Senior Structural Engineer / Project Manager

BPL Enclosure•Countryside, VA

About The Position

Bennett & Pless is seeking an experienced Structural Engineer to join its Loudoun office and support the office’s continued growth. The role combines active structural design with project and team leadership. The engineer will lead a range of structural projects, mentor engineers, strengthen client relationships, and contribute to expanding the firm’s presence in the market. The position involves leading projects from concept through construction across new construction, renovations, adaptive reuse, and existing-building work. Projects span multiple structural materials and markets. The engineer will guide project decisions, manage project delivery and teams, and contribute to client development and strategic growth. Bennett & Pless describes itself as a structural engineering firm with more than 60 years of experience across manufacturing, industrial, commercial, education, public, and adaptive reuse markets, and offices across the Southeast and Midwest.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in civil/structural engineering.
Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate effectively, 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.
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 models 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 to advance structural engineering.
Business development, proposal writing, client growth, and project financial management experience.

Responsibilities

Lead the 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.