2025’s 30 Under 30 EC&M Electrical All Stars: Justin Sherman

Justin Sherman

Job Title: Design Engineer 1

Company: Toth & Associates, Inc. 

Location: Springfield, Mo. 

Age: 23

Years on the Job: 3

Interests: Playing music, learning more about homesteading, and working out 

Justin Sherman’s father, a civil engineer, owned his own engineering consulting firm (Sherman Eneering Services). He inspired him to go into engineering, and they discovered electrical engineering was his passion.

Born in Springfield, Mo., he was raised on a horse ranch (River Bluff Ranch) that his family  has owned and operated to this day. He was homeschooled on the farm, and he graduated early from high school and college. He then went on to complete a master’s degree in project management while working at Toth & Associates (TOTH).

“I have grown a lot since starting at TOTH, and I am very appreciative of the guidance,” he said.

As a design engineer I, he is designing transmission lines to best fit their clients’ needs and aid contractors in constructing lines. He works on the preliminary design, ordering materials, and working directly with the construction crew.

“I am responsible for taking projects through the entire life cycle from start to finish,” he said. “Since I started, I have done my best in helping to develop standards and train new hires on how to do the job and have grown to love that side of things as well.”

He said technology is very important, and using modern devices has simplified the engineering process.“Looking through old engineering documents is always very interesting since everything had to be done by hand,” he said. “I think keeping an eye on new developments in LiDAR and other useful survey equipment has been a major benefit to the current-day engineering firm.”

He also enjoys the quality assurance and quality control process.“There is something so satisfying about going into another engineer’s project and finding anything that could cause issues when going to construct,” he said. “I think it’s because I get to point out all the problems without worrying about solving them.”