Employee Spotlight | Amanda B.

Electrical Project Manager, Amanda Buchheit, is G&W’s February employee feature. Amanda has been with G&W Engineering since October 2017. She was a student at K-State for two years and finished up her degree at UMSL. Amanda is a lover of the outdoors, the beach and Mexican cuisine. Read below to learn more!

Q: When you are not working, what do you enjoy to do in your free time?

• I am an outdoor person. I can be found outside playing sports with the kids, taking hikes through the woods, riding 4-wheelers, riding bikes with the kids, or boating on the Mississippi. Anything that keeps us outside.

Q: Why did you choose Engineering?

• I enjoyed the drafting classes in high school. Originally wanted to be an architect. But I got a job drafting for an MEP firm at the start of my senior year in high school, liked it so much, it stuck.

Q: What is your favorite part about working at G&W?

• I enjoy the variety of projects across all market types. The company has done a great job in assembling a staff that knows how to work hard and have fun together.

Q: If you could do another job for just a day, what would it be?

• I’d be a marine biologist. I would love to work with the ocean animals.

Q: Where is your favorite place to be?

• The beach. We don’t vacation anywhere else. Some days when the weather is just humid enough here, with a light breeze in the morning, I swear you can smell the ocean air. I love it that much.