Structural Engineer IV

CRB•Boston, PA

About The Position

CRB is seeking a Lead Structural Engineer for its Northeast region. This role is designed for a structural engineering leader who aims to contribute to the expansion of CRB’s structural practice in a key growth area. The position involves significant project leadership, regional practice development, client and pursuit support, team management, and integration with CRB’s national structural engineering organization. The ideal candidate may currently be leading a structural group, office, discipline team, or project portfolio, but strong project leaders ready for career advancement are also encouraged to apply. This individual will be the first senior structural hire dedicated to the Northeast region and will play a crucial role in establishing CRB’s local structural presence across the Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington, DC metropolitan areas. The Northeast Lead will collaborate closely with CRB’s national structural engineering team, benefiting from established technical standards, senior technical resources, shared staffing support, lessons learned, and practice-wide leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering from an ABET-accredited program
Minimum of 10 years of structural engineering experience, preferably in a consulting engineering or AEC design environment
PE license required
SE license preferred where applicable
Experience leading structural scope, budget, schedule, technical coordination, and quality on complex, multidisciplinary projects
Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities across project delivery, client service, staffing, and team development
Strong technical judgment across common structural systems, materials, building codes, and industry standards
Experience mentoring engineers, coordinating technical work, and influencing project teams without relying solely on formal authority
Ability to support recruiting, staff development, workload planning, and future team growth
Effective communicator with the ability to engage clients, project managers, discipline leaders, and executive stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Prior experience leading a structural group, office, discipline team, or major project portfolio
Experience in life sciences, food and beverage, industrial, manufacturing, or other complex technical facility markets
Experience with business development, proposal strategy, client engagement, or regional market growth
Experience developing standards, tools, training, technical guidance, or lessons learned for a structural engineering team

Responsibilities

Help establish, grow, and represent CRB’s Northeast structural engineering presence.
Build trusted relationships with internal project teams, clients, and future hires while creating a strong foundation for the practice.
Lead structural design approach, technical decision-making, interdisciplinary coordination, constructability input, and QA/QC for significant regional projects in the life sciences and food and beverage markets.
Establish clear expectations for structural scope, deliverables, assumptions, and design quality from pursuit through closeout.
Serve as Engineer of Record where appropriate.
Help define structural staffing plans, participate in recruiting and interviews, onboard new hires, and develop the team through workload alignment, mentoring, and performance feedback.
Oversee regional resource planning, staff forecasting, backlog visibility, and workload balancing.
Monitor structural project performance, including scope alignment, budget status, schedule risk, earned progress, change management, and profitability.
Partner with project managers, structural leadership, and regional leadership to identify risks early and develop practical mitigation plans.
Develop strong working relationships with clients, project teams, construction partners, and structural subconsultants.
Partner with client leaders, project managers, and regional leadership to identify new opportunities and position CRB’s structural capabilities in the Northeast market.
Support pursuits by developing structural scopes, budgets, assumptions, and staffing approaches.
Help CRB win and execute work by pairing sound technical judgment with clear communication, practical execution planning, and strong client service.
Support discipline standards, templates, calculation tools, lessons learned, and professional development activities.
Help advance consistent structural delivery across CRB’s regional and national teams.