Structural Engineer

Looking for an opportunity to further your career with a top-ranked, globally positioned firm? AECOM is seeking an experienced Structural Engineer to join our highly collaborative and motivated staff in our Arlington, VA office’s Building Engineering practice. It is an opportunity to apply your talents to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects in an environment committed to excellence in innovation, technical quality, and client service. The Structural Engineer will perform the following duties:

This person will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

• Lead the preparation of deliverables and products such as presentation materials, calculations, drawings, specifications, reports, and cost estimates related to structural systems including structural steel, reinforced concrete, post-tensioned concrete, masonry, wood, and timber for commercial and governmental facilities
• Deliver complete, accurate, and coordinated project design assignments within time and budget parameters while satisfying client contractual obligations
• Explore creative approaches to address and solve design challenges
• Perform field investigation for incorporation of existing conditions into construction documents
• Perform construction administration duties, such as shop drawing review, RFI responses, construction inspections, and responding to client requests
• Work within a project team environment, coordinate work with other project disciplines, participate in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables
• Manage multiple projects on a daily basis
• Maintain and organize all project-related documentation, plan and organize work by developing work plans
• Work independently and make technical decisions based on building code interpretation as well as company, client, and industry-standard practices
• Assist department in developing standards and maintaining current code and practice knowledge
• Perform quality assurance/quality control checking of structural design documents developed by fellow engineers including design calculations and drawings
• Mentor less experienced structural engineers and support career growth
• Senior technical resource may serve as technical advisor for the team
• Develops study and design procedures to facilitate high-quality cost-effective work by others
• Provides input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements and develop proposals

AECOM’s Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building engineering, workplace strategy, business transformation, asset advisory, economics and development planning, master planning, urban planning, and landscape architecture.  With a range of expertise from strategy and design through project realization, we create better outcomes to grow economies, protect natural systems, conserve natural resources, and connect and engage people through innovative, sustainable design solutions.  Our teams have worked on signature projects such as the London 2012 Olympic Park and Legacy Framework, to the new plan for the LA2028 Olympics, to industrial facilities for GE and Rolls-Royce, to headquarters and workplaces for NASA, Unilever, Sony Music, DirecTV, Box, Inc., and many Fortune 500 companies.