Job Description
Title: Sr. Structural Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: $140,000 - $150,000
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Paid Holidays, 401K
Must have Skill Set: AutoCAD Civil3D, Civil Engineering, Utilities Infrastructure, Power Distribution, Permitting & Regulatory Standards
Overview: The Sr. Structural Engineer acts as a project team lead responsible for managing complex civil and structural engineering assignments from initial design to as-built completion. This role involves preparing construction documents, overseeing underground and overhead power installations, conducting independent design reviews, and coordinating directly with clients, sub-consultants, and field teams to ensure project deliverables meet technical standards, timelines, and budgets.
Job Duties:
- Contribute to and act as a team lead for project teams in the design, modification, and analysis of civil engineering initiatives
- Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex civil and structural engineering issues
- Create civil designs from preliminary stages through to as-built documentation
- Produce plans, surveys, reports, data, and construction documents matching client specifications
- Prepare, review, approve, and negotiate proposals, contracts, cost estimates, and contract revisions
- Oversee and perform design work for underground and overhead power installations
- Coordinate design activities, vendor purchase specifications, and pre-engineered systems to align with codes and client requirements
- Manage design stage tickets, utility atlas map retrieval, and survey field staff coordination
- Perform independent QA reviews of calculations, drawings, and work completed by other team members
- Direct the work of drafting and designer support staff
- Conduct site walkdowns and collaborate directly with clients, construction contractors, and consultants
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or another accredited engineering degree
- 7+ years of relevant engineering experience
- Experience and proficiency in AutoCAD Civil3D
- Technical knowledge in surveying, utilities infrastructure, power distribution, land development, transportation, and water/drainage
- Deep understanding of regulatory laws, ordinances, and permitting submittals for local, state, and federal agencies
- Strong project management, time management, organizational, and budget oversight skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Structural Engineer (SE) license (Preferred)
- EIT or PE license with eligibility for reciprocity in other states (Preferred)
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $140,000–$150,000 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
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Budget Managementunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Civil Engineeringunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Construction Contractsunmatched
- Construction Document Setunmatched
- Contract Negotiationunmatched
- Cost Estimatesunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Federal Governmentunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Land Developmentunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Quality Assuranceunmatched
- Regulationsunmatched
- Structural Engineeringunmatched
- Surveyingunmatched
- Systems Engineeringunmatched
- Team Lead/Managerunmatched
- Technical Deliveryunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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