Principal Structural Engineer-ATX - Austin, United States - Cross Resource Group

Description

Principal - Structural

Engineering and Client Management Responsibilities

• Competent in managing a project team and design independently, with no oversight and high quality.
• Excel in conducting quality assurance (QA) reviews per company guidelines for projects overseen by

others and within own team.

• Provides direction, coordination, planning and completion of profitable engineering projects.

Supervise project managers throughout the project life cycle, but primarily involved in the initial set up
and immediately prior to delivering a design.

• Provide technical leadership and direction to project engineers and project managers.
• Understand and track financial information related to Clients under your responsibility.
• Represent the firm in meetings with clients and potential clients
• Understand and explain designs and design choices to clients, if needed.
• Demonstrate competency in utilizing functions of BQE Core software, especially financial reporting

and project management modules.
Potential Responsibilities with Role Expansion

• Responsible for the overall management of the local structural engineering division operations

including Training & Development, Operations Management, and Financial Performance

• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of all local structural engineering projects including

resource assignment.

• Conduct quality assurance reviews of all structural engineering projects managed locally which

exceed a set fee threshold to ensure compliance with industry and firm standards.

• Identify training needs for all levels of structural team based on outcome of QA reviews and feedback

from team and facilitate training sessions to address needs.

• Identify process and tool improvement needs based on outcome of QA reviews and feedback from

team. Execute improvements, utilizing staff as needed.

• Facilitate quarterly employee reviews to help set goals, facilitate progress toward such goals, and

ensure individual goals align with that of the company.

• Monitor financial performance of locally managed structural engineering projects and adjust project

and personnel assignments to optimize performance.

• Stay up to date on structural engineering news and trends and incorporate into trainings and tools

(i.e. code updates, structural failures)

• Consult with leadership team to adjust business development pursuits based on structural team's

capacity and capabilities.

Leadership & Business Development

• Exemplify Core Values (Pro-Team, Proactive Communications, Construction-Wise and Passionate)
• Recruit qualified principals, project managers, engineers, and graduate engineers.
• Manage and mentor project managers from both an engineering and leadership perspective (teaching

them how to be great engineers and great leaders)

• Maintain relationships with existing clients to ensure we are their structural engineer of choice.
• Connect with prospective clients at networking events, etc.
• Join the board of a relevant industry organization (NAIOP, TSPE, SEAoT, etc.)

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of structural engineering experience.
• Capable of independently fulfilling roles and responsibilities of all preceding roles. (Graduate

Structural Engineer - Structural Engineer - Project Manager)

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or Structural Engineer (SE)
• Able to demonstrate a portfolio of relevant project experience and client relationships.

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