Lead Structural Engineer 2 - Nuclear

Sargent & Lundy•Chicago, IL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role offers a hybrid work arrangement, with three days a week in the office and two days remote. It is a lead design engineering position offering a variety of interesting and challenging opportunities in structural engineering, providing an excellent opportunity to advance your career. You will guide a team of structural engineers, interface with engineers from other disciplines, and interface directly with clients. You will have the opportunity to lead and mentor a structural engineering team on engineering projects for new nuclear facilities and upgrades and modifications to nuclear power plants. This position will offer the ability to directly apply knowledge of materials, structural analysis, structural steel design, and reinforced concrete design. As a member of an engineering and design team, you will work on a wide range of projects for various clients. You will prepare, review, and provide guidance for design calculations, develop specifications, and work with designers for drawing development. You will prepare, review, or guide the structural analysis and design of steel frames, connections, concrete members, and foundations. There is potential for travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and to plant site locations for construction coordination and field verification of designs.

Requirements

BSCE with emphasis in Structural Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
12 or more years of experience working as a member of a project team in the design and analysis of industrial / heavy commercial or nuclear facility structures.
Proficiency with structural analysis software such as STAAD, SAP2000, SAFE, STRUDL, or ANSYS.
Proficiency with design codes and standards such as ASCE 7, AISC, and ACI.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
PE or SE license.

Nice To Haves

MSCE degree.
On site construction support experience.
Experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields that enables effective oversight of automation and agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows.
Minor, certificate, or other experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields.

Responsibilities

Guide a team of structural engineers.
Interface with engineers from other disciplines.
Interface directly with clients.
Lead and mentor a structural engineering team on engineering projects for new nuclear facilities and upgrades and modifications to nuclear power plants.
Apply knowledge of materials, structural analysis, structural steel design, and reinforced concrete design.
Prepare, review, and provide guidance for design calculations.
Develop specifications.
Work with designers for drawing development.
Prepare, review, or guide the structural analysis and design of steel frames, connections, concrete members, and foundations.
Lead others in taking engineering problems from issue to solution by setting expectations for using data and modern tools such as automation and AI to improve workflows, reduce rework, and deliver cost-effective designs.
Direct automation and process-improvement work, for example, how teams automate calculations, summarize technical documents, or generate design documentation and guiding when and how AI or agentic AI tools are used while ensuring results are checked.
Oversee engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks, with review of automated outputs.