Senior Structural Engineer

INTEGRATED DESIGN and ADVISORY

The Integrated Design and Advisory business vertical is one of the business verticals at Michael Baker International with more than 850 professional located across the country. Established as a national professional and consulting services delivery platform, we unite architecture and engineering design expertise with strategic advisory services to deliver holistic and innovative solutions that address the business and project objectives of our clients. We serve clients across various sectors, including industrial, defense contractors, data centers, aerospace, life sciences, healthcare, higher education, aviation, rail and transit, and the federal government.

Integrated Design leverages the early involvement of all project stakeholders and key disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural and fire protection (MEP+S+FP) engineering, as well as architecture and planning. Our Advisory capabilities include providing solutions across the project life cycle along with resilience services. This offering showcases the firm’s expertise in areas such as strategic consulting, planning, cybersecurity, building controls, cost management, commissioning, program management, construction support, building information modeling, digital twins, emergency response, disaster recovery, operational continuity, energy resiliency and more.

Over the past 85 years, Michael Baker has built a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity as we partner with our clients to solve complex built environment and critical infrastructure challenges. We have achieved success as a company by employing a solutions-oriented mindset and continually evolving our capabilities to best serve our clients. The Integrated Design and Advisory business vertical supports our long-term growth strategy, enhanced capabilities and unique areas of expertise that focus on high performance buildings, intelligent systems and critical infrastructure. We are focused on a holistic approach, informed decision-making and innovative solutions for our clients. This supports our goal to aggressively pursue, win and execute large, complex projects for government and private sector clients, as well as expand into new markets.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Structural Engineer to join our National Integrated Design & Advisory team in San Diego, CA. In this role, you will work under minimal supervision to analyze design criteria, applicable codes, and client requirements. You will prepare calculations necessary to produce structural engineering construction drawings and specifications for both building and non-building projects. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to lead a team of structural engineers and designers on large projects. Your leadership will help ensure the successful completion of these projects and lead to the possibility of growing a larger local team.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares complex studies, construction documents (drawings and specifications), basic reports and other supporting documentation to support structural building design and reviews those completed by others.
• Act as DOR, as required.
• Provide clear redlines for EIT’s and BIM designers.
• Ability to check design calculations performed by others.
• Ability to conduct Internal Technical Reviews (ITRs) of others work.
• Ability to handle multiple projects.
• Ability to mentor less experienced staff and provide guidance throughout project design.
• Ability to follow MBI project standards and team protocols.
• Ability to review and comment on construction submittals, respond to Contractor Requests for Information (RFI) and review corrective action for field errors.
• Communicates with Senior Engineers, other disciplines and Project Managers, schedules and attends internal meetings, as necessary, and documents important action items for the next meeting.
• Ability to define scope of work and man-hour estimates.
• Ability to interact with existing and new Clients to sell MBI engineering services, specifically structural.
• Responsible for maintaining technical knowledge and professional licensure through completion of various training activities: attending seminars, reviewing professional publications, attending in-house systems/management training.
• Occasionally visits project sites, reporting and documenting findings to Project Manager and/or Owner.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• May provide guidance or informal training to less experience personnel.

Experience

• 12+ years of experience. Master’s degree may substitute 1-2 years of experience.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Structural, Architectural or Civil Engineering.

Minimum Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Proficiency with RAM SS, RISA 3D, ETABS, Revit, Enercalc, Microsoft Excel, MS Office Suite
• Familiar with structural design codes such as IBC, ASCE 7, ASCE 41, AISC, TMS, and ACI.
• Experience with seismic design for new construction and seismic evaluation of existing buildings.
• Strong verbal, written, technical writing, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Maintain professional licensure in state which employee resides and ability to gain reciprocity in other states.
• Available for periodic travel.

Licenses/Registrations

• Professional Engineer (PE) or Structural Engineer (SE) in the State of California (SE preferred)

Compensation

The approximate compensation range for this position is $107,358 to $155,000 per year. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.

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