Principal Structural Engineer

2 days ago

Columbus, United States Salas O'Brien Full time
Principal Structural Engineer

At Salas O'Brien we tell our clients that we're engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That's why we're committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.

Building for the long-term means that all of our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high-impact career-and they'll receive great total rewards along the way.

About Us:

Founded in 1975, Salas O'Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients, our team, and the world. We know that tomorrow's requirements are today's opportunities, and we are here to design lasting solutions for pressing challenges.

We work across a variety of industries providing integrated engineering and consulting services. Our specialized experience includes design for data centers, healthcare, science and technology, high-rise buildings, clean energy, education, and other building types as well as structural and building sciences, infrastructure asset management, advanced robotics, and more.

Our technical expertise is paired with an exceptional team of business development, human resources, finance and accounting, information technology, and marketing professionals, all of whom play a key role in bringing our commitments to life every day.

Job Description

The Principal Structural Engineer serves to lead engineering design projects and build Client relationships. This leader will collaborate with a broader team of engineering professionals to provide design solutions to industrial clients nationally and internationally. Projects require complex structures and foundations for Industrial, Manufacturing, and Utility clients. This leader must be self-motivated to independently solve problems and clearly communicate technical issues and solutions to Clients and team members.

Job Duties Include:
  • Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the entire Salas O'Brien Structural Engineering Team.
  • Provide high-level technical services to clients for their projects and technical support requirements.
  • Provide technical and administrative leadership, policy support, and mentoring to junior engineers and staff.
  • Plan, direct, supervise, and otherwise support client projects from proposal to completion.
  • Make decisions at a technical and quality required to support the attainment of Salas O'Brien's goals for customer satisfaction and meet corporate earnings objectives.
  • Identify, formulate, and initiate solutions to complex problems using structural analytical tools, while considering the coordination with the rest of the project.
  • Understand, analyze, and construct system architectures and system component relationships. Lead, facilitate, and coordinate work activity of others including other Salas O'Brien employees, customers, suppliers, and alliances at the project, office, or client level.
  • Coordinate work activities that affect the quality of administration, proposals, engineering & design, document control, inspection & testing, and commissioning in accordance with Salas O'Brien's Quality Assurance Program
  • Knowledge of most recent codes and standards to interpret and apply them to design.
  • Identify and resolve problems that involve the use of conflicting or incomplete information.
  • Develop schedules, budgets, resource allocation plans.
  • Plan and schedule individual and team activities using planning and scheduling tools.
  • Recognize the need for and initiate corrective action to address shortcomings in design or engineering processes that run counter to the customer's or Salas O'Brien's quality or safety requirements.
  • Conduct root cause assessments and recommend practical solutions to underlying problems.
  • Perform, supervise, and review complex calculations.
  • Review design output and analyses.
  • Conduct or direct others for on-site systems and facilities inspections for customers.
  • Provide training and mentoring for subordinate technical staff and take an active role in personnel development by seeking out client perspectives on the Salas O'Brien products personnel and services rendered.
  • Actively participate in the Employee Assessment and development process
  • Establish credibility and competence with clients on technical issues and possess well-developed personal and presentation skills.
  • Make technical assessments and design decisions involving uncertainty and risk.
  • Perform other responsibilities as assigned or deemed appropriate of the position by management.
  • Prepare technical reports to supervisors, management, and clients.
Education & Experience:
  • You have a bachelor's degree in civil/structural engineering.
  • 10+ years of experience in structural design and project management
  • You are a licensed PE (NCEES Record preferred)
  • You have experience designing complex structures such as industrial type buildings, heavy equipment platforms, pipe bridges, and trussed systems.
  • You have experience designing complex shallow and deep foundations based on Geotechnical recommendations.
  • You have experience of working with clients and developing proposals for obtaining new work.


Location: Columbus, Ohio; Hybrid with 1-2 days in the office

Travel: Up to 15% nationally, and internationally

Physical Demands:

Sufficient mobility to work in an office setting; stand or sit for prolonged periods of time. Must have ability to walk long distances and possess the flexibility to maneuver in and around machinery to take measurements. When on customer startups, must be able to travel long distances by car or plane

Equal Opportunity Employment Statement

Salas O'Brien provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/provincial, or local laws. Salas O'Brien will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants as required by law.

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