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Senior Civil Structural Engineer

Job Description

Civil Structural Engineer

Vancouver, WA

Full-Time Direct Hire


Payrate:- $100K to $180K / year

Benefits:

Client offers a full benefits package. Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, HSA, 401K, Company paid Life & AD&D Insurance, Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term , Supplemental Life & Dependent Life Insurance, and a Flexible Spending Account. We also offer a generous Paid Time Off program, 8 paid holidays, and exempt staff compensated for hours worked over 40 per week.

Summary

Work includes support for all project phases, with particular focus in detailed engineering. Position will be assigned as structural engineering lead for projects and will be responsible for coordination and ensuring effective communications with other engineering disciplines.

Reporting

Position reports administratively to the Mechanical/Structural Manager. In project structure, position reports to the discipline lead engineer and/or the project manager/project engineer.

Responsibilities

  • Research, plan, and design structural solutions for a wide range of industrial facilities. Responsible for completing structural analysis and design of complex structures fabricated from structural steel, reinforced concrete, masonry and wood, and design of complex foundations, including pile- and soil-supported. Also responsible for considerations of environmental loading conditions, including locations with high seismic and/or wind requirements.
  • Responsible for development or coordination of site civil design for a wide range of industrial facilities.
  • Responsible for review of structural shop drawings and data. Interface with suppliers, clients, other engineering disciplines and designers.
  • Responsible for preparation of construction drawing and specification packages as well as supporting calculation packages.
  • Responsible for QA/QC checking of projects completed by other engineers.

Other duties may be assigned as required.

Education, Skills and Experience

  • BSc in civil or structural engineering with minimum of 10 years' experience in the petrochemical, oil & gas, power and/or metallurgical/mineral process industries. MSc a plus.
  • Proficiency with structural engineering and design software (e.g., RISA-3D, STAAD) required.
  • Ability to lead quality management of discipline work processes and deliverables.
  • Ability to develop specifications for and interpret results from geotechnical investigations.
  • Experience in vibration analysis and large rotating equipment foundation design a plus.
  • Knowledge of applicable model codes addressing structural design/engineering (e.g., ACI, IBC, AISC, ANSI, ASCE).
  • Strong communication skills, with ability to lead execution of work and resolve issues in a team environment.
  • Capable of working directly with clients from proposal development through project execution.
  • Previous consulting experience is strongly .
  • Experience with site civil design, including grading, drainage, and stormwater collection/management.
  • Familiarity with developing/coordinating site survey data and interpretation/use in developing design drawings.

Certifications, Credentials, Licenses & Registrations

  • PE license required with SE highly or the commitment to acquire within one year. Ability to register with NCEES and in other States of company practice required.
  • Eligibility to obtain or currently hold valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) required.

Senior Civil Structural Engineer

Vancouver, BC
Full time

Published on 10/16/2025

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