Senior Structural Engineer – Substation Focus

🕒 June 12

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

💵 $130k - $170k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🗼 Civil Engineer

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AECOM

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1990

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

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Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm that partners with clients to deliver innovative solutions to the most complex challenges while creating legacies for generations to come. Focused on equity, diversity, and inclusion, AECOM leverages technical expertise and digital innovation to drive transformative outcomes in infrastructure development, sustainability, and social systems. The company provides a wide range of services, including architecture & design, construction management, engineering, and environmental services across various markets such as transportation, energy, healthcare, and national governments. With a strong emphasis on sustainability, technical excellence, and community impact, AECOM is committed to building a better world.

📋 Description

• Acting as the structural lead and engineer of record for substations, switchyards and other electrical infrastructure projects (both green and brown field) • Perform engineering calculations and developing analytical models for both structural steel and concrete design • Working with Project Engineers and Project Managers on developing workload forecasts, design schedules and budgets for civil/structural work activities • Assists with the developing task and effort estimates for proposal support • Contributes to overall business development strategy around substation and high voltage electrical infrastructure • Coordination with civil/structural design team to direct completion of engineering drawings • Multi-discipline collaboration on the development of general arrangements, vendor procurement packages and similar • Creating, updating, and implementing group specific standards • Prepare technical reports and presentations that explain research, findings, and recommendations • Preparation of project technical specifications and contract documents • Check and verify work prepared by peer/group • Provide mentorship for the other civil/structural engineers and contributes to department standards development • Occasional travel required to other AECOM locations and Client sites

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or a related field • 6 years of relevant experience or a demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education • Experience in structural design for overhead and underground transmission and distribution systems • Experience with Substation projects • Professional Engineering Licensure (PE) • 10 years of experience preferred with at least 3 years as structural engineering lead/engineer of record on projects • Comprehensive Understanding of industry codes and standards (e.g. NESC, G.O.95, ASCE 113, ASCE 10, ASCE 48, IEEE 605, IEEE 693, AISC 360, ASCE 7, IBC, ACI 318, RUS, ASCE design guidelines, NEC) • Demonstrated experience in participating complex, multi-discipline programs/projects and CAD teams • Experience executing work in 3D model environments • Progressive professional experience in the modeling, analysis and design of steel structures and foundations • Experience with various voltage levels (4kV, 12kV, 138kV, 230kV, 500kV, etc.) • Proficiency in PLS-CADD packages (PLS-Tower, PLS-Pole, PLS-Tower, etc.) • Experience with structural analysis and design software (e.g. Staad.PRO, SAP2000, MFAD, L-Pile) • Experience working with remote teams • Experience on full EPC, Design/Build projects from start to finish • Owner’s Engineering experience • Experience with retrofit or brown field projects

🏖️ Benefits

• medical • dental • vision • life • AD&D • disability benefits • paid time off • leaves of absences • voluntary benefits • perks • flexible work options • well-being resources • employee assistance program • business travel insurance • service recognition awards • retirement savings plan • employee stock purchase plan