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Your impact
As a Structural Engineering Professional, you will be an integral member of the design team counted on to perform a significant portion of Structural analysis and design for our projects. You will need strong communication and interpersonal skills as you work closely with your Structural Lead, Structural Engineers, Structural Designers, and other disciplines. As part of this team, you will help develop design concepts, complete the analysis and design, and work with our Designers to get the structural requirements communicated on design documents and in the model.

Duties and Responsibilities

With no supervision, competently perform all conventional aspects of Structural Engineering analysis and design

Plan and conduct work requiring judgement in the independent evaluation, selection, and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria

Exercise sound engineering judgement and problem-solving skills, not hesitating to reach out to others for guidance or confirmation when questions arise

Possess advanced knowledge of principles and practices of lateral analysis and design (wind and seismic), including ability to apply required provisions of the building code

Exhibit a high level of attention to detail and quality control

Committed to checking your own work, reaching out to peers and seniors for guidance when questions arise

Perform calculation checking of other engineers' work

Take responsibility for managing workload, make and keep commitments, and take full ownership of assigned work

Take complete ownership of your portion of the structural scope, reliably working to meet schedule, budget, and quality requirements





You may be given tasks with ill-defined conditions of satisfaction, in which case you will be expected to take the initiative to determine what is needed to meet the project and client needs

Clearly define your own scope and forecast level of effort needed to complete that scope

Be ready to identify scope change and upscale it to your Structural Lead or Project Manager

Recognize when help is needed, reaching out to peers and senior engineers for guidance

Work in a timely, accurate, and cost-effective manner with strong attention to detail

Developing leadership skills

Provide technical guidance, coaching, and/or mentorship to designers/drafters and less experienced engineers

Be proactive in advancing workflows, systems, and tools within the structural discipline; embrace emerging technologies

Engineer of Record

Licensed and in good standing as a Structural Engineer (SE) for the State of assigned project

In "Responsible Charge" (defined as the direct control and personal supervision of engineering work), actively engaged in the engineering process, from conception to completion; Engineering decisions must be personally made by the Structural Engineer or by others over which the Structural Engineer provides supervisory direction and control authority

Confident with Electronics scope and project execution to sign as an Engineer of Record

Lead Structural Engineer

Lead a team of Structural Engineers and Designers in the development of calculations, specifications, construction drawings, and the structural model

Fully understand all structural scope, recognize how that scope is both generated and impacted by other disciplines,



and identify scope change

Develop and manage schedule, budget, and staffing forecasts for the structural scope

Attend project meetings and take an active role to help team resolve concerns and solve problems across all disciplines

May be asked to act as the stamping Engineer of Record

Take ultimate responsibility for all aspects of the deliverables, including calculations and all construction documents

Participate in and champion internal, cross-discipline, and external project quality reviews

Working Conditions and Requirements

Your home location must be in Canada

Employee to provide internet service as required at home to effectively meet project performance requirements

Here’s what you’ll need

Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis in Structural Engineering

Structural Engineer License (SE), Professional Engineer License (PE/PEng) with previous Engineer of Record (EOR) experience, or Project Discipline Lead experience

Minimum of 15 years of experience in structural engineering

Proficient with US building codes including IBC, ASCE 7, ACI and AISC

Proficient with Structural Engineering analysis software, Navisworks and Bluebeam

Proficient with designing and analyzing traditional steel and concrete structures

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications

MS degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Structural Engineering or MS degree in Structural Engineering

Experience in semi-conductor industrial or general industrial facilities

Experience leading medium teams

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📌 Structural Engineering Professional (CAN) (Alberta)
🏢 Jacobs
📍 Alberta