Structural Project Engineer Job Listing at HOK in Atlanta, GA (Job ID 52)

Description

We are currently seeking a Structural Project Engineer to join our team. As a Structural Project Engineer, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of small to medium size building projects as well as working as part of a large team responsible for an area on major projects, including developing concepts and producing the design.

Strategic
• Looks for ways to improve engineering design and design processes in a 
particular discipline.
• Looks for new trends in Engineering design in a particular discipline and how to 
apply them to our projects.
Project Management and Technical Improvement
• 10% time devoted to project management tasks and technical improvement 
initiatives.
• Project management tasks shall include project manpower estimates, project 
communications, budget monitoring and inputs, organizing deliverables, setting 
project standards for delivery. 
• Development of typical details, specifications, and drawing standards, including 
development of Revit standards in coordination with the BIM team.
• Keeping abreast of industry and technology changes and trends, and 
recommend changes in approach and services as appropriate.
• Improvement of analytic processes and documentation, common solutions, and 
critical solutions.
• Fosters a commitment to external and internal client service.

Projects
• 90% time devoted to the engineering of projects.
• Responsibility for the project engineering of small to medium sized projects (less 
than $80m in construction cost) from concept and schematic design through 
construction documents to construction and commissioning. 
• Responsibility for the project engineering of segments of large (over $100m) 
projects, supporting a Senior Project Engineer.
• Provide design inputs and reviews of other engineer's projects.
• Attend meetings with clients and promote positive client contact with current or 
prospective clients.
• Participate as a team member, contributing ideas and possible solutions, and 
leading on issues where appropriate.
• Perform site visit surveys to determine engineering strategies for renovation, and 
to document and evaluate existing systems.
• Visit project sites during construction for reviews of quality, progress, and 
compliance with specifications and standards.
• Project reviews at all stages of design
• Responsibility for the quality and timely delivery of the projects to budget.
• Seeks input from more senior staff on technical matters to improve the overall 
project.

Business Development
• As needed, provide support to business development, including write-up of key 
aspects of projects and presentation of work at industry events, and prepare fee 
estimates and assumptions for a particular discipline on potential projects.
• Work with architects on concepts for project competitions.
Performance measured on project results
• Efficiency and profitability of the Engineering Discipline in that office or region 
and its contributions to firm-wide success.
• Quality of design solutions, as measured by level of integration, unique solutions, 
achieving high sustainability goals, and recognition by peers as excellence.
• The quality of work produced, as measured by completeness of design, absence 
of change orders and client satisfaction.
• Cohesiveness of the discipline team, as evidenced by ease and amount of work 
share, consistency of quality and delivery tools and standards, including 
drawings and specifications, and team communication.
• Client repeat business.
• Contributions to bringing in new work.

REQUIRED SKILLS
Project Management
• Ability to engineer and deliver projects between $20m to $80m in size.
• Must be able to communicate clearly both verbally and in written form, with an 
understanding of industry communication protocols.
• Set, monitor and deliver to budgets.
• Strong project management skills for the particular discipline.
• Ability to understand multi-disciplinary coordination issues.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and technicians.

Technical
• Able to work creatively to reach solutions to complex problems.
• Proficiency with Revit and AutoCAD
• Design of structural systems for small complex buildings.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
• Bachelor of Science in engineering degree, Master's degree preferred
• Licensed SE in states with SE license, PE or CE / PE in other states.
• LEED credential required within 6 months of employment.
• Experience in delivering projects over $20m and up to $80m in construction 
value.
• 5 years project engineering experience, from design development to opening, 
with one completed high profile project included in the mix.
• Experience in working in integrated teams.
• Experience in design and delivery of LEED Silver or higher projects.
• Experience with architecturally significant buildings is a plus.
• Experience with potential project types in commercial, corporate, institutional and 
civic, justice, aviation, and healthcare sectors is a plus.
• Experience with complex analysis tools for Structural design. 

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