is responsible for business development, operations, project management, public relations, resource management and office financial management.

“One of the best parts of my work with Burns & McDonnell is the excitement of helping the company develop a new regional presence,” Sieve says. “As I help our project teams deliver timely, cost-effective solutions to our wide array of clients, I regularly draw on my own experience with design and construction projects for aviation, military, educational, industrial, commercial and institutional clients.”

Greg Graves, CEO of Burns & McDonnell, praises Sieve for his leadership.

“Gene has succeeded in the most difficult setting, building a regional office from scratch with only his vision and instincts to guide him — no market study, no hot industry to exploit, no Burns & McDonnell history in the area,” Graves says.

Sieve received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1990 from South Dakota State University.

He recently completed a term as president of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Minnesota. He has been active with the organization since 1999. Sieve was a 2015 Campaign Cabinet Member for the 2015 Greater Twin Cities United Way. He also serves on the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council at South Dakota State.

About Burns & McDonnell

Burns & McDonnell is a company made up of more than 5,300 engineers, architects, construction professionals, scientists, consultants and entrepreneurs with offices across the country and throughout the world. We strive to create amazing success for our clients and amazing careers for our employee-owners. Burns & McDonnell is 100 percent employee-owned and is proud to be No. 15 on Fortune’s 2015 List of 100 Best Companies to Work For.