Senior Civil Structural Design Engineer PE

Join our dynamic Baton Rouge design team and be part of our innovation journey!  The ECI Group is seeking an experienced and knowledgeable licensed professional civil structural engineer  to supplement our existing design team.  Lead civil structural engineering design efforts in support of our ever- expanding global polyolefin and advanced recycled plastics project portfolio.  This is your chance to develop innovative civil and structural engineering solutions for our dynamic and evolving business lines.

Your Role With The Company:

• This position reports directly to the Global Civil|Structural Engineering Manager.
• Prepare civil | structural engineering deliverables in accordance with Company Management System, current legislation, project requirements and international standards. Check deliverables produced by others.
• Manage the civil | structural scope of engineering work to eliminate cost / time growth.  Identify any project scope growth and correctly document it and apply the project procedures for cost and time reimbursement. Commercial awareness of the impact of changes in scope, budget and schedule overruns. Identify project risk and address risk mitigation measures.
• Identify, communicate, and implement cost reduction and schedule improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical information in support of the project team.  Attend technical design/project reviews to ensure compliance with customers’ needs and QHSE requirements.
• Ability to work as part of a group and on individual tasks within a larger team. Have the ability to lead large teams of multi-skilled engineers.
• Identify and present training and learning opportunities (both individual and departmental) for consideration.
• Understand customer needs and ensure that they are being satisfied. Develop good customer relationships (internal and external).  Ensure active communication with all customers to promote clear understanding.
• The role will interface with other internal engineering disciplines as well as external project team members such as the client, fabricator and site contractor representatives.

• Bachelor’s Degree Civil or Structural Engineering
• Licensed Professional Engineer in either Civil or Structural Engineering in Louisiana and/or Texas.
• 7 years of experience engineering structures and foundations for industrial equipment and piping.
• Strong knowledge of industry standards and engineering techniques.
• Proficiency with tools like Navisworks, STAAD Pro, RAM Elements, MathCAD, SAP 2000, Tekla, and other Bentley software.
• Creative problem definition and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated and capable of delivering high-quality work with little/no supervision guidance.
• Up-to date knowledge of civil and structural international standards applicable to petrochemical process plants. Familiarity and experience with the following codes or later versions:  AISC 14th edition, ACI 318-08, ASCE 7-10, NFPA 101 2012, IBC 2012.
• Working knowledge of foundations and structures for fixed and rotating equipment.
• Work effectively with other disciplines to proactively communicate technical needs (loads, mounting geometry, etc.) and provide for their technical requirements (access, clearances, etc.)
• Must be capable of working a part of a close-knit small core team as well as being self-reliant with the confidence to make decisions acting on their own initiative.
• Organized with the ability to support multiple concurrent projects.
• Site experience (e.g. construction, site troubleshooting, site survey, fabricator shop etc.).
• Comfortable with occasional opportunities for international travel.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

​ If you thrive in resolving unusual and difficult structural engineering design challenges, we want to hear from you!

Salary : $150,000 - $185,000