Structural Principal Design Engineer

Structural Principal Design Engineer
Houston, TX and Greenville, SC
Pay Rate: $76.92
Monday - Friday - 8am - 6pm
Job Description
The purpose of this position is to provide the essential administrative processes, technical knowledge and leadership as described below. This position has oversight of a specific project area and acts as a representative of the engineering discipline ensuring technical accuracy in project execution in all phases. This is a lead position on assigned projects performing engineering
assignments of advanced complexity.

• Under general supervision of the Discipline Lead Engineer, serve as a Supervising Lead providing guidance/supervision to other engineers and designers
• Analyze and make independent recommendations regarding technical solutions to problems of advanced complexity in accordance with project requirements
• Develop and review specifications and design criteria
• Perform and check engineering analyses and calculations; specify materials, equipment and systems; and solve technical problems of advanced complexity

• Coordinate technical issues with other disciplines, project management, vendors and clients
• Execute work in compliance with Project Quality Plan and procedures
• Execute work in accordance with the approved project scope, cost and schedule baselines
• Develop and review estimates, schedules and progress reports including effort-hour estimating and staff forecasting

• Establish, control and report on material key quantities; provide analysis and forecasts
• Provide technical support to activities associated with equipment and material procurement and subcontracting including scopes of work, technical bid evaluations and review of vendor submittals

• Provide technical support to activities associated with construction administration including response to construction requests-for-information and field changes
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Job Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil or Structural Engineering and minimum fifteen (15) years of work-related experience

• Professional Engineer license (PE)
• Working knowledge of applicable federal (including Department of Energy orders), state, and local codes and standards

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to project management, coworkers, clients, vendors, and subcontractors
• Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job
• Advanced knowledge of discipline codes and standards
• Ability to perform work in compliance with applicable local, state, and federal codes, statutes and guidelines Company Nuclear Power

• Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner
• Intermediate computer and software skills to include proficiency in the use of word processing, e-mail, spreadsheet and electronic presentation programs

• Significant experience providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services on large industrial projects
• Proficiency executing large EPC projects utilizing engineering analysis, 3D modeling and 2D computer-aided drafting and design (CADD) automation tools in a multi-discipline environment Discipline Specific Job Requirements
• Advanced knowledge of:
• Performing hand and computer calculations for foundations, concrete, and steel structures
• Advanced knowledge of one or more of the following structural design software: STAAD, STAADPro and RISA3D

• Advanced knowledge of Mathcad
• Analyzing complex structures
• Wind and seismic loading in structural calculations
• Dynamic analysis and design
• Computer modeling and analysis
• Intermediate knowledge of blast design

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of commercial availability and cost of materials
• Experience with design of systems, structures and components for nuclear facilities under the requirements of ASME NQA-1

• Demonstrated experience managing and leading large projects
• Proficiency with project set-up, development of control-level schedules, progress reporting and project close-out

• Practical field experience
• EPC project experience for the following industries:
• U.S Department of Energy or other U.S. Federal Government Agency
• Nuclear facilities under a nuclear quality assurance program
• Manufacturing, pharmaceutical or biotechnology
• Proficiency in the use of STAADPro and Mathcad