Structural Engineer - Junior Level

Moffatt & Nichol's Walnut Creek or Oakland, CA office is actively seeking a Civil Engineer with entry to 2 years of waterfront/marine focus to perform planning and design for waterfront structures projects, including large and small marinas, ports, terminals, vessel mooring and berthing structures, bulkheads, breakwater and shore protection structures. The ideal candidates will have or be interested in learning structural analysis and modeling experience.

Moffatt & Nichol is a leading U.S.-based global infrastructure advisor specializing in the planning and design of facilities that shape and serve our coastlines, harbors and rivers, as well as an innovator in the transportation complexities associated with the movement of freight. The firm is currently ranked Engineering News Record #1 for Marine & Port Facilities and Top 20 for Transportation.

Moffatt & Nichol's professional staff includes engineers, planners, and scientists who serve our global client base from offices in Europe, North America, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim. The firm provides clients worldwide with customized service and a level of excellence that have become the firm's hallmark in several primary practice areas - ports and harbors; coastal, environmental and water resources; urban waterfronts and marinas; transportation, bridges and rail; inspection and rehabilitation; and energy.

Duties and responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Perform analysis, design, inspection of waterfront structures, asset management, submarine systems, and other maritime projects
• Structural analysis and design with timber, steel, concrete and composite materials
• Prestressed concrete analysis and design
• Develop plans, specifications, and calculations as needed
• Help resolve design problems that may include performing field investigation or inspections, detailed design work, and detailed checking of design computations done by others, or general coordination of specific design aspects into a project
• Calculate construction quantity estimates
• Work closely with other architects, engineers, scientists, project managers, etc. on multi-discipline projects
• Perform structural site inspections and prepare inspection reports

Other duties:

Please note this job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with Structural focus. A Master's degree in Structural Engineering preferred
• EIT preferred
• Entry to 4 years of marine/waterfront structural design experience related to ports, marinas, vessel mooring and berthing structures, breakwater and/or shore protection structures preferably in the West Coast of the US and/or other seismically active regions
• Entry level candidates must have internship or cooperative education experience in heavy civil, structural, or marine/waterfront design
• Background on structural modeling with nonlinear elements and/or soil-structure interaction preferred
• Preferred experience using:
  • AutoCad
  • SAP2000
  • STAAD
  • LPile
  • MicroStation
• All new hires will be required to successfully complete and pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check in compliance with NIST 800-171

Base salary range:

$36.90 to $45.10 per hour based on years of experience, level of education obtained, professional registration, and meeting required qualification in job description.

Base salary range only applicable for candidates who will be hired and working in the California, New York City, or Washington market.

Physical requirements:

Majority of work is office based. Some site visits may be required which may necessitate navigating unpaved or natural terrain while carrying equipment. Some travel may be required to work with other offices as part of large project teams or to project site in different locations than the candidates assigned office.

Moffatt & Nichol's EEO Statement

As a global business, Moffatt & Nichol relies on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goal of Creative People, Practical Solutions serving our client needs, and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We continuously seek talented, qualified employees in our world-wide operations regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, religion, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Moffatt & Nichol is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer/ Federal Contractor desiring priority referrals of all protected veterans for job openings.

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