NEW GLOUCESTER — The New England office of Burns &McDonnell announced that Vishal Verma of North Yarmouth will be joining their team as a project controls manager in the New Gloucester office.

Verma joins Burns & McDonnell’s Maine office in a leadership role on the Maine Power Reliability Program, the largest construction project in Maine’s history, in which Burns & McDonnell serves as program manager. Verma’s duties will include assisting managing project cash-flow, scheduling costs, as well as job creation for local talent.

Verma brings more than 10 years of proven experience, most recently working for Allied Companies in Washington, D.C., as a project controls engineer.

Verma, originally from New Delhi, India, earned a master of science degree in construction management from Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, UK.