Senior Structural Design Engineer

• Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc
• Business Line:
  Water
• Work Location Model:
  Hybrid
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  US - New Orleans, LA - 1555 Poydras

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AECOM is actively seeking a highly motivated Senior Structural Design Engineer to join our thriving, multidisciplinary Water Resources Structural Engineering team based in our New Orleans office.

AECOM’s Global Water Resources Team is involved in high profile, industry leading infrastructure projects throughout the United States and beyond, including a variety of significant projects at the State and Federal level.

The AECOM New Orleans office works closely with the State of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, CPRA and the New Orleans District US Army Corps of Engineers as well as other state agencies and districts of the US Army Corps of Engineers.

This important role offers participation in a variety of challenging projects including flood protection, pump stations, ports, locks, dams, and other hydraulic structures for water conveyance and water treatment.

Key responsibilities of the position are expected to include:

• Lead Structural Engineer on projects, may include reviewing project designs, plans and specifications.
• Providing specialized technical input on water-related projects.
• Managing structural projects, including design tasks and coordination ofwork with multi-disciplined engineering staff within AECOM and our joint venture partners.
• Experience in preparation of proposals, technical specifications and design documents, report writing, technical engineering support, and limited support and inspection during construction.
• Verify compliance with applicable codes and engineering standards and practices. As necessary, modifies established guidelines, devises new approaches, applies existing criteria in new ways and draws conclusions from comparative situations.
• Perform condition assessments and site visits as needed.

The Structural Engineering team brings together the skills of project managers, civil engineers, structural engineers, geotechnical engineers, numerical modelers, and a wide range of related disciplines. We provide our clients with technically innovative, integrated, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions, ranging from high-profile infrastructure programs through locally significant projects that make a real difference to the communities we live in and serve. AECOM works to imagine a better solution and to deliver it.

• Bachelor's degree + 8years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 + years' experience in structural design.
• Master's degree in structural engineering.
• Excellent verbal communication and writing skills, including technical report writing.
• Structural problem analysis skills (including knowledge/use of design and calculation tools and software).
• Knowledgeable of other standard engineering practices, techniques, and applicable codes, such as ACI, ASIC, ASCE, AASHTO, and various USACE Engineering Manuals.
• Knowledge of current structural modeling software tools including finite element analysis.
• A current PE license in the State of LA, TX, or others.

• Relocation is not available…