Experienced Structural Engineer | Associate Principal

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership, including applying sound engineering judgement and a deep understanding of governing codes, design guidelines, and industry practices
• Collaborating with interdisciplinary project teams across WJE as the structural engineering subject-matter expert (SME)
• Leveraging your expertise for a variety of structural engineering projects, including the investigation, design, analysis, repair, and renovation of new and existing structures, construction materials, loading conditions, and construction types
• Preparing technically excellent client deliverables
• Providing high-quality reviews and oversight of work by others
• Performing and training others in hands-on fieldwork
• Project management, including client development, project scoping, assembling and managing appropriate project teams, maintaining project schedules and budgets, and managing client expectations and deliverables
• Mentorship, including exemplifying WJE’s culture of shared destiny and knowledge sharing to better the team around you: locally and company-wide, formally and informally, on-and-off projects, for technical topics and overall career development
• Contributions to structural engineering practice and company-wide objectives, including participating in the attraction, development, and engagement of up-and-coming consultants; collaborating with other WJE practice leaders for in-house knowledge-sharing and training initiatives; and engaging in meaningful involvement in industry-related professional organizations, conferences, and technical committees

Qualifications/Competencies

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or ability to obtain by comity
• Licensed Structural Engineer (SE) a plus
• Master's degree in civil/structural engineering or related field preferred
• Minimum twenty years of relevant structural engineering industry experience, including technical and project management (e.g., failure/damage investigation; non-destructive evaluation and instrumentation; structural analysis and design for repair, retrofit, and rehabilitation of existing structures; evaluation of parking garage structures; and/or specialty consulting of new systems and materials from design through construction)
• Industry-recognized expertise with some or all of the following materials, systems, and their applications: cast-in-place concrete, post-tensioned concrete, prestressed/precast concrete, structural steel, stainless steel, cold-formed steel, wood, clay masonry, CMU, etc.
• Excellent technical, graphical, written, and verbal communication skills

Physical Requirements

• Ability to travel and attend meetings at various office, field, and construction sites
• Ability to perform inspections of buildings and other structures, both visually and with instruments
• Ability to safely work at heights, in confined spaces, and in a variety of occupationally hazardous locations, including outdoors with exposure to temperature extremes
• Ability to safely use and/or operate ladders, scaffolds, lifts, and other access equipment
• Ability to lift and carry materials, tools, and other heavy equipment up to 50 lbs.
• Medically fit to utilize respiratory protection devices and other forms of Personal Protective Equipment
• Ability to drive and safely operate a motor vehicle

Culture, Compensation, And Benefits

• Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE) is a global firm of engineers, architects, and materials scientists
• WJE offers a robust, total compensation structure, where base salary is just one component of an employee’s annual earnings
• Employees receive variable compensation based on personal and company performance, often resulting in above-market annual earnings
• A good faith estimate of the annual starting base salary (gross) is in the following range: $110,700.00 - $184,500.00
• WJE’s industry-leading, total rewards package enables our employees to grow and thrive with comprehensive health and financial benefits including robust and affordable health plans for employees and their families, generous 401(k) matching, time off to care for yourself and others, and investments in employees’ professional development, to name a few
• Learn more about the Extraordinary People we hire at WJE at www.wje.com/careers

Qualifications

• WJE is an Equal Opportunity Employer
• We invite all qualified applicants to apply including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans (VEVRAA federal contractor)
• The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant
• However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information
• 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)