Principal Structural Design Engineer

Tech Army, LLC; Aiken (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Army, LLC is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to define program scope and deliver high-quality structural solutions for nuclear or industrial facilities. You will provide leadership, oversee design and construction tasks, and guide teams to solve complex structural challenges.

Responsibilities include static/dynamic analysis, concrete and steel design, CSI specification prep, and vendor review, within SRNS processes. A PE license in Civil or Structural engineering is preferred.

Qualifications

• Ten years minimum experience in design and analysis of nuclear or industrial facilities.
• Working knowledge of STAAD.
• Working knowledge of National Codes and Standards such as IBC, AISC (ASD & LRFD), ACI, AWS, NFPA, OSHA.
• Proficiency with MicroStation CAD software preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide design and construction oversight of structural engineering tasks to SRNS.
• Analyze structural systems for static and dynamic loads using manual computation and computer programs.
• Design of concrete structures; design of steel, aluminum, stainless steel, timber and composite structures.
• Preparation of CSI specifications; and review of vendor documents.
• Engineering services shall be provided using SRNS processes and procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Project planning

Technical writing

Education

BS Degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer (Civil/Structural)

Tools

STAAD

MicroStation

Job description

• Define scope of technical programs and develop effective, quality solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial problems.
• Creatively meet all company and industry requirements and apply site systems to achieve quality, timely and cost-effective results.
• Give quality guidance and assistance to less senior professionals on related tasks.
• Apply technical experience in field of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields, to resolve complex problems.
• Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning.
• Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and be recognized as having expertise in a functional area(s) of technical expertise.
• Provide direction and position responsibility both inside and outside department lines on programs seeking new approaches to problems and new application of existing engineering or scientific principles.
• Evaluate the results of programs and prepares reports and recommendations based on these evaluations.
• Identify and recommend improvements where established technology components and methodology are inadequate for solution.
• Keep informed of the advancement of technology as applied through one's area of technology.
• Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical tasks identified by management.
• Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed.
• Communicate results and objectives verbally and in manuscripts form to customers, colleagues and management.
• Occasionally prepare reports for external publication.
• Enhance expertise in field through leadership in local technical societies.
• Demonstrate creative ability through medium of patent disclosures, problem solving, engineering reports, technical papers and articles.

Additional Duties

• Provide design and construction oversight of structural engineering tasks to SRNS.
• Structural engineering tasks include:
• Analysis of structural systems for both static and dynamic loads using manual computation and computer programs
• Design of concrete structures; design of steel, aluminum, stainless steel, timber and composite structures
• Foundation and anchorage design
• Structural analysis for impact, overpressure, and other accident conditions
• Preparation of CSI specifications; and review of vendor documents
• Engineering services shall be provided using SRNS processes and procedures.
• Programmatic guidance will be provided by SRNS.

Additional Education

• BS Degree in Civil Engineering or current registration as a Professional Engineer in either Civil or Structural Engineering.

Additional Experience Qualifications

Required:

• Candidate must demonstrate a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in design and analysis of nuclear or industrial facilities.
• Candidate must demonstrate working knowledge of STAAD.
• Candidate must demonstrate working knowledge of National Codes and Standards such as IBC, AISC (ASD and LRFD), ACI, AWS, NFPA, and OSHA.

Preferred:

• Proficiency in using MicroStation 2D Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) software is preferred.

Additional Work Requirements

• Candidate must be able to perform weekly field walk downs of the job site for the engineering work being performed. These walk downs may involve construction sites with uneven surfaces and work in progress, walking for distances of over half a mile, climbing ladders to access remote areas, and dressing out in protective clothing.