Senior Structural Engineer

WHO WE ARE

Michael Baker International is a leading provider of , including design, planning, environmental, construction and program management. The company provides its comprehensive range of services and solutions to support . federal, state, and municipal governments, foreign allied governments, and a wide range of private sector commercial clients. Michael Baker’s more than 4,900 employees across nearly 90 office locations are committed to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technological advancement to help solve challenges for clients and communities throughout the country. To learn more, visit .

INTEGRATED DESIGN and ADVISORY

The Integrated Design and Advisory business vertical is one of the business verticals at Michael Baker International with more than 850 professional located across the country. Established as a national professional and consulting services delivery platform, we unite architecture and engineering design expertise with strategic advisory services to deliver holistic and innovative solutions that address the business and project objectives of our clients. We serve clients across various sectors, including industrial, defense contractors, data centers, aerospace, life sciences, healthcare, higher education, aviation, rail and transit, and the federal government.

Integrated Design leverages the early involvement of all project stakeholders and key disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural and fire protection (MEP+S+FP) engineering, as well as architecture and planning. Our Advisory capabilities include providing solutions across the project life cycle along with resilience services. This offering showcases the firm’s expertise in areas such as strategic consulting, planning, cybersecurity, building controls, cost management, commissioning, program management, construction support, building information modeling, digital twins, emergency response, disaster recovery, operational continuity, energy resiliency and more.

Over the past 85 years, Michael Baker has built a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity as we partner with our clients to solve complex built environment and critical infrastructure challenges. We have achieved success as a company by employing a solutions-oriented mindset and continually evolving our capabilities to best serve our clients. The Integrated Design and Advisory business vertical supports our long-term growth strategy, enhanced capabilities and unique areas of expertise that focus on high performance buildings, intelligent systems and critical infrastructure. We are focused on a holistic approach, informed decision-making and innovative solutions for our clients. This supports our goal to aggressively pursue, win and execute large, complex projects for government and private sector clients, as well as expand into new markets.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Structural Engineer to join our National Integrated Design & Advisory team. In this role, you will work under minimal supervision to analyze design criteria, applicable codes, and client requirements. You will prepare calculations necessary to produce structural engineering construction drawings and specifications for both building and non-building projects.

Additionally, you will have the opportunity to lead a team of structural engineers and designers on large projects. Your leadership will help ensure the successful completion of these projects.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares complex studies, construction documents, basic reports and other supporting documentation to support structural building design and reviews those completed by others.
• Prepares technical specifications and reviews those completed by others.
• Interprets data and prepares drawings for building and non-building projects.
• Provide engineering and project support to the Designer of Record (DOR).
• Act as DOR, as required.
• Provide clear redlines for EIT’s and BIM designers.
• Ability to check design calculations performed by others.
• Ability to conduct Internal Technical Reviews (ITRs) of others work.
• Ability to handle multiple projects.
• Ability to mentor less experienced staff and provide guidance throughout project design.
• Ability to follow MBI project standards and team protocols.
• Ability to review and comment on construction submittals, respond to Contractor Requests for Information (RFI) and review corrective action for field errors.
• High proficiency in Bluebeam or Adobe Acrobat PDF, and MS Teams.
• Communicates with Senior Engineers, other disciplines and Project Managers, schedules and attends internal meetings, as necessary, and documents important action items for the next meeting.
• Ability to define scope of work and man-hour estimates.
• Produces proposal documentation and implements marketing initiatives.
• Ability to interact with existing and new Clients to sell MBI engineering services, specifically structural.
• Responsible for maintaining technical knowledge through completion of various training activities : attending seminars, reviewing professional publications, attending in-house systems / management training.
• Responsible for maintaining professional licensure.
• Occasionally visits project sites, reporting and documenting findings to Project Manager and / or Owner.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Experience

Education

Minimum Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Licenses / Registrations

Compensation

The salary range for this position is $97,000 -$153,000. This will be dependent on the experience and expertise of the incoming candidate.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including :