Senior Structural Engineer
The Company
Our client is a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering firm delivering innovative, practical design solutions for government, institutional, industrial, and private-sector clients. With a diverse project portfolio, a collaborative culture, and a strong commitment to professional development, the firm provides engineers with the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges while working alongside experienced professionals across multiple disciplines. The environment offers flexibility, meaningful project ownership, and clear opportunities for long-term career growth.
The Role
Our client is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to lead the structural design and delivery of new and existing building projects from initial concept through construction. This position combines hands-on technical design with project leadership, multidisciplinary coordination, client engagement, and staff development. The successful candidate will take ownership of calculations, analysis, drawings, specifications, and technical reporting while guiding junior engineers and supporting quality standards. The role also offers opportunities to contribute to proposals, project estimates, client interviews, and the continued growth of the structural engineering practice.
Responsibilities
- Lead structural engineering projects from concept design through construction documents and administration.
- Perform and oversee structural calculations, analysis, and design using hand calculations and industry-standard software.
- Design new and existing structures using steel, reinforced concrete, masonry, cold-formed steel, and wood.
- Prepare and coordinate structural drawings, specifications, reports, and other technical documentation.
- Collaborate with architectural, mechanical, electrical, civil, and other engineering disciplines.
- Provide technical leadership and maintain responsibility for engineering quality and project delivery.
- Conduct QA/QC reviews to confirm designs meet applicable codes, standards, and client requirements.
- Mentor and support junior engineers and technical staff across multiple office locations.
- Coordinate with clients, contractors, consultants, and internal project teams.
- Support construction administration through RFI responses, submittal reviews, field observations, and site visits.
- Contribute to business development activities, including proposals, fee estimates, project interviews, and client presentations.
- Manage project priorities, schedules, budgets, and technical deliverables.
- Support projects delivered through Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build procurement methods.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Civil Engineering with a structural concentration, or Architectural Engineering, from an ABET-accredited institution.
- Professional Engineer license in Georgia, or the ability to obtain reciprocity within three months.
- 6+ years of progressively responsible structural engineering and design experience.
- Strong experience designing new and existing steel and reinforced concrete structures.
- Experience with masonry, cold-formed steel, and wood structures is beneficial.
- Proficiency with structural design and documentation software, including Revit, AutoCAD, RAM Structural System, RAM Concept, RISA, ETABS, and Mathcad.
- Strong knowledge of the International Building Code, ASCE 7, the Whole Building Design Guide, and material-specific design standards.
- Demonstrated project management and multidisciplinary coordination experience.
- Previous experience leading projects and mentoring junior engineers.
- Strong written, verbal, technical, and client-facing communication skills.
- Federal and industrial project experience is preferred.
- Familiarity with both Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build project delivery is desirable.
- Blast-resistant design experience is beneficial.
- A master's degree in Structural Engineering or Architectural Engineering is a plus.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States and able to obtain a security clearance.
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