Structural Engineer | 15+ Years

Responsibilities

• Project management, including client development, project scoping, assembling and managing appropriate project teams, maintaining project schedules and budgets, and managing client expectations and deliverables
• Technical leadership, including applying sound engineering judgment 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

Mentorship

• Mentoring the team locally and company-wide, formally and informally, on-and-off projects, for technical topics and overall career development

Qualifications/Competencies

• Licensed Structural Engineer (SE) in the State of California; Professional Engineer (PE) with the ability to obtain SE licensure may be considered for candidates with significant relevant experience
• Master's degree in civil/structural engineering or related field
• Minimum fifteen years of relevant structural engineering industry experience, including technical and project management (e.g., failure/damage investigation; non-destructive evaluation and instrumentation; seismic/structural analysis and design for repair, retrofit, and rehabilitation of existing structures; and/or specialty consulting of new systems and materials from design through construction)
• Excellent technical, graphical, written, and verbal communication skills

Requirements/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.
• Physically 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. Clients worldwide seek our expertise to solve the most significant, interesting, and challenging problems in the built world.
• Our applied experience from more than 175,000 projects combined with unparalleled laboratory and testing capabilities have made WJE a leader in providing innovative yet practical solutions to the clients we serve.
• Working at WJE is a team endeavor characterized by a culture of trust and personal responsibility. We encourage open communication, continuous learning, innovative thinking, ongoing mentoring, and free-flowing collaboration.
• We seek highly talented and hard-working individuals who want to be challenged, who want hands-on work, who want to set a higher standard, and who want to be mentored by the industry’s most accomplished experts.
• People with outstanding Character, unwavering Commitment to our core and culture, strong Expertise, and genuine Enthusiasm for their work.
• Learn more about the Extraordinary People we hire at WJE at www.wje.com/careers
• WJE offers a robust, total compensation structure composed of base salary, incentive pay, and industry-leading benefits:
• A good faith estimate of the annual starting base salary (gross) is in the following range: $115,650.00 - $192,750.00
• 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, including HSA as well as low and high-deductible PPO options
• Generous 401(k) matching of 110% for the first 6% of eligible pay, vesting immediately
• Time off to care for yourself and others
• Investments in employees’ educational assistance and professional development

About the Role

• Bring your problem-solving mindset, entrepreneurial spirit, and established expertise to the Los Angeles (Pasadena, CA) office of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE).
• We are seeking a senior-level Structural Engineer with 15+ years of experience (i.e., Senior Associate/Associate Principal) to join our dynamic and diverse team of architects and engineers.