Lead Structural Engineer
LVI is partnered with a leading, nationally recognized engineering and systems integration firm headquartered in the Mid-Atlantic looking for a lead structural. Since its founding, the company has grown into a multi-billion-dollar organization with thousands of employees across dozens of offices globally, delivering some of the most complex and high-profile projects in the industry.
The firm specializes in large-scale, mission-critical facilities and complex infrastructure, working with major government agencies and global enterprises. Its portfolio includes advanced data centers, transportation systems, healthcare facilities, and highly secure federal projects requiring cutting-edge engineering, systems integration, and construction expertise.
Known for tackling high-stakes, technically challenging projects, the company combines engineering, construction, and technology to deliver resilient, future-focused infrastructure at scale.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and Analysis:
- Perform calculations to ensure structures can withstand various loads and forces and stamp our own drawings
- Analyze building materials for strength, durability, and cost-effectiveness.
- Work with design engineers to produce standard designs
- Project Management:
- Be the single point of contact for all design engineers sending work out to multiple structural consultants.
- Manage the work load to structural consultants with quickest turnaround in mind
- Participate in meetings with structural consultants to ensure that they have all necessary inputs and produce a high-quality stamped drawing
- Manage project timelines and budgets relative to structural analysis
- Support questions coming from construction site related to structural analysis
- Compliance and Standards:
- Ensure all designs adhere to local, state, and federal building codes and regulations.
- Problem Solving:
- Identify and resolve design and construction issues.
- Provide technical advice and support during construction phases.
- Documentation and Reporting:
- Prepare and present reports, proposals, and other documentation.
- Maintain accurate records of design changes and project progress.
- Coaching new engineers in making cost effective and easy to manufacture design
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related field. A Master's degree is a plus.
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in structural engineering or a related field.
- Licensure: Professional Engineer (PE) license
Skills:
- Proficiency in structural analysis software and other engineering design tools.
- Strong knowledge of construction methods, materials, and legal regulations.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
- Attention to detail and high level of accuracy in work.
Work Location: hybrid/onsite role based in Ruther Glen, Virginia.
Abilities:
- Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
- Sitting for extended periods of time.
- Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
- Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
- Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Identify and understand the speech of another person.
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