Structural Designer | Engineer-in-Training

Overview

If you enjoy solving complex challenges in a collaborative environment that celebrates each person's ideas, experience, and creativity, this might be the opportunity for you. Flad is a national architectural firm, with ten offices across the country, specializing in science, healthcare, academic, and workplace spaces. Our in-house structural engineering team provides support to architectural teams to enable project vision and design objectives with unique and integrated structural solutions.

The Structural Designer - an Engineer-in-Training - converts structural system design concepts into specific layouts by utilizing and interpreting information from team members, clients, and consultants. Flad is a team of creative, intelligent, energetic people who help our clients tackle the issues that change people’s lives.

• This position will work on a variety of projects of different sizes and complexity.
• Prepare structural analysis and design models using engineering software.
• Provide detailed design to structural team members based on framing layout under the supervision of experienced engineers.
• Perform calculations and design structural systems utilizing data generated from software programs, hand calculations, and building code criteria.
• Work with Structural Technicians to provide appropriate information and details to develop construction documents.
• Assist in the development of structural project details and schedules.
• Review shop drawings and submittals for conformance with contract documents.
• Attend construction phase site observation visits.

Experience:

• Previous internship and/or experience designing structural systems for buildings preferred.

Software:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office required. Proficiency in Revit preferred.
• Experience with structural analysis software (e.g., RAM, RISA, etc.) preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in structural engineering or civil engineering with a focus on structural engineering required. Master's degree preferred.
• Successful completion of the FE exam preferred.
• Sustainability accreditation preferred.

Flad offers a wide range of benefits including:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays
• Financial health and wellness benefits - retirement savings plan; fiduciary advisor; identity theft plan;
  Section 125 flexible benefits; income protection – life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability;
  Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Continuing education and career development – internal programs; funds set aside for external programs, licensure and sustainability support, annual professional registration and organization reimbursement
• Hybrid work environment

Flad Architects is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Flad will provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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