Senior Structural Engineer

About the role

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Responsibilities

• Professionally represent Stantec internally and externally with colleagues, business partners, clients, and consultants
• Work independently on large projects of high complexity
• Lead an engineering team responsible for evaluating, selecting, specifying, and engineering all structural engineered systems or products for a project
• Engage in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats
• Utilize technologies in the development of three-dimensional models of building’s structural systems and provide markups for junior engineers/designers
• Lead an engineering team responsible for the preparation and revisions to documentation in various structural phases including site plans, floor plans, diagrams, and details
• Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors
• Participate in client project requirement meetings, value analysis, and basic cost estimating
• Lead the preparation and coordination of the project specifications with construction documents
• Participate in constructability review
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers
• Lead and provide guidance in the development of new standards and specifications for the structural group
• Develop project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects
• Assist with the development of proposals for smaller, less complex projects
• Oversee and manage multiple projects
• Supervise and mentor junior level staff

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of structural design codes and standards (Virginia USBC, IBC, ASCE 7, ACI 318 and/or ACI 350, TMS 402, AISC 360), and the application of these provisions
• Strong understanding of all phases of project document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications
• Knowledge of structural systems, means and methods, materials, and industry standards
• Ability to lead one or more teams through all phases of project document production
• Checks the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manages time to meet project budget and schedule
• Participates and collaborates in project team settings and engages in creative and critical thought
• Thorough understanding of structural engineering concepts and ability to communicate ideas to others
• Strong presentation and interview skills
• Strong written communication skills
• Experience producing 3D models and 2D structural engineering drawings using Bentley Structural and Microstation, or Revit and AutoCAD
• Experience using structural engineering/finite element analysis software such as STAAD, RAM, SAP2000, RISAD
• Demonstrated business development and marketing skills
• Demonstrated leadership experience in professional engineering organizations or equivalent at the professional level

Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Licensed Professional Engineer required
• Preferred Professional Engineer licensure in the State of Virginia
• Minimum of 7 years of related experience

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Wellness program
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account
• 401(k) plan
• Employee stock purchase program
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Short-term/long-term disability plans
• Emergency travel benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional membership fee coverage
• Paid family leave

Pay

Final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Schedule

Full time, in-person attendance at Virginia office location for an initial on-boarding/training period (minimum of 6 months). Transition to a hybrid working environment, if considered, is subject to Stantec’s workplace attendance policies and supervisor discretion.

Travel

No