Senior Structural Engineer

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Location : Chelsea, MA

Salary : $96,164.15 to $134,455.64 annually

Hours : Monday - Friday, 8 : 00am to 4 : 00pm (flexible)

Summary

Exciting opportunity to provide structural engineering on in-house design projects and management of capital and maintenance projects for the MWRA's water and wastewater facilities. Projects will include coordination with in-house groups to provide planning, design, bidding services and construction assistance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Performs in-house planning, design, and management of various water and wastewater facilities projects consisting of repair, improvement and / or replacement.
• Assists in the investigation and resolution of requests from the construction, operations, maintenance, security and safety groups.
• Provides structural engineering support to the operating departments for the operations and maintenance programs of division facilities.
• Provides review and comments on 8(m) permit applications prepared by owners and / or consultants.
• Participates in the design of in-house projects including development of project drawings, specifications, cost estimates and schedules.
• Assists with the development of Scope of Services for consultant RFQ / P.
• Maintains organized and detailed central files on assigned projects.
• Establishes design criteria, including identifying applicable code requirements, and performs analytical calculations for assigned work.
• Reviews and provides comments to structural and related portions of design documents prepared by outside consultants who have been hired to design improvements or additions to facilities or infrastructure.
• Provides technical review and comments of consultant prepared reports and design projects.
• Provides services during construction including review of contractor shop drawings, and responses to contractor questions.
• Participates in the preparation of standard specifications.
• Participates in field investigations to verify and obtain information on existing facilities, structures, systems and equipment.
• Reviews consultants monthly progress reports and invoices.
• Supervises and manages junior professional staff, including management of assigning tasks and evaluating performance, as assigned.
• Prepares labor, equipment and material quantity takeoffs for cost estimates.
• Provides review of construction submittals.
• Adheres to MWRA's Quality Assurance and Quality Control Standards.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience :

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Special Requirements

Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or operate objects, including office equipment, controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee may occasionally be required to lift and / or move up to ten pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. There are no specific environmental conditions noted. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud in a field setting and moderately quiet in an office setting.

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

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