Burns & McDonnell has hired Taylor Johnson of Macungie as an Assistant Project Manager, working out of the firm's offices in Allentown and Dunmore, Lackawanna County.

Johnson has more four years of industry experience, most recently as a Project Engineer for Encore Electric Inc., Denver.

Burns & McDonnell is providing program management services for the PPL Electric Utilities' (PPL) portion of the Susquehanna-Roseland Transmission Project, an electric infrastructure improvements project.

Burns is working on the Susquehanna-Roseland Project, relating to outage coordination and substation enhancements.

Johnson, a Rockford, Ill, native, received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University.

Burns & McDonnell, founded in 1898, provides engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting services to clients throughout North America and abroad.

More than 3,000 engineers, architects, scientists, planners, estimators, economists, technicians and other professionals work in its 20 offices throughout the United States.