Senior Structural Engineer - Transportation Infrastructure

About the position

Our Parsons Baltimore office is now hiring for an experienced Senior/ Principal Tunnel Engineer to join our team in the region! In this role you will get to work on tunnel, shaft and support of excavation design for transportation projects for rail and transit clients, such as Amtrak.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex tunnel design tasks and deliver engineering work efficiently and accurately.
• Perform complex 2D and 3D structural and geotechnical analyses and prepare design calculations.
• Perform underground structure soil-structure interaction (SSI) analyses.
• Plan Geotechnical Investigation and prepare Geotechnical Data Reports and Geotechnical Baseline Report.
• Contribute to risk management activities as well as construction cost estimate.
• Perform construction impact assessment.
• Specifications and drawings for geotechnical instrumentations and monitoring.
• Detailed checking of design calculations performed by others.
• Develop structural details and construction plans using Microstation and AutoCAD in collaboration with Drafters/designers.
• Prepare geometric layouts, construction specifications and material quantity calculations.
• Commitment to quality and continuous improvement through innovation, creative thinking and improved results.
• Establish and maintain cooperative and productive relationships with all employees, clients and other stakeholders.

Requirements

• 4-year degree in Engineering and 8 years or more of related work experience. Professional Engineer registration is desirable.
• Efficient in modeling and designing underground structural systems using 2D and 3D finite element analyses (Plaxis, STAAD.Pro, SAP2000, and/or others).
• Working proficiency with design codes such as ACI, ASCE, AISC, ASTM, AWWA, etc.

Nice-to-haves

• A post-graduate degree is strongly preferred, but not required.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office, industry standard structural design and analysis software, and AutoCAD or Microstation.
• Willingness to work in a team office environment.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Strong aptitude for learning higher level design skills.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k)
• Life insurance
• Flexible work schedules
• Holidays