Lead Structural Engineer 1- Oil

This is a lead design engineering position that offers a variety of interesting and challenging opportunities in structural engineering and will provide an excellent opportunity to advance your career. You will guide a team of structural engineers, interface with engineers from other disciplines, and interface directly with clients.

• • Develop calculations, document designs, and specifications. Additionally, you will be conducting structural analyses, which include loading conditions such as wind, seismic, blast, and pressurization. Assist in structural steel design, and reinforced concrete design.
  • You will be responsible for direct reports in all aspects, including hiring, training, mentoring, deliverable quality assurance (QA)/ quality control (QC), performance reviews, performance improvements and terminations.
  • You will be responsible for coordinating with other supervisors and directors to resource projects, contributing to business development and proposals, assist with recruiting and interviewing, and creating/revising/improving department standards
  • You will work directly with the client representative to ask and answer questions related to the Structural design.
  • Effectively analyzes resource needs, organizes, and allocates resources. Understands resourcing and department budgeting tools and leverages them for resource planning. Periodically review project budgets and schedules. Track and approve PTO.
  • Facilitate weekly team meetings and participate in a department meetings.
  • Through mentoring, classroom-style technical sessions, and on-the-job training, you will increase your knowledge and skills in your engineering discipline.
  • Perform timely employee reviews and development plans for employees. Coaches and trains employees and delegates responsibility to develop staff. Conduct individual 1:1 with direct reports.
  • Travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and to plant site locations for construction coordination and field verification of designs.
  • Perform independent reviews of work performed by others including calculations and drawing preparation.
  • Participate in proposal efforts by developing budgets, identifying scope and resources, review schedules, provide feedback on proposal documents. Facilitate handoff to assigned resources at project kickoff as needed.
  • Leverage department utilization forecast to identify staffing needs. Participate in the interview process. Initiate new hire process and conduct onboarding with new hires.
  • Lead and manage Structural only projects as applicable.

We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in Canada for this position.

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Essential skills and experience:

• A BSEE degree from a Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board - accredited undergraduate program or a US based ABET-accredited program.
• 10 years of experience working as a member of a project team environment in the design of oil and gas facilities, with a focus on the analysis of steel structures and concrete foundations and supports for new facilities, or modifications or replacements for existing facilities
• Technically knowledgeable of the practical application of structural engineering including analysis for structural supports, loads, and design integrity.
• Proficiency with any of the following programs: MathCad, STAAD PRO, SAP2000, SAFE, STRUDL, or ANSYS.
• Familiarity with design codes and standards such as IBC, ASCE 7, AISC, and ACI 318.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Valued but not required skills and experience:

• Construction and start-up experience a plus.
• P.Eng license preferred

Sargent and Lundy is fully committed to abiding by all equal opportunity employment standards. Our employment policies strictly prohibit all forms of discrimination on any of the grounds in relevant laws. All our employment practices are solely based on individual merit and our organization's needs at the time.

At Sargent & Lundy, we care about the health and well-being of our employees. Our commitment extends beyond the workplace, offering comprehensive healthcare plans and generous paid time off to support our team members in every aspect of their lives. We understand the importance of work-life balance, which is why we are proud to provide competitive, award-winning benefits. Our dedication to employee satisfaction has earned us the prestigious Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Award for compensation and benefits in 2022, 2023, and 2024.