Structural Engineer SME

Hargrove and Associates; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

Matching retirement contributions

Job summary

Hargrove and Associates is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to supervise and provide technical direction for a team of engineers and designers in civil/structural projects, ensuring on-time delivery within budget and quality standards.

The ideal candidate has 20+ years in the field, a BS or MS in Civil Engineering, and PE licensure; responsibilities include developing design criteria, preparing estimates, and coordinating with clients and regulators.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master of Science in Civil Engineering from an accredited university.
• Professional Engineering registration is highly preferred.
• 20+ years of relevant industrial experience.
• Strong leadership and project delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers and designers delivering civil/structural projects on time and within budget.
• Review and approve civil/structural deliverables and estimates.
• Coordinate with client requirements and ensure codes and permits.
• Develop design criteria and cost studies; produce calculations and drawings.
• Mentor staff and develop training.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Budgeting & cost control

Scheduling

Team coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineering license

Job description

What You'll Be Doing

Job Summary: Generally responsible for supervision and technical direction over a team of engineers and designers when functioning as a lead engineer. As lead engineer, responsibilities include total delivery of the civil/structural deliverables and services on time, within performance budget and meeting quality expectations. Duties may include performing advanced engineering work serving as a technical specialist for complex engineering assignments. Work at this level requires extensive progressive experience in civil/structural engineering and involves utilization of project controls for cost, schedule and quality of projects. This work will be performed under minimal supervision.

• Reviewing and approving all civil/structural deliverables.
• Validating professional service and construction estimates at the beginning of a project, then tracking changes as the project progresses.
• Producing professional service estimates in accordance with the department standards for project deliverables, project studies and estimates, change notices and for the development of new work through proposal efforts.
• Establishing the design criteria, incorporating client requirements, estimate and/or scope basis and design basis meeting applicable state, local and federal standards and codes. Ensuring that any requirements for permitting have been established and communicated to the project team.
• Knowing project scope and deliverables. Initiating timely change notices when deviation is made from project scope, affecting schedule, deliverables or cost of the work.
• Planning and organizing the work of your team. Communicating the plan to your team, the project leadership team and the client.
• Maintaining control of the project by tracking and maintaining discipline performance budget progress, schedule commitments, and quality standards. Understanding and utilizing the project tools that are in place for project control.
• Delegating work to engineers and designers in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality.
• Consulting with design leaders from other disciplines in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality.
• Producing estimate level preliminary designs and material take-off suitable for the level of estimate being performed on a project.
• Developing conceptual layouts and cost studies as necessary to determine the simplest, most efficient approach to solving engineering tasks at hand.
• Familiarity with and utilizing department design and drafting standards.
• Producing detail design calculations and sketches for materials of construction associated with the project. Calculations produced will be neatly prepared and organized for efficient checking by others and efficient use by drafters/designers for preparing drawings and as a deliverable when required.
• Producing project designs with efficient use of construction materials with an overall emphasis on ease of construction and completed product meeting the expectations of the client.
• Checking calculations made by other engineers to ensure accuracy, conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and conformance to good engineering practice.
• Producing construction specifications.
• Monitoring drawings in progress to ensure conformance to design calculations and specifications.
• Assisting the drafting group in resolving routine layout and detailing problems. Ensuring that sufficient sketches and details are provided for completion of engineering drawings.
• Reviewing and checking vendor drawings and other discipline drawings for civil/structural input.
• Producing bid packages enabling civil/structural purchase inquiries to be issued for procurement of materials or subcontract pricing.
• Participating in the planning of training programs, continuous education opportunities and professional development of staff.
• Ability to lead small to large size teams in coordinating civil/structural efforts and keeping the team focused on scope, schedule and budget.
• Ability to identify and develop work sharing packages for interoffice execution support. Provide leadership to ensure communication and execution of work within scope, schedule and budget.
• Ability to support Discipline Supervisor (Resource Leader) in department management functions.

This position offers a highly competitive compensation package, including paid time off, health insurance benefits, and matching retirement contributions.

Ideal Background

• Education: Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited university is required. Structural coursework is required for structural engineering positions.
• Registration: Professional Engineering registration is highly preferred.
• Experience: This position requires 20 or more years of relevant industrial exper