Structural Designer

The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?

Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Stantec’s Buildings group in Berkley provides Engineering, Architecture, and Interior Design across multiple sectors including education, multi-family housing, workplace, civic, and research and development. Our team is passionate about the design quality of the built environment and create designs that are timeless, intelligent, and sustainable. This is the place where great ideas and rewarding careers call home.

Our Berkley, MI office is looking for a highly motivated Structural Designer to join our growing, multi-disciplinary team. Your role is to work with direct supervision on tasks for small projects and as a team member of a larger project under the guidance of a Senior Engineer. Applicant must be capable of working effectively with multidisciplinary team, and be willing to learn from peers and supervisor.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports project team in development of design documentation, plans and reports for relevant project design elements
• Assists in the development of design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats
• Utilizes BIM technologies in development of three-dimensional models of building structural systems
• Coordinates with other building disciplines (architectural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, civil, etc.) to ensure compatibility with the design intent
• Assists in the review of shop drawings and submittals, responds to RFIs, prepares site observation reports, and performs other contract administration tasks
• Attends project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants
• Performs calculations of building elements and well-defined structural systems under supervision of Senior Engineer.
• Performs field work as directed by a senior engineer/designer
• Assists with engineering duties on projects of various complexity
• Performs other duties as assigned by the senior engineering staff