Structural Engineer

Turner Engineering Group (TEG) is a construction-focused Professional Engineering and Architectural team providing innovative solutions for design-related challenges.

Position Description: Conduct critical Structural Engineering analysis, provide input and perform technical reviews, mitigate potential design risk, identify and solve construction challenges, and generate optimization opportunities for pursuit and execution of design-build and design-bid-build projects across the U.S. and Canada. 

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:

• Perform technical reviews of projects to assess constructability, examine design details, perform quantity takeoffs, and
  recommend construction sequencing and logistics as related to structural work.
• Review and evaluate project specific designs, program intent, contractual obligations, division of responsibilities, and
  deliverables.
• Review and assess project documentation such as drawings, basis of design documents, specifications, reports, calculations, and shop drawings related to structural design.
• Analyze elements of structural systems developed to date, establish sufficiency of design, and identify means of optimizing design components.
• Propose potential solutions to Design/Construction team for design optimization, risk management challenges, and
  constructability improvements.
• Evaluate and provide guidance for project non-conformances and operations issues.
• Perform internal assessments of temporary structural stability, equipment loads, and similar means and methods
• Documents structural review activities in formal report formats, technical memoranda, Bluebeam Studio sessions, and spreadsheet-based comments lists.
• Establish constructive and effective relationships with internal and external project team members to facilitate understanding and influence design and project development.
• Work in partnership with linked design disciplines to improve coordination of design concepts (e.g. geotechnical, architecture, code-compliance, building envelope and façade, MEFP, vertical transportation, acoustics, and fire).
• Discuss and explain highly technical subject matter with colleagues and personnel from diverse backgrounds.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science from accredited and credentialed degree program in Civil Engineering (Structural) and 5-10 years of
  industry experience as practicing Structural Engineer or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience
• Professional Engineer (Structural) license, required
•  Design experience on diverse array of projects through all phases of design and construction, required
• Think and write in highly structured manner with creativity to develop specialized solutions and anticipating potential
  challenges and opportunities, required
• Progressive collapse/blast resistant design, ATFP design, and seismic analysis experience, desired
• Structural products and costs knowledge and experience
• U.S. and Canadian building design codes and material specific standards experience
• Peer reviews and/or due diligence studies experience
• General understanding of embodied carbon for structural systems. Experience with producing embodied carbon estimates or life-cycle analyses (using Tally or OneClick LCA or other LCA software), desired
• Effective and clear verbal and written communication skills
• Enjoy working in professional interdisciplinary team environment
• Design software for structural analysis (ETABS, RAM, SAP2000, SAFE, GSA, etc.), general collaboration software (e.g.
  Bluebeam Studio) and operation of 3D and BIM software (e.g. Navisworks, AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino, and SketchUp)
• Demonstrate commitment to continue to develop in area of expertise and awareness of industry innovations
• U.S. travel, 10%

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

The salary range for this position is $117,000 – $147,000 annualized. 

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer —minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor.