Description:

Our client is seeking an experienced Structural Engineer to join their highly collaborative and motivated staff in our Virginia Beach, Virginia office’s Building Engineering practice. It is an opportunity to apply your talents to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects in an environment committed to excellence in innovation, technical quality, and client service.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Lead the preparation of deliverables and products such as presentation materials, calculations, drawings, specifications, reports, and cost estimates related to structural systems for commercial and governmental facilities

• Deliver complete, accurate and coordinated project design assignments within time and budget parameters while satisfying client contractual obligations

• Perform field investigation for incorporation of existing conditions into construction documents

• Perform construction administration duties, such as shop drawing review, RFI responses, construction inspections, and responding to client requests

• Work within a project team environment

• Maintain and organize all project related documentation

• Coordinate work with other project disciplines

• Plan and organize work that follows a defined process

• Work independently and make technical decisions based on building code interpretation as well as company, client, and industry standard practices

• Assist department in developing standards and maintaining current code and practice knowledge

• Perform quality assurance/quality control checking of structural design documents developed by fellow engineers

• Lead a group of engineers and BIM technicians focused on structural and multi-discipline projects

• Mentor less experienced structural engineers and support career growth

• Senior technical resource may serve as technical advisor for team

• Provides specialized technical input to studies and design for staff's specific area of expertise

• Develops study and design procedures to facilitate high quality cost effective work by others

• Participates in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables

• Develops construction cost estimates and estimates of technical efforts for projects

• Uses expertise in all steps of completing discipline component of PS&E package

• Performs quality control review of design calculations or drawings.

• Prepares technical specification sections

Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

-Offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of their employees

-Fun, laid back culture in VB office

-Cross discipline collaboration (civil, MEP, arch)

-Value quality of life (hybrid on Mondays and Fridays)

-Variety of projects (always working on different projects, not the same projects over and over)

-This candidate will have the opportunity to start up the structural team in VB and mentor and bring on new hires to grow the team

-Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023

Work Environment

Culture-family feel, laid back culture, cross collaboration with civil/MEP/arch

Team size-this candidate would start the structural team in VB, with long term plans of bringing on new hires to mentor and build the team in VB office

Hybrid schedule-most are hybrid on Mondays and Fridays, in office Tues-Thurs

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.