Structural Engineering Designer I - Lifestyle - Building Design

Progressive Companies; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Progressive Companies is seeking an entry-level structural engineer to develop models and construction documents for diverse projects in Charlotte, NC. You will run calculations and translate design intent into fully detailed drawings and specs.

You will collaborate with architects and consultants, review work for accuracy, and prepare documents that align with firm standards while pursuing licensure through the FE exam.

Qualifications

• Experience in structural modeling and documentation.
• Proficiency with Revit and AutoCAD for building models.
• Familiarity with structural calculations and load paths.
• Interest in FE exam licensure path.

Responsibilities

• Build the structural models and construction documents for assigned projects.
• Run the structural calculations behind the design using RISA, RAM, and hand calculations.
• Turn the engineer's design intent into detailing that can be built.
• Review your calculations, models, and drawings for accuracy and flag inconsistencies.
• Coordinate the structural work with architects, other in-house disciplines, and outside consultants.
• Draft project specifications that match drawings and firm standards.
• Sit for the FE exam and pursue licensure requirements as the next steps.
• Learn quickly by asking questions and taking correction well.

Skills

Structural modeling

Revit

AutoCAD

Structural calculations

Coordination

Drafting specifications

Tools

RISA

RAM

Job description

In this role, you will:

1. Build the structural models and construction documents for assigned projects. Work in Revit and AutoCAD to produce building models, drawings, and details for a range of project types and delivery methods, on the scope and schedule your project team sets.
2. Run the structural calculations behind the design. Analyze dead, live, wind, and seismic loads and trace how they move through a structure, using RISA, RAM, and hand calculations, and learn how steel, concrete, and timber behave under those loads.
3. Turn the engineer's design intent into detailing that can be built. Take the structural concept and work it into the level of detail a contract document needs, asking what the field actually requires rather than copying the last project's detail.
4. Check your own work before anyone else does. Review your calculations, models, and drawings for accuracy against the design approach and the firm's standards, and flag inconsistencies in the design or documentation to the senior engineers instead of leaving them for the next reviewer.
5. Coordinate the structural work with the rest of the project team. Work through technical items with architects, other in-house disciplines, and outside consultants, keep the shared electronic project documentation current, and stay in front of scope, design changes, and budget adjustments by talking with the senior engineers and PEs on the job.
6. Draft project specifications alongside the drawings. Prepare specification sections that match what the drawings show and follow the firm's standards, so the two do not tell the contractor different things.
7. Sit for the FE exam and get on the licensure path. Pass the Fundamentals of Engineering exam if you have not already, and use the requirements for licensure as the frame for what you take on next.
8. Learn quickly by asking and by taking correction well. Bring questions to the licensed engineers rather than guessing, participate in team meetings and reviews, and treat the red marks on your documents as the shortest route to knowing what the code and the field require.