Senior Structures Engineer

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!   At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.   Job Description: The Senior Structural Engineer will be responsible for leading a team reviewing feasibility works and preliminary detailed engineering for a range of rail, at-ground structures and stations for a major rail project. Reporting into the Lead Civil Design Manager, the senior structural engineer will be leading a team of structural engineers & inspectors and monitoring the schedule and quality of deliverables to a major rail project. This is a senior level position for a structural systems subject matter expert. The chosen candidate will have strong verbal, written, presentation and excellent client management skills. Requisite technical skills include demonstrated ability leading and managing the design and detailing of complex transportation structures, with an emphasis on experience and knowledge of the design, analysis, inspection and maintenance of heavy civil structures. What You'll Be Doing: Assuming responsibility and representing the design division of a major rail project for all aspects related to structural engineering Providing leadership and managing the structural engineering team and assigning tasks and responsibilities Implementing structural engineering practices and related standards and synchronizing structural engineering practices and standards throughout program Ensuring members of the structural engineering team are  compliant with these engineering standards, codes, and procedures Maintaining responsibility for structural engineering integrity Leading external & internal coordination with regards to structural design review Reviews shop drawing and construction-phase submittals when issues arise that require specific technical assistance. Reviews design drawings and specifications at periodic check points as required by the PMP milestones. Performing constructability and maintainability reviews, especially as related to structural systems and energy performance requirements. Maintaining quality control and quality standards in all work output, computations, designs, drawings, plans, estimates and reports Providing input regarding all energy efficiency and performance standards Developing, implementing and enforcing QA/QC procedures to ensure quality control performed by others is properly implemented throughout the programme Writes detailed reports related to structural engineering of projects and confers with project and programme managers as requested. Reviews small and portions of larger supplier drawing submittals and assists in performing technical bid analyses. Supporting the needs of other discipline leads by providing structural input to their efforts Visiting the project sites to collect structural engineering related data and evaluating the construction contractor performance What Required Skills You'll Bring: A bachelors degree in construction, engineering or related field Minimum 10 years of demonstrable experience in the design & construction of heavy civil engineering projects Recently led a team in the delivery of project Capable of operating as technical lead as well as team member as scope and range of project interaction alters accordingly Comprehensive knowledge of the design & construction of heavy civil structural engineering and in depth understanding of how this expertise integrates into a complete project Experienced with structural engineering software including SACS, Strucad, Ansys, Abaqus, Inventor, Nastran (Femap), SAP 2000 Ability to develop and encourage team member skills High level of intellectual ability Strong and effective decision-making and interpersonal skills What Desired Skills You'll Bring: Chartered member of IStructE, ICE or equivalent Experience in the design and construction rail, metro or related projects Experience of working in the GCC Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information. We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY! Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to   https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/ .