Structural Engineer, PE

Pacific Missile Range Facility - Barking Sands
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii

Project Summary

This position supports the Emergency Post-Hurricane Lowell Facility Damage Assessment at PMRF Barking Sands, and several remote sites in Kauai. Operating under a NAVFAC Pacific Command solicitation, the purpose of this immediate-action contract phase is to evaluate damage from Hurricane Lowell with 92 MPH gusts and 17 inches of rain across multiple facilities, and miles of fencing. On-ground assessment duration is short: deployment imminent.
Special conditions include strict federal base access approvals (DBIDS), entirely contractor-furnished logistics (post-storm environment), and air-freighted field operations with no initial barge dependencies.
All logistics and accommodations provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Serves as a roving engineering specialist dispatched by exception to conduct Tier 3 structural evaluations on facilities flagged with severe structural defects.
• Conducts formal load-path evaluations, envelope integrity findings, and occupancy safety recommendations.
• Formally seals the final Initial Assessment Report and structural components of the joint-scoping baseline.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Active Professional Structural Engineer (PE) license, State of Hawaii reciprocity or licensure.
• Minimum of 5 years' post-disaster structural integrity assessment experience, preferably on military or industrial assets.

Hurricane Assessment Context

• Direct experience identifying structural failures caused by high-wind uplift, extreme kinetic wave actions, and saturated load bearings.
• ATC-45 or equivalent post-disaster safety tagging certification.

US Naval Facility Specifics

• Mastery of Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) structural design parameters and NAVFAC structural inspection standards.