Civil/Structural Engineer I

Mesa Associates•Chattanooga, TN

About The Position

Mesa Associates, Inc. seeks an engineer to coordinate, prepare, and check calculations, specifications, reports, design details, plans, and drawings within assigned task areas. The position helps supervise, schedule, and review project team members’ work and interfaces with other disciplines on multidisciplinary projects as needed. The engineer prepares and completes discipline engineering designs and supporting documentation, assists with routine project planning and requirements, performs technical reviews, manages assigned tasks, and helps resolve construction and design issues. The role applies structural standards, codes, engineering software, 3D modeling, and PointCloud file manipulation to design work.

Requirements

Basic understanding of the drawing types required for a project, their purpose, interrelationships with other deliverables, generation methods, and production costs.
Ability to design and engineer using applicable structural standards and codes.
Ability to design and engineer concrete beams and slabs using ACI.
Ability to design and engineer structural steel columns and beams using ASCE and AISC.
Ability to design and engineer wood structures, including formwork.
Ability to design and engineer pile systems, including micro, friction, and bearing piles.
Ability to design and engineer lifting and rigging systems.
Ability to design and engineer concrete anchorage systems.
Ability to use design software packages applicable to the listed structural engineering areas.
Ability to use 3D modeling and manipulate PointCloud files.

Responsibilities

Prepare and complete discipline engineering designs and supporting documentation, including design criteria, calculations, drawings, and specifications.
Assist in defining project objectives, preparing design estimates, and establishing project requirements and design approaches for routine projects.
Independently evaluate, select, adapt, and modify standard techniques, procedures, and criteria within the position’s limited judgment.
Perform technical and coordination checks and reviews of deliverables and other project documents.
Ensure deliverables comply with Business Unit procedures and applicable design requirements.
Prepare and check calculations using engineering formulas, skills, or application-specific software.
Manage personal task assignments.
Assist in resolving construction issues and support design staff in resolving problems and concerns.
Identify conflicting design or schedule requirements and generate Project Deviation Notices.
Help supervise, schedule, and review project team members’ work and coordinate with other disciplines as required.