AECOM

Structural Lead

AECOM$120K — $145K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS + 8 years of relevant experience or equivalent educational background
  • Licensed Professional Engineer in California
  • 20 years of practical experience in structural engineering (preferred)
  • Expertise in structural design for bridges and transit viaducts in high seismicity areas
  • Familiar with high-speed rail design criteria and standards
  • Strong project and construction management background
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

Responsibilities

  • Directs the development of Structural Design Criteria for infrastructure projects
  • Coordinates seismic assessments with specialist teams
  • Monitors progress and schedules of technical deliverables
  • Assesses studies for design criteria and third-party agreements
  • Supervises final design and construction support teams
  • Manages the review of Requests for Information and Design Variance Requests
  • Supports environmental approval processes with design updates

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Life and disability benefits
  • Paid time off and leave of absence
  • Flexible work options and well-being resources
  • Employee assistance program and travel insurance
  • Retirement savings plan and employee stock purchase plan
  • Service recognition awards
Full Job Description
Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Structural Lead for one of our offices in Sacramento, CA. The role provides technical leadership and oversight for structural engineering activities supporting the initiatives for major infrastructure projects. This role is responsible for managing the development of structural design criteria, coordinating multidisciplinary engineering efforts, overseeing technical studies, and supporting design reviews and project delivery. The Structural Lead collaborates with internal teams, consultants, and project stakeholders to ensure structural designs comply with program requirements, engineering standards, and project objectives while supporting the successful delivery of complex infrastructure projects.
  • Directs and contributes to Structures Design Criteria development for Bridges, Retaining Walls, and Buried Structures
  • Coordinates with Seismic Specialist Team to develop the Ground Motion and Fault Crossing Response procedures
  • Manage, and monitor progress and schedule of technical chapters of criteria development

Support and supervises special studies:
  • Assesses the studies to support design criteria development, third party agreements, and others as necessary
  • Assist in the development of scope, delivery schedule and cost estimates
  • Monitors progress and schedule of deliverables
  • Manages and supervises the final design and construction support team to support construction contract packages:
  • Coordinate with PCM and System Assurance team to ensure the required design and review procedures, V&V process, and system interfaced requirements specified in GP and PCM manual are followed
  • Supervise the team to perform the Due Diligent Review for technical contract submittals
  • Manage the review of Requests for Information (RFIs), Design Variance Requests (DVRs), received from PCM for preparation of the responses
  • Coordinate with technical teams to develop the Directive Memo for issuing to PCM and Design Builder
  • Provide updates of design requirements and technical documents to support the preliminary designs for obtaining approval of environmental clearance application
  • Supervise the team to perform the review of the preliminary design submittals
  • Attend the technical discussion meetings


Qualifications

Minimum requirements:
  • BA/BS + 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
  • Licensed Professional Engineer in California

Preferred Requirements:
  • Degree in engineering, construction management, or other closely related curriculum
  • This individual shall have at least 20 years of structures engineering practical experience
  • Knowledge of principles and practices of structural design of the bridges, and transit viaducts in high seismicity area
  • Knowledge of principles and practices of high-speed rail design criteria and standards
  • Knowledge of principles and practices of the design and construction support projects
  • Familiar with Design-bid-build and Design-build project delivery methods and requirements
  • Ability to use experience to evaluate engineering solutions for the major transportation projects from planning, preliminary, final design and through the construction phases
  • Strong project and construction management background
  • Proficiency and knowledge of computer software applications such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Visio
  • Familiar with transportation projects and disciplines
  • Knowledge of and ability to apply engineering judgment in areas of design and construction engineering on transportation projects.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Working relationships with management, consultants, private sector contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and their associations


Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

About AECOM

AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. With approximately 45,000 employees around the world, AECOM is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world's built, natural, and social environments. A Fortune 500 company, AECOM serves clients in more than 150 countries and had revenue of $8.0 billion during the 12 months ended March 31, 2014.

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Size
51,000 employees
Market Cap
$11.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$200.8 million
Founded
1990
5 Year Trend
-6.3%
Revenue
$13.3 billion
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