Sr. Structural Design Engineer

Job Description

Overview

• The purpose of this position is to provide the essential administrative processes, technical knowledge, and leadership as described below.
• This position has oversight of a specific area and acts as a representative of the engineering discipline ensuring technical accuracy in project execution in all phases.
• This is a lead position on assigned projects performing engineering assignments of advanced complexity.

Primary Responsibilities

• Under general supervision of the Discipline Lead Engineer, serve as an Area Lead providing guidance/supervision to other engineers and designers.
• Analyze and make independent recommendations regarding technical solutions to problems of advanced complexity in accordance with project requirements.
• Develop and review specifications and design criteria.
• Perform and check engineering analyses and calculations; specify materials, equipment, and systems; and solve technical problems of advanced complexity.
• Coordinate technical issues with other disciplines, project management, vendors, and clients.
• Execute work in compliance with Project Quality Plan and procedures.
• Execute work in accordance with the approved project scope, cost, and schedule baselines.
• Develop and review estimates, schedules, and progress reports including effort-hour estimating and staff forecasting.
• Establish, control, and report on material key quantities; provide analysis and forecasts.
• Provide technical support to activities associated with equipment and material procurement and subcontracting including scopes of work, technical bid evaluations, and review of vendor submittals.
• Provide technical support to activities associated with construction administration including response to construction requests-for-information and field changes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Job Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil or Structural Engineering and minimum ten (10) years of work-related experience.
• Professional Engineer license.
• Working knowledge of applicable federal (including Department of Energy orders), state, and local codes and standards.
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to project management, coworkers, clients, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Job-related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job.
• Advanced knowledge of discipline codes and standards.
• Ability to perform work in compliance with applicable local, state, and federal codes, statutes, and guidelines.
• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner.
• Intermediate computer and software skills to include proficiency in the use of word processing, e-mail, spreadsheet, and electronic presentation programs.
• Significant experience providing engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services on large industrial projects.
• Proficiency executing large EPC projects utilizing engineering analysis, 3D modeling, and 2D computer-aided drafting and design (CADD) automation tools in a multi-discipline environment.

Discipline Specific Job Requirements

• Advanced knowledge of:
• Performing hand and computer calculations for foundations, concrete, and steel structures.
• One or more of the following structural design software:
• STAAD
• STAADPro
• RISA3D
• Mathcad.
• Analyzing complex structures.
• Wind and seismic loading in structural calculations.
• Dynamic analysis and design.
• Computer modeling and analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of commercial availability and cost of materials.
• Experience with design of systems, structures, and components for nuclear facilities under the requirements of ASME NQA-1.
• Demonstrated experience managing and leading large projects.
• Proficiency with project set-up, development of control-level schedules, progress reporting, and project close-out.
• Practical field experience.
• EPC project experience for the following industries:
• U.S. Department of Energy or other U.S. Federal Government Agency.
• Nuclear facilities under a nuclear quality assurance program.
• Manufacturing, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology.
• Proficiency in the use of STAADPro and Mathcad.