Senior Associate, Structural Engineering

StructureCraft is a structural engineering and timber construction firm based near Vancouver, BC and operating across North America and Asia. Our dynamic team of structural engineers plays a key role in our organization and is one of the top timber engineering teams in North America. Working closely with architects and our detailing and project management teams, our engineers create efficient and practical designs for structures of all scales and complexities, from mass timber to freeform. As a SeniorAssociate joining our growing team, you will lead teams of project engineers working on creative structures with some of North America and Europe’s foremost architects. Our design philosophy is strongly focused on creating efficient structures, and our computational engineering team pioneers the use of the latest information‑finding and optimization techniques to enable this.

Team

StructureCraft is a family‑owned business, and our diverse team hails from more than 10 different countries, including Europe, Australasia, Canada, and the US. This broad range of experience and backgrounds provides us with the unique opportunity to draw upon best practices from across the globe and utilize these to help create signature structures. For more information on our work, please visit www.structurecraft.com.

Role

• Concept scheming and sketching to create innovative structural solutions with architects and designers.
• Leading and managing multiple teams of project engineers, drafters and designers, and performing quality control with assembly and fabrication teams.
• Leading involvement in client meetings (in‑person and remote) and the facilitation of creative solutions to design issues and challenges.
• Providing engineering reports to clients, structural advice on the construction and design of projects and devising modifications as necessary.
• Performing concept level and detailed structural design and detailing, including calculations, sketches, and static / dynamic finite element modelling in both pre‑construction and construction phases, under the mentorship of the Engineering Manager.
• Liaising with internal project management, shop, and site teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and budget, and meet fabrication and erection constraints.
• Visiting mass timber project sites across North America (remote or in‑person when possible) to conduct field reviews and work with our install team on the ground at each project.
• Reviewing project requirements to provide estimates on quantities and costs of materials, equipment and labor and input on construction and development budgets.
• Mentoring junior structural engineers and developing our technical knowledge base.
• Presentation and communication at conferences, lunch & learns, and seminars across North America.

Position Requirements

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

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