What are the responsibilities and job description for the Structural Engineer, PE position at BW Design Group?
**This job is located in our Fort Worth office.**
**Relocation assistance will be considered on a case by case basis.**
Who You’ll Work With
You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.
When you join Design Group as a Structural Engineer, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Architecture/Engineering Process Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.
What You’ll Do
You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.
Feel like you're on the path to becoming a Structural Engineer but you're not quite there yet? We'd love to connect with you to see if we can take you from where you are today and grow you into a Design Group Engineering Consultant.
**Relocation assistance will be considered on a case by case basis.**
Who You’ll Work With
You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.
When you join Design Group as a Structural Engineer, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Architecture/Engineering Process Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.
What You’ll Do
You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.
- Prepare design and construction documents for new structures and for structural upgrades to existing facilities as a part of an integrated multi-disciplinary A/E team
- Assist the owner or project manager in defining the facility requirements/program for projects
- Oversee the work of structural engineers and designers
- Analyze and design concrete, steel, masonry
- Work with the project team to produce structural calculations, calculation checks, drawings, specifications, reports, and other project deliverables
- Analyze existing structures and provide recommendations for strengthening for new loads where required
- Develop design sketches into completed working details and drawings based on engineering fundamentals and applicable codes
- Ensure timely deliverables and exceed client expectations
- Guide team performance and provide constructive team feedback
- Conduct field work including handling structural as-builts, rebuilds, retrofits, construction technical support, and client personnel interaction
- Assist with the training and mentoring of junior level engineers and designers
- Recommend and institute corrective design changes
- Analyze configurations of basic project structural components
- Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team
- A minimum of seven years of experience as a structural engineer
- Experience in the analysis and design of structures
- Hands on experience with structural engineering software such as RISA, RAM, STAAD, Mathcad, and ENERCALC
- Experience with AutoCAD and REVIT (preferred)
- Detailed knowledge of building codes and seismic requirements
- Experience in private sector industrial repair/remediation and greenfield projects (preferred)
- The ability to climb stairs, ladders, and equipment/structures of varying heights
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Proficiency in written and verbal communication including generating reports and conducting group presentations
- A bachelor of science in civil engineering (structural emphasis) plus a master of science in structural engineering from an ABET accredited institution
- A Professional Engineer License
- A Structural Engineering License (preferred)
Feel like you're on the path to becoming a Structural Engineer but you're not quite there yet? We'd love to connect with you to see if we can take you from where you are today and grow you into a Design Group Engineering Consultant.
