What are the responsibilities and job description for the SENIOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER - 10+ YEARS OF STRUCTURAL KNOW-HOW position at Nelson-Rudie & Associates, Inc.?
Join A Team Where Your Ideas Shape The Future
At Nelson Rudie, we elevate the built environment - together. We’re a consulting engineering firm known for practical, high‑quality solutions and a culture built on integrity, teamwork, and problem‑solving. If you’re motivated by purposeful work, strong collaboration, and the opportunity to shape buildings that stand the test of time, you’ll feel right at home here.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
You won’t just produce drawings - you’ll influence project outcomes, mentor others, and bring buildings to life. Your expertise will help shape the performance, comfort, and longevity of the built environment for years to come.
- Employee-Owned: Be part of a 100% employee-owned firm with a legacy of excellence since 1976.
- Competitive Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, ESOP, 401(k), bonus program, and flexible hours.
- Inclusive Culture: Fast-paced, energetic, and supportive environment where every voice matters.
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible schedules and a commitment to your well-being.
- Impact: Work on diverse projects nationwide, making a real difference in communities.
- Opportunities to Grow: Opportunity to deepen your technical expertise and expand your leadership impact.
- Projects with Purpose: Your work directly enhances how people experience the spaces where they live, work, and connect.
What You’ll Do
As a Senior Structural Engineer, partnering directly with architects, owners, contractors, and internal disciplines, you’ll play a key role in delivering safe, efficient, and well‑coordinated building structures. You’ll design and analyze structural systems - across concrete, steel, masonry, and wood - for projects ranging from small renovations to large, complex facilities, ensuring they meet code requirements, performance expectations, and client needs.
Lead Structural Engineering & Project Delivery
- Serve as the structural lead and/or project manager to ensure design criteria, budgets, and schedules meet or exceed client expectations.
- Prepare plans, specifications, construction documents, bid packages, technical reports, and conduct proactive review of shop drawings and RFIs.
- Verify project documentation and close‑out tasks follow company standards.
- Contribute to continuous improvement by refining technical standards, best practices, and design processes.
Manage Projects & Client Relationships
- Manage multiple concurrent, larger-scope, and often complex projects with a focus on quality, efficiency, and client satisfaction.
- Develop and manage project schedules, milestones, staffing needs, deliverables, and ongoing project status.
- Provide clear, practical engineering recommendations to clients and maintain strong relationships through responsive communication and leadership.
- Engage in business development - supporting marketing efforts, maintaining regular contact with key clients and contributing to proposals.
Coordinate Across Disciplines
- Partner closely with architects, owners, contractors, and internal engineering disciplines to ensure aligned scope, deliverables, and expectations.
- Participate in project meetings and represent structural engineering requirements with clarity and confidence.
- Support construction administration through timely communication and sound engineering judgment.
Mentor & Lead
- Mentor junior team members, support knowledge sharing, and help strengthen overall team capability.
- Represent the company professionally with clients, industry partners, and key associations.
- Step in where needed to support firmwide initiatives and ensure exceptional project delivery.
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering (with structural emphasis) or related discipline required.
- 10 years’ experience working in structural engineering of buildings. Candidates must be a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or hold an EIT or Engineering Intern (EI) certification. PE license is preferred.
- Experienced in the design and analysis of complex structures with a solid understanding and application of structural engineering principles, practices and concepts.
- Ability to navigate and apply national, state and local codes along with American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) standards to overall project and individual material designs.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Revit, AutoCAD. Working knowledge of MicroStation, Smartsheet, Unanet CRM by Cosential and Deltek Ajera software is a plus.
- Proven personnel management skills, leadership qualities and effective mentoring capabilities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Commitment to professional growth (EIT/EI candidates expected to pursue PE licensure).
- U.S. citizenship or valid Green Card.
Ready to Make Your Mark?
Apply for this opportunity today. At Nelson-Rudie & Associates, we are committed to integrity, collaboration, innovation, and empowering every team member to grow and succeed. If you share our values and want to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to take the next step.
Discover more about our culture, our people, and the difference you can make by visiting nelsonrudie.com.
Salary : $110,000 - $150,000