Senior Structural Engineer / Project Manager

Bennett & Pless•Potomac Falls, VA

About The Position

Bennett & Pless is seeking an experienced structural engineer to join its Loudoun office and contribute to its continued growth. The role combines project and team leadership with hands-on structural design across varied materials and markets. The successful candidate will guide projects from concept through construction, strengthen client relationships, mentor engineers, and support the firm’s market growth. The position involves leading structural design and analysis for new construction, renovations, adaptive reuse, and existing-building projects. The engineer will manage scope, schedules, staffing, budgets, quality, and client expectations; prepare and review technical deliverables; and lead construction administration. The role also supports proposals, client development, and strategic market growth. Bennett & Pless has delivered structural engineering solutions for more than 60 years across manufacturing, industrial, commercial, education, public, and adaptive reuse markets. The firm has offices across the Southeast and Midwest and describes its culture as collaborative, technically excellent, and committed to developing its people.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in civil or structural engineering.
Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate, build and maintain relationships, and communicate clearly with clients, external project teams, and internal teams.
Ability to manage competing priorities, meet project deadlines, and mentor and develop engineers.
At least 7 years of progressive structural engineering experience, including projects involving K-12 schools, adaptive reuse, and office/commercial buildings.
Proven project management and project-team leadership experience, including scheduling, resource allocation, meeting deadlines, and quality-control review.
Strong client-facing and communication skills, with confidence leading meetings and making sound decisions.
Broad structural design experience across multiple materials.
Basic Revit proficiency, including viewing models and using them for coordination with other disciplines.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in structural engineering or related advanced coursework.
Experience with life sciences, manufacturing, data centers, mission-critical facilities, or other strategic markets.
Familiarity with ACC/BIM 360, including model review, clash detection, and coordination workflows, and with Bluebeam Studio.
Basic understanding of AI tools and their application to structural engineering workflows, with interest in developing Bennett & Pless’ use of AI.
Experience in business development, proposal writing, client growth, and project financial management.

Responsibilities

Lead design and analysis of structural systems for new construction, renovations, adaptive reuse, and existing-building projects.
Manage structural engineering projects and project teams, including scope, schedule, staffing, budget, quality, and client expectations.
Design and review structural systems using steel, reinforced concrete, masonry/CMU, wood, and other applicable materials.
Participate in project meetings as structural project manager; communicate design recommendations and schedules and make sound project decisions.
Prepare and review calculations, construction documents, specifications, technical reports, and BIM deliverables.
Lead construction administration, including RFIs, shop drawings, submittals, site observations, and site visits.
Mentor engineers and designers.
Support proposals, client development, and strategic market growth.