What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Structural Engineer - Southeast position at Wright-Pierce?
Wright-Pierce, an award-winning, multi-discipline environmental engineering firm specializing in water, wastewater and civil infrastructure, is seeking a Lead Structural Engineer to join our Southeast One Water Group. This key role handles a wide variety of challenging structural design projects and can be located in our Maitland or Tampa, FL office.
Responsibilities
At Wright-Pierce we are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We strongly encourage women, minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans to apply.
This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Responsibilities
- Structural design for water and wastewater treatment and civil/industrial infrastructure facilities.
- Handling/managing/coordinating projects from preliminary design through construction.
- Responsibilities for the design phase of typical projects include:
- Develop design budgets
- Site visits to assess existing conditions
- Prepare documents including calculations, drawings, cost estimates, and specifications
- Visually assess buildings, tanks and other structures associated with the project(s)
- Design low-rise buildings constructed of masonry, wood, or steel
- Design of above and below grade liquid containing concrete tanks
- Conduct standard project QA/QC procedures
- Help during the bidding phase of construction.
- Maintain familiarity with standard engineering business practice
- Delegate work to Revit Technicians and Junior Engineers
- Responsibilities for construction phase of projects include:
- Participate in preconstruction meetings to define construction expectations and highlight contract requirements
- Perform site visits to review contractor's work and resolve field related issues
- Review structural submittals
- Assess contractor change orders
- Conduct visual structural assessments and document deficiencies for existing facilities
- Work on multiple design and construction projects concurrently
- Mentors new team members and junior staff
- Works with other design disciplines, continuously coordinating work using Bluebeam (or other electronic) software
- Willing to become multi-state licensed through National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
- Familiar with concrete design for environmental structures, CMU design, Steel Design, Wood design.
- Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Personal organization and time management skills
- Ability to build strong relationships with coworkers
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to work with others in multiple offices using Bluebeam & Microsoft Teams
- Ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines and project management staff
- 8-10 years of structural engineering experience required
- Prior experience in the water/wastewater engineering field preferred
- Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook) & Bluebeam required
- Experience with REVIT, STAAD, Tekla Structural Designer, Enercalc, MathCad preferred
- Licensed Professional Engineer
- BS Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering required
- MS Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering preferred
At Wright-Pierce we are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We strongly encourage women, minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans to apply.
This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
