Structural Engineering Manager – Residential Projects

Arcxis Biotechnologies, Inc.; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Job summary

ARCXIS seeks an experienced Engineering Manager - Structural Engineering to own customer-facing projects from scope to sealed deliverables. You will lead a small team including an EIT and a Designer, directing calculations, drawings, and reviews for residential work across markets.

Role requires PE licensure and strong client-facing, project-management, and quality-control skills. Travel and field collaboration with builders and architects are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline from an accredited program.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license required, with ability to obtain additional state licenses by comity as needed.
• Demonstrated experience as a competent practicing structural engineer in residential or light-frame construction, including responsibility for work issued under the engineer’s seal.
• Strong working knowledge of wood-frame design, foundations and post-tensioned slabs, structural load paths, wind and seismic design, applicable building codes, and structural design standards.
• Experience independently evaluating customer requests, defining engineering scope, performing and reviewing calculations, directing preparation of drawings and details, and delivering final sealed documents.
• Experience resolving field conditions, permit comments, design conflicts, revisions, and technical escalations with practical, constructible solutions.
• Experience directing and mentoring EITs, designers, drafters, or other technical staff and maintaining accountability for their work product.
• Strong customer-facing communication, project-management, prioritization, and organizational skills, including the ability to manage demanding clients and multiple concurrent commitments.
• Experience with residential and townhomes/multiplex construction, West Region engineering, or multi-state builder accounts preferred.
• Proficiency with structural analysis, calculation, PDF markup, CAD, and project/workflow management tools applicable to the role.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary engineering point of contact for assigned customers; promptly acknowledge requests, clarify expectations, and translate customer needs into a defined engineering scope.
• Develop proposals and scopes of service for structural work, estimate effort for new products and programs, and partner with Sales and Operations on onboarding, value engineering, scheduling, delivery, and billing coordination.
• Manage projects from kickoff through calculations, drawings, redline cycles, quality review, final delivery, and construction support; establish priorities and due dates with customers and internal scheduling teams.
• Perform and direct competent structural analysis and design for residential and related construction, including wood framing, post-tensioned slabs, masonry, seismic and wind loading, and all components within competence.
• Establish design criteria and prepare, review, and approve calculations, calculation packages, plans, details, engineering letters, structural loads, and other technical deliverables.
• Exercise responsible charge over engineering work; review documents issued under seal and sign only within licensure and competence.
• Directly supervise an EIT and a Designer; delegate work, provide technical direction, review work, manage capacity, and build the team’s engineering judgment.
• Maintain a disciplined workflow for CAD setup, EIT engineering and markup cycles, manager review, corrections, rush work, QA/QC, and escalation of late work.
• Respond to field issues, permit comments, revisions, and customer escalations; coordinate with builders, architects, contractors, and authorities to resolve issues.
• Lead recurring customer and workload reviews, communicate project status and risk, and escalate concerns early for corrective action.
• Monitor and report quality, delivery, productivity, backlog, and commitments using ARCXIS workflows and management routines.

Skills

PE license

Project management

Client liaison

Structural analysis

Residential/townhomes

CAD

Wind design

Seismic design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil/Structural Engineering

Tools

CAD software

PDF markup

Structural analysis tools

Workflow management tools

Job description

ARCXIS seeks an experienced Engineering Manager - Structural Engineering to own customer-facing projects from scope to sealed deliverables. You will lead a small team including an EIT and a Designer, directing calculations, drawings, and reviews for residential work across markets.

Role requires PE licensure and strong client-facing, project-management, and quality-control skills. Travel and field collaboration with builders and architects are expected.