Structural Engineer Entry Level (Starting Summer 2027)

IFAB Engineering Partners LP; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Paid time off

Bonus

Profit-sharing

Retirement plans

Job summary

Dennis Group Structural Engineers design and deliver durable, safe processing facilities for the food and beverage industry. You will work on structural strength, stability, and stresses for new builds and alterations, using AutoCAD and Revit to draft and detail. Travel to sites is required to support projects and inspections.

The team emphasizes rigorous design, code compliance, and collaboration with disciplines to ensure quality and efficiency across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering.
• 0-3 years of relevant structural experience or schooling.
• Experience with AutoCAD and Revit for drafting and detailing.
• RAM Structural System or RAM Elements knowledge is a plus.
• Willingness to travel to project sites as needed (15 days a year).

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of materials and construction techniques to a wide range of projects.
• Perform hand calculations and create computer models for structural design tasks.
• Design gravity, wind, and seismic design loads for facilities.
• Coordinate structural work with other disciplines and review drawings.
• Prepare contract drawings, specifications, and take-offs.

Skills

Structural analysis software

Detail oriented

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

RAM Structural System

RAM Elements

Job description

Job Details

Posting Details

• Posted on August 21, 2026

Locations

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Mississauga, ON L4W5M1, CAN

• On-site
• Structural Engineering
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: STRUC001463

Description

Dennis Group Structural Engineers ensure structures are durable and safe for our industrial projects that involve designing and building food and beverage process facilities. Our Structural Engineers have strong technical, analytical, design, mathematical, and problem-solving skills. The role is key in designing, permitting, and providing expertise in strength, stability, and stresses for various structures of our construction of new processing facilities and alterations to existing facilities. Members of our structural department have responsibilities that include, but notbelimited to:

Responsibilities

• Apply extensive and diverse knowledge of principles and practices for a wide range of materials and construction techniques.
• Perform hand calculations and create computer analysis models for structural design tasks.
• Determine the correct building code
• Locate any local or site-specific amendments to the building code
• Document gravity design loads, wind design loads, and seismic design loads
• Work with and design common structural framing systems (steel, composite steel, joists)
• Work with and design common foundations systems (Spread footings, drilled piers)
• Estimate foundation types & sizes and preliminary steel sizes
• Coordinate structural work with other disciplines
• Review geotechnical reports
• Design mat slabs for process tanks, vessels, and silos
• Design pipe bridges
• Perform take offs from structural plans
• Contact potential bidders for preliminary budget estimates
• Review submittals
• Field measure existing structures to gather necessary information
• Draft sketches, contract drawings, and specifications using AutoCAD.
• Review project documentation for conformity and quality assurance.
• Review shop drawings, submittals, and calculations
• Estimate construction costs with quantity take offs and historic costs
• Conduct field inspections & condition assessments and prepare reports
• Researchstructural engineering materials and best practices
• Support talent growth within our organization

Required Education Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering
• 0-3 years of relevant structural experience or schooling in industrial and commercial building structure
• 0-3 years of experience or schooling performing calculations, creating analysis models for structural designs
• 0-3 years of experience or schooling in structural and concrete drafting sketches, contract drawings, and specifications using AutoCAD and Revit
• RAM Structural system and RAM Elements knowledge or experience is a plus
• EIT / FEdesirable
• Detailed planning and organization skills.
• Experience with structural analysis software
• Ability to travel to project sites as needed (15 days a year)

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift-up to 15 pounds at times.

Travel Requirement

• Ability to travel to project sites as needed (15 days a year)

About Us

We plan, design, engineer, and build food plants for major brands across the country and the world. For the past three decades, we’ve focused exclusively on the food and beverage industry, helping your favorite brands put your favorite foods in the grocery store. Simply put, food isn’t one thing we do, it’s all we do.

Dennis Group offers competitive compensation packages commensurate with experience. We provide comprehensive employee benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, paid time off including an open vacation policy, as well as bonus, profit-sharing, and retirement plans.

Dennis Group is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.