Senior Structural Engineer
Tower Pinkster
- Kalamazoo, MI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Encourage positive communication among team members and across disciplines.
- Create opportunities to enhance teamwork, create inclusion, and a positive work environment.
- Strive to cultivate equity, respect, integrity, humor, and the celebration of talent.
- Promote a positive work culture by leading by example and supporting the TowerPinkster Leadership Team.
- Play a part in maintaining long-standing relationships with clients.
- Assist in business development functions, including networking to create connections with potential department candidates, and maintain involvement in professional organizations.
- Participate in the process of interviewing prospective new clients to understand their needs.
- Collaborate with the client in planning design, determining solutions and scope of the project to develop a structural approach to meet client needs.
- Serve as a senior subject matter expert to resolve project structural challenges.
- Lead and coordinate project efforts with other disciplines, clients, and construction partners to meet schedule milestones.
- Assist with quality checks and ensure the reviews of all projects.
- Conduct facility assessments, field assessments, and engineering studies.
- Lead and coordinate project efforts with other disciplines, clients, and construction partners to meet schedule milestones.
- Mentor team to share experiences, knowledge, skills, and lessons learned for continuous improvement.
- Assist the Manager of the department in creating training and mentorship opportunities for individuals and the team.
- Lead, teach, and guide other project team members to assist in their growth and development.
- Provide input on work priorities and project scheduling.
- Conduct quality control reviews on various projects
- Serve as a structural engineering subject matter expert to resolve project issues.
- Provide input to department standards and procedures.
- Leadership duties which could develop as part of this role:
- Establish appropriate staffing levels and workload assignments through collaboration with the Manager, Operations and Business Development Team.
- Project future staffing needs and participate heavily in recruiting efforts for future staff.
- Meet on a regular basis with the Manager to understand the entire workload and projections of the firm and evaluate the assignments for current and future projects.
- Guide young professionals through the Licensure Process.
- Conduct performance reviews of team members reporting to you.
- Partner with the Manager to present summary of performance reviews and discuss merit increase recommendations for the team members reporting to you.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil, Structural or Architectural Engineering from an accredited program.
- Professional Licensure.
- 15 years’ experience in the A/E Industry preferred.
- 10+ years’ experience leading project teams.
- In-depth knowledge of A/E construction documents and construction industry preferred.
- Ability to lead and support a talented team.
- Participation in professional organization memberships.
- Knowledge and experience in REVIT software, as well as standard structural engineering software (RISA 3D, RAM Structural System, RAM Elements, Tedds, and similar programs).
- The appropriately qualified candidate should be able to perform in-depth structural analysis and design on a wide variety of structural materials and systems, including concrete, steel, light gauge steel, masonry, and timber.
- Coordination of design work with in-house staff professionals including architects and other engineering disciplines.
- Assist in preparing structural engineering-related calculations, specifications, and developing drawings within a BIM environment.
- National award-winning culture and a supportive work environment that empowers employees to stay healthy, fulfill their interests and passions, and balance work and life goals.
- Industry-leading total compensation (paid overtime, performance bonuses, profit sharing).
- Work-Life Balance program providing six additional holidays per year.
- Paid community service hours.
- Annual team training and professional development opportunities.
- The opportunity to reach your career goals with an award-winning firm.