Structural Engineer

Morton Buildings, Inc.; Morton (IL); On-site; USD 67,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

ESOP Retirement Program

Job summary

Morton Buildings, Inc. is seeking an Experienced Structural Engineer (or EIT) to join our team in Morton, IL. This full‑time role focuses on early‑stage design and providing technical guidance to ensure plan compliance.

Responsibilities include producing certified construction plans with AutoCAD, coordinating with sales, order management, drafting, and design professionals to meet contract requirements and industry codes. Opportunity for profit sharing and ESOP benefits may apply.

Qualifications

• Professional Engineer license preferred or FE exam completed.
• Experience with engineering design and plan certification.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes structural engineering standards to design commercial, industrial, institutional, residential and agricultural buildings.
• Generates construction plans from contracts using AutoCAD and presents for certification.
• Ensures plan compliance and timely delivery by coordinating with orders, drawings and project stakeholders.
• Engages with sales, drafting, and design professionals to review contract requirements and create documentation.
• Acts as point person for standard practices to subcontractors and consultants affecting structural certification.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Organizational skills

Deadline driven

Problem solving

Education

FE Exam

P.E. Exam preferred

Tools

AutoCAD

MathCAD

TEDDS

Visual Analysis

Job description

Corporate
252 W. Adams Street
PO Box 399
Morton, IL 615500399, USA

Morton Buildings, Inc. is the industry leader in post-frame construction. We have been in business for 120 years and have more than 10 manufacturing, fabrication, and shipping plants servicing over 100 construction centers nationwide. Per year, across America, thousands of new buildings sport the familiar Morton M.

The Structural Engineer (Experienced or EIT) position is a full-time position engaged in the early stages of the design process and is responsible for providing technical guidance to ensure engineering plan compliance.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes and employs structural engineering standards, techniques and methods for the design of commercial, industrial, institutional, residential and agricultural building projects and presents documents to professional engineers for certification.
• Generates engineering and construction plans from written contracts by utilizing AutoCAD.
• Ensures compliance and timely delivery of certified plans by assisting the order management team with technical inquiries and code compliance issues; providing guidance to drafting technicians for presentation of certified drawings and answering technical inquiries; supporting the Request For Information process on items such as code compliance, missing information, and any items affecting the structural integrity of the building; and communicating project status and completion dates with project stakeholders.
• Engages with sales consultants, order management, drafting technicians, and design professionals to review contract requirements to create and develop construction documentation in accordance with industry standards, state and local building codes, ordinances and other applicable standards.
• Acts as point person on the communication of standard practices/materials to any Morton Buildings sub-contractors and consultants that have been commissioned to provide services that affect the structural engineering certification.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to take the P.E. Exam and successful completion of the F.E. Exam is preferred
• Experience with engineering tools like AutoCAD, MathCAD, TEDDS, Visual Analysis
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with excellent follow through
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Process minded, problem solver, with vision for continuous impro
• Base salary starting at $67,000 to $70,000, with additional profit sharing opportunity
• Life Insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation
• ESOP Retirement Program in which you become an owner of the company

Morton Buildings, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug-Free Workplace. All candidates offered employment will be subject to a pre-placement test which does include a drug screen.

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