Senior Structural Engineer

PAE Government Services Inc.; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with employer-m

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off and parental leave

Job summary

PAE Government Services Inc. is seeking an experienced structural engineer to perform design, analysis, and verification for complex structures under minimal supervision.

The role requires a Civil or Architectural Engineering background with structural emphasis, strong communication, and the ability to coordinate across disciplines, sites, and customers. Security clearance may be required, and US citizenship is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Architectural Engineering with a structural emphasis.
• Professional Engineering Registration or ability to obtain
• Master’s degree in structural engineering desirable.

Responsibilities

• Performs design development, analysis, or review tasks independently.
• Generates complete design specifications for complex projects.
• Coordinates with engineering, logistics, finance, and program management to define specifications.
• Develops and maintains technical documentation and system/subsystem specs.
• May supervise a project team and manage cost, schedule and performance.

Skills

Excellent communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Detail-oriented work

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Architectural Engineering (structural emphasis)

Professional Engineering Registration

Master of Science in structural engineering

Tools

STAAD.Pro

MathCad

Excel

Word

Job description

Purpose and Scope

Under the minimal supervision, performs engineering modeling, analysis, design, and checking for moderate to complex structures; prepares formal calculations, analyses, studies, specifications, reports, and other technical documents; checks and performs design verification of structural calculations, drawings, and specifications; reviews vendor drawings, shop drawings, and other discipline drawings.

Responsibilities

• Performs a range of design development, analysis, or review tasks independently.
• Responsible for complete designs, analyses, or design reviews.
• Generates complete design specifications for the most complex projects.
• May train other engineers on technical issues related to the research, design, development, testing, and analysis of engineering assignments.
• Coordinates and works closely with other engineering, logistics, financial, and program management disciplines to define system specifications and requirements.
• Establishes and maintains a filing system or databases as needed for tracking project status.
• Develops, maintains, and produces technical documentation and system/subsystem specifications.
• Directly interfaces and liaises with internal and external customers at all levels from quotation to final design and test activities, design reviews and technical working group meetings to comply with requirements and specifications.
• Conducts site visits and experimental investigations, analyzes engineering problems, proposes solutions and alternatives, and provides recommendations.
• Verifies and complies with engineering documentation standards and test procedures.
• Prepares, delivers and submits technical papers and performs engineering studies.
• Supports development of technical proposal and provides comments on the technical content and level of effort of the proposed scope of work.
• May organize and supervise a group of employees for a given project, contract or job with overall responsibility for cost, schedule, technical and employee performance.

Minimum Requirements

• US Citizen
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Architectural Engineering with a structural emphasis (or equivalent education)
• At least 10 years of job-related experience
• Registered Professional Engineer in a home state
• Excellent communication and analytical skills
• Working knowledge of computer systems and integrated software application programs
• Organizational skills and ability to perform detail-oriented work
• Ability to pass and maintain a Security Clearance (may be required)
• Travel as required
• In‑depth knowledge of STAAD.Pro modeling, analysis, design, and post processing
• In‑depth knowledge and proficiency in MathCad, Excel, and Word
• In‑depth knowledge of preparing and checking calculations, approval, revision, retention, and storage of project calculations
• In‑depth knowledge of drawing production and checking, approval, revision, retention, and storage of engineering drawings

Preferred Qualifications

• DOE/DOD project design experience
• Professional Engineering Registration
• Master of Science degree in structural engineering
• Government or nuclear experience (e.g., DOD, DOE, NR)
• In‑depth knowledge of AISC Seismic Design Provisions (AISC 341)
• In‑depth knowledge of nuclear facility design codes including ACI 349, AISC N690, ASCE 43, and DOE‑STD‑1020
• Working knowledge of seismic response spectrum analysis

Compensation & Benefits

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $130K – $160K (Annually) – salary to be determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching
• Life insurance
• Long‑term and short‑term disability insurance
• 15 days of paid time off and parental leave

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran or disability status. Requests for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case‑by‑case basis. If you need an accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [e-mail].