Structural Engineer

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As a Structural Engineer your role as a senior contributor on our professional consulting services team is to work independently on large projects of high complexity, and as a leader of a team or project through all phases of a project lifecycle. You are responsible for developing and implementing an engineering discipline group equipped with up-to-date engineering and design tools and innovations, technical and supervisory capabilities and operating procedures to successfully and efficiently execute projects and consulting services resulting in client satisfaction and on-time delivery.

• Professionally represent Stantec internally and externally with colleagues, business partners, clients, and consultants
• Responsible for large projects of high complexity
• Lead an engineering Team responsible for evaluating, selecting, specifying, and engineering all structural engineered systems or products for a project
• Engage in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats
• Utilize technologies in the development of three dimensional models of building’s structural systems and provide markups for junior engineers/designers
• Lead an engineering Team responsible for the preparation and revisions to documentation in various structural phases including site plans, floor plans, diagrams, and details
• Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors
• Participate in client project requirement meetings, value analysis, and basic cost estimating
• Lead the preparation and coordination of the project specifications with construction documents
• Participate in constructability review
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers
• Lead and provide guidance in the development of new standards and specifications for the structural group
• Develop project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects
• Assist with the development of proposals for smaller, less complex projects
• Oversee and manage multiple projects
• Supervise and mentor junior level staff

• Strong knowledge of structural design codes and standards (Virginia USBC, IBC, ASCE 7, ACI 318 and/or ACI 350, TMS 402, AISC 360), and the application of these provisions
• Strong understanding of all phases of project document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications
• Strong knowledge of structural systems, means and methods, materials, and industry standards
• Ability to lead one or more teams through all phases of project document production
• Checks the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manages time to meet project budget and schedule
• Participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought
• Thorough understanding of structural engineering concepts and ability to communicate ideas to others
• Strong presentation and interview skills
• Strong written communication skills
• Requires understanding of Microsoft Office Suite
• Requires experience producing 3D models and 2D structural engineering drawings using Bentley Structural and Microstation, or Revit and Auto Cad
• Requires experience using structural engineering/finite element analysis software such as STAAD, RAM, SAP
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• Demonstrated business development and marketing skills
• Demonstrated leadership experience in professional engineering organizations or equivalent at the professional level

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Civil or Structural Engineering,…