Maritime and Waterfront Infrastructure Project Engineer
HDR
- Doral, FL Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Performing design calculations for simple to complex marine structural systems and civil infrastructure.
- Developing clear, constructible, and practical construction plans and details and preparing technical specifications.
- Performing construction field observations to verify general conformance with contract documents.
- Producing deliverable documents (studies/reports, designs, details, sketches, opinions of costs).
- Assist in project management during project execution (internal delegation and management of duties, subconsultant management, developing and administering project schedules and budgets, supporting fiscal accountability, and administering and delivering quality control).
- Assisting leadership in and ultimately leading client facing interactions (development of project scopes and strategy, resolution of technical challenges, identifying and managing risks in design and construction, presenting deliverables, etc).
- Performing independent technical peer reviews and providing Quality Assurance / Quality Control reviews of others’ design work.
- Providing as-needed support in local marketing efforts and supporting development of marketing qualifications, technical approaches, and priced proposals.
- Mentoring younger or less experienced staff.
- Other responsibilities will include assisting in the development of best practices. Active participation in a technical organization(s) relative to the industry and/or assistance (coauthoring) in publication of technical articles will be a secondary expectation of this role.
- A minimum of 5 years of structural engineering experience involving similar work described above.
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (or foreign equivalent).
- Professional Engineers (PE) license is required. The license must be in the state of Florida, or the individual must have the ability to obtain a PE License in Florida within three months of hire. Willingness to obtain and maintain PE licensure in other states as deemed of benefit to the program.
- Knowledge and ability to use AutoCAD and Microsoft Office software is required.
- Strong oral and written communications skills is required for interaction between peers, management and other design and production staff.
- Must be able to clearly demonstrate understanding of, or participation with, basic construction methods and the design and performance logic of civil, industrial, and coastal infrastructure and other types of related subject matter.
- Other experience must include report writing, establishing design criteria, performing structural analysis (soil-structure interaction and laterally loaded soil structures, steel, concrete, timber), performing design calculations, production of construction drawings and technical specifications, and exposure to finite element modeling and non-linear analyses, soil mechanics, soil/structure interaction, and mooring/berthing analyses.
- The ideal candidate will have direct experience in designing heavy industrial, ports and maritime, and coastal resiliency related projects along with providing construction observation or administration.
- Current knowledge of linear, non-linear, large displacement, high end structural analysis and soil-structure interaction analysis and design software is highly preferred. Examples include: RISA 3D or SAP 2000, GROUP, LPILE, CWALSHT, DeepEx, SupportIt, LEAP Bridge.
- Familiarity with structural and marine design codes is desired, including but not limited to: PIANC, AASHTO, ACI 318, AISC, ASCE 7, IBC, NDS for Wood Construction, API, OCIMF, MOTEMS, PIANC, UFC and USACE design manuals.