SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER
On-siteNewman Lake, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Lead complex precast and prestressed projects by independently establishing engineering approaches, preparing calculations, and directing support drawings. Apply advanced judgment to reinforced concrete design, load paths, and constructability while performing senior technical reviews of drawings, submittals, and engineering documents. Serve as KRPI's senior technical voice in customer-facing discussions with architects, contractors, and industry experts. Mentor junior engineers and drafters to build code understanding and professional readiness while standardizing engineering tools and review processes. Evaluate non-standard conditions and technical risks to recommend practical, safe solutions compliant with PCI standards and project requirements.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or closely related engineering discipline.
- Professional Engineer license required.
- Ability to interpret and apply drawings, specifications, design criteria, codes, and project documents while leading technical discussions with customers, consultants, contractors, and internal teams.
- Advanced knowledge of structural engineering, reinforced/prestressed concrete design, precast behavior, connection design, load paths, constructability, tolerances, temporary works considerations, and building code requirements.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills; able to explain and defend engineering decisions, code requirements, assumptions, risks, and precast concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proficient with common business and engineering software; self-motivated, professional, courteous, schedule-driven, and effective with customers, managers, engineers, drafters, production, and field teams.
- Subject to pre-employment drug testing and background check.
Desired Qualifications
- Multiple state PE licenses preferred, or achievable within 24 months.
- Significant precast/prestressed design experience with structural and architectural components, connections, production constraints, transportation, handling, erection, field coordination, and PCI standards.
- Experience with Revit, Tekla Structures, Inventor, AutoCAD, or other BIM/modeling platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and drafters while improving standards, review discipline, design tools, templates, and process consistency.
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