Senior Structural Engineer, SWIB
Bechtel
- Reston, VA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop a national strategic functional dry dock plan across public and private shipyards.
- Determine both a near term critical equipment modernization roadmap and a long-term equipment modernization lifecycle.
- Generate and implement strategies to accelerate current shipbuilding facility expansion.
- Implement shipbuilding facility layout changes to optimize production and decrease shipbuilding and maintenance timelines.
- Assist shipbuilders in determining methodologies for reducing inventory space requirements.
- Development of concrete and steel structural design and drawings, including seismic.
- Foundation design and drawings.
- Perform formal calculations and drawings.
- Review existing conditions and as-builts drawings.
- Review customer & vendor information from subcontractors and integrate it into the design solution.
- Develop design configuration packages for configuration control, change management, and procurement.
- Develop design specifications for construction and/or procurement.
- Execute to schedule requirement while maintaining a high degree of quality in work product.
- Coordinate closely with other technical disciplines in planning and executing work as an integrated team.
- This role requires a facility-specific clearance that requires U.S. Citizenship.
- Must be able to complete a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
- Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the United States or ability to obtain PE within 12 months.
- Level 1: BS degree in Engineering (Civil/Structural or related), from an accredited university, with at least 6 years of relevant experience or in lieu of a degree 12 years of relevant experience.
- Level 2: BS degree in Engineering (Civil/Structural or related), from an accredited university, with at least 9 years of relevant experience or in lieu of a degree 15 years of relevant experience.
- Must be physically able to conduct field inspections and participate in project walk-downs which may require the following activities: extensive walking in and around a construction site, climbing ladders, climbing scaffolding, using fall protection and other personal protective equipment (PPE), walking on elevated platforms, walking on uneven surfaces, and maneuvering around very small and/or confined spaces.
- Experience with Microsoft office programs, VISIO, and other common computer programs.
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).
- Ability to utilize office automation tools effectively.
- Knowledge of industry and regulatory guides, codes, and standards, as well as Bechtel Corporate guides and standards.
- Broad knowledge of the application of Structural engineering design principles.
- Ability to execute work independently and greater than 1 year of Bechtel service for consideration of working at other than designated location.
- MS degree in Structural or related Engineering, from an accredited university.
- Experience designing seismic bracing and supports.
- Experience executing engineering and design with Revit, Tekla, Mathcad, GTSTRUDL, and STAAD.Pro.
- Knowledge of ASCE 7, ACI 318, AISC 36.
- Prior experience working with government agencies.
- Experience working with procedures meeting quality assurance programs such as ASME-NQA-1, MIL-Q-9858A, or ISO-9000.
- Knowledge in use of Bechtel Corporate guides and standards.
- Experience with use or knowledge of Revit, Tekla, Mathcad, GTSTRUDL, and STAAD.Pro.