Intern Structural Engineer

Dekker•Albuquerque, NM

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Dekker is seeking a motivated Structural Engineering Intern to join our talented team. This role offers hands-on experience supporting the design and analysis of building structures across a variety of projects. The intern will work closely with experienced engineers, gaining exposure to real-world engineering practices, industry software, and collaborative project workflows. Our Intern Structural Engineers performs basic design tasks with minimal supervision by independently evaluating, selecting, and applying standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform assigned tasks as part of a broader assignment. Works on assignments with clear objectives and a limited number of variables. Dekker is a family of designers, planners, architects, and engineers, intent on creating passion for the built environment through our work. We believe that architecture and design can be transformational and that it must serve more than just a functional role. It should inspire, protect, delight, and empower users and entire communities. We believe the most innovative designs are created through a multi-faceted perspective of places, people, and their processes. Collaboration, empathy, and understanding, combined with passion and expertise can shape our experiences and our environments. We strive to tune our ability to see things through the eyes, hearts, and minds of our clients. If you think your vision, passion, and experience would enhance ours, we’d love to meet you. EEO: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in structural engineering or civil engineering with a structural focus
Able to read and understand plans
Basic engineering computer program knowledge and understands applications
Basic knowledge of and experience with Revit
Basic knowledge of MS Office Suite

Responsibilities

Performs work involving conventional types of plans, investigation, surveys, structures, or equipment with relatively few complex features
Performs basic design tasks with minimal supervision
Assists on other tasks such as preparation of material testing-inspection requirements, drawings, and computer-aided (CAD)/Revit work
May coordinate the work of drafters, technicians, and others who assist in a specific assignment
Prepares specifications, quantity takeoffs, and calculations
Performs data collection/reduction
Designs complete building systems and simple structures to applicable codes
Performs supervised site visits
Continues professional development
Applies company and client required QA process
Checks shop drawings
Computer models (3D) structural problems
Attends meetings with project engineer
Handles basic detailing
Identifies and communicates progress, accomplishments, challenges, and support needed to complete responsibilities