What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Structures (Bridge) Engineer position at Dewberry?
Job Description
Dewberry is seeking a Senior Structures Engineer in our Orlando, FL office to grow and strengthen our transportation design practice. This is an excellent career opportunity to join a nationally recognized multi-disciplined engineering firm providing planning and design services to the Florida Department of Transportation and municipal agencies throughout the state of Florida. The successful candidate will design minor and major bridges and a variety of transportation related structures (retaining walls, sign structures and other miscellaneous structures). Dewberry provides career advancement opportunities, an excellent working environment, and the chance to work with a collaborative and successful team of engineers on a variety of meaningful projects that create enduring improvements to local communities.
Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.
Responsibilities
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.
Dewberry is seeking a Senior Structures Engineer in our Orlando, FL office to grow and strengthen our transportation design practice. This is an excellent career opportunity to join a nationally recognized multi-disciplined engineering firm providing planning and design services to the Florida Department of Transportation and municipal agencies throughout the state of Florida. The successful candidate will design minor and major bridges and a variety of transportation related structures (retaining walls, sign structures and other miscellaneous structures). Dewberry provides career advancement opportunities, an excellent working environment, and the chance to work with a collaborative and successful team of engineers on a variety of meaningful projects that create enduring improvements to local communities.
Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.
Responsibilities
- Perform structural analysis and develop structures designs, construction plans, cost estimates, reports, and technical specifications
- Review and coordinate structures plans prepared by other Consultants as part of Dewberry’s CFX GEC contract
- Coordinate with contractors, perform bridge inspections, and develop solutions to issues that arise during the construction of various types of structures
- Collaborate with other Transportation Discipline Leads and Project Managers
- Assign tasks and provide technical assistance to less-experienced Structures Engineers
- Assist with the preparation of project schedules and budgets
- Prepare marketing materials and serve as Structures Lead during project pursuit presentations
- Perform QC reviews of design calculations, documents, and plans
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
- 15 years of experience working on bridge transportation projects
- FL PE license or ability to obtain within 1 year
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong desire to be a key contributor in an outstanding team of industry-leading professionals
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.
- At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
- Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
- Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.