Structural Senior Design Engineer

Job Description
The purpose of this position is to provide the essential administrative processes, technical knowledge and leadership as described below. This position has oversight of a specific area and acts as a representative of the engineering discipline ensuring technical accuracy in project execution in all phases. This is a lead position on assigned projects performing engineering assignments of advanced complexity.

� Under general supervision of the Discipline Lead Engineer, serve as an Area Lead providing guidance/supervision to other engineers and designers
� Analyze and make independent recommendations regarding technical solutions to problems of advanced complexity in accordance with project requirements
� Develop and review specifications and design criteria
� Perform and check engineering analyses and calculations; specify materials, equipment and systems; and solve technical problems of advanced complexity
� Coordinate technical issues with other disciplines, project management, vendors and clients
� Execute work in compliance with Project Quality Plan and procedures
� Execute work in accordance with the approved project scope, cost and schedule baselines
� Develop and review estimates, schedules and progress reports including effort-hour
estimating and staff forecasting
� Establish, control and report on material key quantities; provide analysis and forecasts
� Provide technical support to activities associated with equipment and material procurement and subcontracting including scopes of work, technical bid evaluations and review of vendor submittals
� Provide technical support to activities associated with construction administration including response to construction requests-for-information and field changes
� Other duties as assigned

Basic Job Requirements
� U.S. Citizenship required
� Bachelor of Science degree in Civil or Structural Engineering and minimum ten (10) years of work-related experience
� Professional Engineer license
� Working knowledge of applicable federal (including Department of Energy orders), state, and local codes and standards
� Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to project management, coworkers, clients, vendors, and subcontractors
� Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job
� Advanced knowledge of discipline codes and standards
� Ability to perform work in compliance with applicable local, state, and federal codes, statutes and guidelines
� Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner
� Intermediate computer and software skills to include proficiency in the use of word
processing, e-mail, spreadsheet and electronic presentation programs
� Significant experience providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services on large industrial projects
� Proficiency executing large EPC projects utilizing engineering analysis, 3D modeling and 2D computer-aided drafting and design (CADD) automation tools in a multi-discipline environment

Discipline Specific Job Requirements
� Advanced knowledge of:
- Performing hand and computer calculations for foundations, concrete, and steel structures
- Advanced knowledge of one or more of the following structural design software:
STAAD, STAADPro and RISA3D
- Advanced knowledge of Mathcad
- Analyzing complex structures
- Wind and seismic loading in structural calculations
- Dynamic analysis and design
- Computer modeling and analysis

Preferred Qualifications
� Advanced knowledge of commercial availability and cost of materials
� Experience with design of systems, structures and components for nuclear facilities under the requirements of ASME NQA-1
� Demonstrated experience managing and leading large projects
� Proficiency with project set-up, development of control-level schedules, progress reporting and project close-out
� Practical field experience
� EPC project experience for the following industries:
- U.S Department of Energy or other U.S. Federal Government Agency
- Nuclear facilities under a nuclear quality assurance program
- Manufacturing, pharmaceutical or biotechnology
� Proficiency in the use of STAADPro and Mathcad