What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Structural Engineer position at Clayco?
About Us
Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $5.8 billion in revenue for 2023, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential related building projects.
The Role We Want You For
Clayco is currently seeking a licensed Senior Structural Engineer to join our design team. In this role you will be working with in-house Development, Architecture, and Construction teams to provide Structural Design and Quality Assurance on industrial (distribution, manufacturing, food and beverage, and cold storage) projects for our nationwide clients.
The Specifics of the Role
- Structural Engineer is involved from the beginning to foresee preliminary design problems.
- Focus is on problem solving instead of finger pointing. The Architect, Engineer, and Contractor are on the same team.
- Project designs based on construction schedule versus fully finished package.
- Preliminary pricing advantages due to historical construction experience.
- Value engineering is ongoing as the design is refined.
- Input from jobsite can identify construction issues.
- Projects can be designed to the builder’s strength.
- Easier for engineer to issue changes or make revisions.
- Opportunity for site and Quality visits to assist in solving field issues.
- Relationship building with Field Staff (Superintendents and other on-site personnel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or Architectural Engineering with Structural emphasis.
- Master’s Degree with Structural emphasis preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience designing commercial projects, ideally industrial (warehouse, distribution, e-commerce, manufacturing, cold storage, food, and beverage).
- PE and/or SE license preferred.
- 3-D CAD experience is a plus.
- Team oriented attitude.
- Resilient and adaptable to changes.
Some Things You Should Know
- Our clients and projects are nationwide – Travel will be required.
- No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does.
- We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs.
- The pace is fast!
Why Clayco?
- 2024 Best Places to Work – Crain’s Chicago Business, St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, and Phoenix Business Journal.
- 2024 ENR Midwest – Midwest Contractor (#1).
- 2024 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms – Design-Build Contractor (Top 5).
- 2024 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors – Green Contractor (Top 5).
Compensation and Benefits
- Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!
- The salary range for this position considers a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
