Job Description
Title: Senior Structural Project Engineer
Location: Portland, ME (Hybrid)
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $120K-$145K
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, PTO, 401(k)
Location: Portland, ME (Hybrid)
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $120K-$145K
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, PTO, 401(k)
Sterling Engineering is looking for a Senior Structural Project Engineer in Portland, ME supporting a growing engineering consulting organization focused on commercial, institutional, industrial, and infrastructure projects. This opportunity offers long-term growth, leadership responsibility, and exposure to complex structural engineering projects from concept through construction.
Job Summary:
The Senior Structural Project Engineer will lead structural analysis, design, and project management activities for a variety of building and infrastructure projects. This role will support project execution from early planning through construction administration while coordinating with clients, architects, contractors, and internal engineering teams.
Job Duties:
- Lead the analysis, design, and management of structural systems for commercial, institutional, and residential projects
- Perform structural analysis and design in compliance with applicable building codes and standards
- Prepare construction documents, calculations, technical reports, plans, and specifications
- Manage project schedules, budgets, and deliverables across multiple projects
- Serve as the primary structural contact for owners, architects, contractors, and consultants
- Conduct field reviews of existing and active construction projects
- Review shop drawings, respond to RFIs, and support construction administration activities
- Mentor junior engineering staff and support technical development
- Track project costs and schedules to support successful project delivery
- Support client relationship management and business development efforts
- Travel occasionally throughout New England and surrounding regions as needed
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with emphasis in Structural Engineering (Master’s preferred)
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required; Maine PE or ability to obtain preferred
- 10+ years of experience supporting structural building design, additions, renovations, and infrastructure projects
- Experience with steel, concrete, masonry, precast, cold-formed metal, and wood-framed structures
- Proven ability managing multiple projects from concept through construction within fast-paced environments
- Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills
Software:
- Revit
- RAM
- Bluebeam
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong knowledge of IBC, ASCE 7, AISC, ACI, and related building codes
Schedule:
Hybrid
Travel:
Up to 10% travel required
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $120,000–$145,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Administrative Skillsunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Building Codesunmatched
- Building Designunmatched
- Business Developmentunmatched
- Civil Engineeringunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Construction Administrationunmatched
- Construction Document Setunmatched
- Construction Planningunmatched
- Construction Projectsunmatched
- Construction Supportunmatched
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)unmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Engineeringunmatched
- Engineering Consultingunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Professional Engineerunmatched
- Project Engineeringunmatched
- Project Executionunmatched
- Project Scheduleunmatched
- Project Trackingunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Schedule Developmentunmatched
- Structural Engineeringunmatched
- Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
- Technical Supportunmatched
- Willing to Travelunmatched
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