Design Associate, Structural
The Haskell Company
About the Role
Haskell is a nationally recognized Top Workplace that values diverse perspectives and inclusive thinking. We offer a culture grounded in trust, driven by excellence, and built to support your goals, providing opportunities for growth, flexibility, and a sense of belonging.
The Design Associate - Structural is responsible for the structural design of basic elements for assigned projects, working towards meeting eligibility requirements to take a professional licensing exam. This role involves working with licensed design professionals to produce innovative, appropriate, and cost-effective structural engineering designs, drawings, and specifications.
Key Responsibilities
- Application of Building Systems Knowledge:
- Produces calculations and documents.
- Develops a basic understanding of various model building and materials codes.
- Design:
- Prepares clear, complete, and concise calculations, including software models.
- Develops all necessary details for assigned elements.
- Prepares design criteria for assigned projects.
- Is responsible for the production of well-organized structural documents and calculations that are accurate, clear, concise, and complete.
- Participates in design reviews with the design team as required.
- Construction Support:
- Responds to assigned RFIs and reviews submittals for compliance in a timely manner.
- Participates in assigned preconstruction/preparatory meetings.
- Prepares assigned field orders, addenda, and record drawings.
- Project Management:
- Communicates effectively with external/internal customers and staff in a professional manner, conveying pertinent project information as required.
- Attends project meetings as requested.
- Planning, Scheduling and Profitability:
- Completes all assigned work on time.
- Monitors projects for scope creep and reports changes to the Engineer of Record.
- Professional Development:
- Working towards becoming registered as a PE.
- Attends training provided by senior staff to improve base knowledge.
- Actively participates in local professional organization(s).
- Improves ability to use all structural design, AutoCAD, and 3D modeling software.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Bachelor of Science degree in an accredited curriculum such as civil or architectural engineering.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Proficiency in structural design, AutoCAD, and 3D modeling software.
Qualifications
- Responsible for structural design of basic elements for assigned projects.
- Work of increasing complexity to meet eligibility requirements to take professional licensing exam.
- Works with licensed design professional for the production of innovative, appropriate, cost-effective designs, drawings, and specifications in structural engineering for assigned projects.
- Required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations.
- Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds.
- Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information.
- Frequently required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.