Lead Engineer - Steel Structure

About the role

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About the role

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Lead Engineer - Steel Structure to join our team! In this role you will be responsible for leading the design, analysis, coordination, and execution of steel structural engineering projects. This role requires extensive technical expertise in structural steel systems, strong leadership capabilities, and a collaborative approach to ensure the successful delivery of projects within scope, budget, and schedule.

The ideal candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams, coordinate with clients, architects, fabricators, contractors, and other stakeholders, and ensure that all steel structure designs comply with applicable codes, standards, quality requirements, and safety regulations. Experience in stadiums, large public venues, complex buildings, or major infrastructure projects is strongly preferred due to the specialized nature of these projects.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and manage steel structural engineering projects from conceptual design through detailed design, fabrication, erection, and final completion.
• Provide technical direction, guidance, and mentorship to structural engineers, designers, and project teams.
• Coordinate with project managers, architects, civil engineers, MEP disciplines, contractors, fabricators, and other stakeholders to meet project requirements.
• Establish project deliverables, review requirements, and engineering priorities to support successful project execution.
• Monitor project progress, technical performance, deliverables, budgets, and schedules.
• Lead the analysis and design of structural steel systems, including buildings, industrial structures, stadiums, long-span structures, platforms, canopies, trusses, pipe racks, and other complex steel assemblies.
• Perform and review structural calculations for gravity, lateral, seismic, wind, thermal, fatigue, and other applicable loading conditions.
• Design and review steel members, frames, trusses, bracing systems, connections, base plates, anchor bolts, and other structural components.
• Develop design criteria, structural schemes, load paths, design calculations, specifications, and engineering reports.
• Review and approve structural steel drawings, fabrication drawings, erection drawings, connection details, material specifications, and technical submittals.
• Utilize advanced structural analysis and design software to develop efficient, safe, and constructible solutions.
• Ensure design interfaces are properly coordinated with foundations, concrete structures, architectural elements, equipment, and building services.
• Ensure steel structure designs comply with applicable local, national, and international codes and standards, including AISC, ASCE, Eurocodes, BS standards, AWS, and other project-specific requirements.
• Interpret project specifications, client requirements, design criteria, and applicable regulatory standards.
• Ensure structural systems meet strength, stability, serviceability, durability, fire protection, constructability, and performance requirements.
• Review design assumptions, calculations, models, drawings, and specifications for technical accuracy and compliance.
• Support the preparation and resolution of technical deviations, design clarifications, and engineering change notices.
• Lead design reviews, interdisciplinary coordination reviews, constructability reviews, value engineering exercises, and risk assessments.
• Implement quality control procedures to maintain the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of engineering deliverables.
• Review engineering deliverables prepared by internal teams, consultants, fabricators, and subcontractors.
• Identify potential design issues, clashes, constructability constraints, and risks, and develop practical mitigation measures.
• Ensure all technical documentation is completed in accordance with project quality management procedures.
• Coordinate with steel fabricators and contractors regarding fabrication methods, connection details, tolerances, material requirements, and erection sequencing.
• Review fabrication and erection drawings, material certificates, welding procedures, inspection and testing requirements, and nonconformance reports.
• Provide technical support during fabrication, delivery, and erection activities.
• Conduct site visits and inspections to verify compliance with approved drawings, specifications, and quality requirements.
• Respond to requests for information, technical queries, field changes, and design-related construction issues.
• Support the resolution of erection constraints, temporary works requirements, field modifications, and interface issues.
• Liaise with clients, contractors, fabricators, consultants, suppliers, and regulatory authorities to resolve technical issues and provide effective solutions.
• Prepare and present technical reports, design reviews, progress updates, calculations, and project documentation to stakeholders.
• Foster effective collaboration across engineering, construction, procurement, project controls, and commercial teams.
• Participate in design coordination meetings, progress meetings, technical workshops, and client presentations.
• Maintain strong communication with project stakeholders throughout the design and construction lifecycle.
• Identify and implement innovative, economical, and constructible steel structural solutions.
• Promote the use of efficient design methodologies, modularization, prefabrication, digital engineering, and Building Information Modeling workflows.
• Stay current with developments in steel materials, connection design, fabrication technology, erection methods, structural analysis software, and relevant codes and standards.
• Support lessons-learned initiatives and continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, and deliverables.
• Contribute to the development of engineering standards, design guidelines, templates, and best practices.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 18 years of experience in structural steel engineering, including significant experience in technical leadership roles.
• Extensive experience in the analysis, design, detailing, fabrication, and erection of steel structures.
• Strong knowledge of structural steel behavior, member design, connection design, stability, load paths, structural systems, and constructability.
• Proficiency in structural analysis and design software, such as STAAD.Pro, SAP2000, ETABS, RAM, Tekla Structural Designer, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong knowledge of applicable structural design codes and standards, including AISC, ASCE, Eurocodes, BS standards, AWS, and project-specific requirements.
• Experience reviewing structural steel fabrication drawings, erection drawings, connection details, and technical submittals.
• Understanding of steel fabrication processes, welding, bolting, inspection, testing, tolerances, corrosion protection, fire protection, and erection methodologies.
• Strong project management, technical coordination, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven leadership and team management capabilities.
• Analytical, organized, and detail-oriented mindset.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic project environment.
• Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams, clients, contractors, fabricators, and consultants.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Master's degree in Structural Engineering is preferred.
• Experience with complex steel structures, long-span systems, industrial structures, stadiums, large public venues, or major infrastructure projects is strongly preferred.
• Professional engineering registration or equivalent certification is preferred.

Additional information

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