Civil/Structural Engineer I

Mesa Associates, Inc•Chattanooga, TN

About The Position

Mesa Associates, Inc. seeks a mid-level Civil/Structural Engineer to coordinate, prepare, and check calculations, specifications, reports, design details, plans, and drawings within assigned task areas. The engineer helps supervise, schedule, and review project team members’ work and interfaces with other disciplines on multidisciplinary projects as needed. The role involves preparing and completing discipline engineering designs and supporting documentation, including design criteria, calculations, drawings, and specifications. The engineer also supports project objectives, estimates, requirements, and design approaches for routine projects; checks deliverables; helps address construction issues; and identifies conflicting design or schedule requirements. Work includes applying structural standards and codes across concrete, steel, wood, foundations, lifting and rigging, and anchorage, as well as using relevant design software, 3D modeling, and PointCloud files.

Requirements

Basic understanding of project drawing types, their purposes, interrelationships with other deliverables, generation methods, and production costs.
Design and engineering experience 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 structural work described.
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 defining project requirements and design approaches for routine projects.
Use limited judgment to independently evaluate, select, adapt, and modify standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
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 interface with other disciplines as required.