Eleven employees of Burns & McDonnell have joined the firm’s principal group this year.

The promotion is earned by fewer than 4 percent of the firm’s employees and is given to those who have demonstrated exceptional performance, technical excellence and leadership.

Earning the promotion this year are Jeff Barrett, business development manager for the aviation and federal practice; Travis Fucich, manager of instrumentation and controls in the energy practice; Zach Herrington, construction director for the construction/design-build practice; Paula Infranca, employee relations manager in HR; Dan Koenigsfeld, EPC project manager and manufacturing department manager for the global facilities practice; John Maranowicz, manager of the construction/design-build group in the Chicago, Illinois office; Jake Merriman, a department manager in the transmission and distribution practice; Randy Satterfield, EPC project manager and operations manager of the oil, gas and chemical practice for the Houston office; Tisha Scroggin, manager of the energy practice in the Chicago office; Kurt Shuman, project manager in the transmission and distribution practice and manager of the firm’s Philadelphia office; and Jason Weller, operations manager of the transmission and distribution practice for Southern California.

“Members of our newest class of principals embrace our company values to the utmost, go above and beyond for our clients and are powerful advocates of employee ownership,” Burns & McDonnell Chairman and CEO Ray Kowalik said. “Becoming a principal is not only an honor, but a responsibility. It's a challenge I'm confident these individuals are ready to tackle.”