Senior Structural Engineer, Waterfront and Dams

Senior Structural Engineer, Waterfront and Dams

We invite you to bring your energy, experience, and professionalism into play as you contribute to innovative and high-quality design solutions.

To succeed in this role, you must have structural engineering experience in dams, hydraulic structures, and waterfront resiliency structures for ports and harbors.

Are you our new Waterfront and Dams Senior Project Engineer? Click the apply-button to send your application.

Are you the right applicant for this opportunity Find out by reading through the role overview below.

You will join our Dams Group

As our new Waterfront and Dams Senior Project Engineer, you will support structural investigations, analysis, designs, and construction phase engineering related to Dam Safety, waterfront improvements or redevelopment, and other heavy civil works projects.

Assignments would include writing inspection / investigation reports, performing stress and stability analyses, developing design concepts for concrete, steel and wood members / structures, and preparing structural details, plans and specifications.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be :

• Structural inspections and field activities at various project sites and facilities that include dams, appurtenant structures, waterfront structures, culverts and other conveyance structures, and light industrial buildings.
• Compiling of data and development and production of report narratives of inspections, basis of design, presentation of data / results, and analysis summaries for design reports.
• Performing evaluation and analysis, design, and construction phase review of gravity and arch dams, intakes, outlet works and other hydraulic conveyance and appurtenant structures;
• building structures that include pump houses,valve chambers, powerhouse equipment foundations and other industrial plant features;
• waterfront structures and bulkheads; concrete and steel earth retaining structures; cofferdams and shoring; deep foundation pile caps;

and shallow and mat foundations.

• Development of design concepts and criteria, analysis and design approach / methodologies, alternative design evaluations and constructability reviews.
• Preparation of detailed design calculations; engineering computation / technical reports; construction plans and specifications for structures on projects with medium to high levels of complexity;

and QA / QC and value engineering reviews of same.

• Involvement in technical societies and associations to stay current with engineering standards and practices and emerging technologies.
• Assist technical and project managers with the development of the technical scope of work, project labor cost estimates, and project execution plans for proposals.

Your starting point for constant growth

From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company.

For this role, we believe your starting point is :

• BS in Civil / Structural Engineering
• Registered Professional Engineer or on track for licensing.
• 15+ years of experience with focus and technical knowledge in structural design, mainly related to Dams / Dam Safety, Heavy Civil, or Waterfront Engineering
• Experience with analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures, including gravity dams, retaining walls, gatehouses, outlet works, and related hydraulic structures.
• Experience with steel frame structures, sheet pile bulkheads, cofferdams, shoring systems, post-tensioned anchor systems / structures and related heavy civil and waterfront structures would be a plus.
• Knowledge and experience with major national and industrial engineering design codes, standards, guidelines, and best practices needed for design of complex structures and projects.
• Familiarity with dam and levee safety guidelines published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, other Federal agencies, and State Dam Safety agencies would be a plus.
• Experience in use of STAAD PRO, GT STRUDL or similar finite element method programs and MathCAD, Enercalc, or similar software;

skills with other engineering analysis programs, math computing software, and Excel is also required. Knowledge of Excel VBA, MATLAB or similar programming would be a plus.

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include : Strong written and verbal communication skills to interact with clients and present technical information and the ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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