Senior Structural Engineer

Senior Structural Engineer

Company: Meca Enterprises LLC

Location: Broken Arrow, OK

Type: Full-time

About Meca

Meca helps clients solve complex engineering challenges with practical, cost-effective solutions delivered on time. Our work includes engineering services, specialized software tools, and solutions for stack vibration problems. Over the past 25 years, we have served thousands of clients worldwide.

As a company, we are at an inflection point as we utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI), reduce technical risk, and accelerate product delivery while preserving the stability and reliability our customers count on.

Why This Role Exists

This role exists to position the company for future growth and stability.

We are hiring an experienced Structural Engineer to:

·       Subject matter expert for Steel Stacks and Similar equipment

·       Provide Structural Engineering services to clients

·       Become expert at stack vibration and damper design

·       Provide engineering support for software clients as needed

·       Drive improvements to software applications by providing engineering expertise

·       Improve customer service and interaction for engineering issues

You will initially work alongside an experienced engineer with deep product knowledge, learning the system and its history while helping reduce single-person risk over time. 

We are seeking someone that can build upon our existing products and services and help take our company to new heights. We wish to leverage new ideas and Artificial Intelligence to provide better products and services for our clients.

What Success Looks Like (12 Months In)

You will know you are successful when:

·       Able to technically evaluate and offer proposals for 95% of damper requests for quotation

·       Expand engineering services sales by 50% by focusing on stacks and process equipment

·       Proficient at designing common air cooled exchangers

·       You can take high-level tasks and own them through completion

·       Comfortable interacting with clients directly (Phone, Video, email, in person)

• You are trusted to make thoughtful technical and product decisions
• Leadership time is freed up because engineering work moves forward without micromanagement

What You’ll Work On (First 6 Months)

Your initial focus will include:

• Learn to quote and execute damper projects
• Independently quote and execute stack related projects
• Learn how to quote and perform air cooler design to offer redundancy

Approximate task breakdown:

• Stack related projects: 50%
• Vibration Dampers: 30%
• Air cooled exchangers: 20%

How the Role Evolves

• Initially: You will learn our system of quoting and executing projects.
• As you ramp up: You will take on projects which are within your area of expertise and competency.
• Long-term: Learn more about vibration dampers and become a subject matter expert so that you can handle more aspects of the damper business.

We are seeking an engineer who thrives in an environment where they can innovate and improve on our existing systems and processes, but after they have a good understanding of the system currently in place. 

How Contribution Is Measured at Meca

We value engineers who:

• Take an owner’s perspective on systems, customers, and long-term risk
• Think beyond the immediate task to understand downstream impact
• Reduce technical and operational risk — even when it isn’t explicitly assigned
• Communicate with coworkers and clients in a timely and clear manner
• Follow through on commitments and close loops
• Don’t mind doing whatever is needed to get the job done
• Don’t want to be bogged down with endless meetings and bureaucracy

Our Philosophy on Autonomy

We believe autonomy is earned through sound judgment, curiosity, and follow-through.

As trust is established, this role is expected to:

• Identify risks and opportunities without being prompted
• Bring well-researched options, not just problems
• Make decisions with both short-term execution and long-term stability in mind
• Document decisions so knowledge is shared, not siloed

Autonomy here means ownership with accountability, not hands-off management.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• 3 years of Steel Stack or related experience
• 5 years of Structural engineering experience
• Strong computer skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Strong ownership mindset

Additional Desired Skills

• Preferred Bachelors Degree discipline in Civil or Structural
• PE or SE License
• Experience with StaadPro, IDEA StatiCa, PRG Software, Autodesk Inventor
• Vibration damper design
• Foundation design experience
• Comfortable using AI as a tool and resource

How We Work

• Very independent, with interaction with coworkers on an as needed basis
• Very little bureaucracy or meetings
• Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the business wherever it makes sense
• Clear expectations, trust, and autonomy
• A strong culture of documentation and shared understanding

We value engineers who:

• Quietly execute
• Actively challenge assumptions
• Act as a thoughtful “second brain” for leadership
• Ask the right questions to understand the full problem space
• Seek knowledge independently and validate assumptions before implementation
• Capture and share what they learn so the team benefits long-term

Growth & Retention

This is a long-term role. As trust is established, you will be given increasing autonomy over technical and product decisions, and your scope will grow alongside your demonstrated capability and the needs of the business. We invest in people who invest in us, strong performers earn expanded responsibility, greater ownership of outcomes, and performance-based bonuses.

Who This Role Is NOT For

This role is not a good fit if you:

• Need close supervision or external motivation to get work done
• Prefer being told exactly how to solve problems
• comfortable wearing multiple hats in a small company
• Do not believe schedules are important
• Expect direction without investing in understanding the broader system
• Get stuck without researching options or proposing solutions
• Are uncomfortable taking responsibility for outcomes

A Year From Now…

A great hire might write:

“I joined this small innovative company that allowed me the space and opportunity to do what I do best, which is to take my technical skills and pair that with my entrepreneurial spirit to find new and innovative ways to satisfy needs in the marketplace in a more cost effective and efficient manner.”