Structural Engineer for Building Design

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Budget / SalaryHourly project
TypeFreelance project
LocationRemote
Posted48 minutes ago
Job Overview

GAT Engineering is seeking an experienced and licensed Structural Engineer to join its engineering team. The successful candidate will be responsible for structural analysis, design, documentation, and coordination of building projects, ensuring compliance with applicable building codes, safety standards, project schedules, and quality requirements. This role requires strong technical expertise in building structural systems, proficiency with RAM structural engineering software and Autodesk Revit, and the ability to independently manage complex engineering assignments while collaborating with multidisciplinary project teams.

Key Responsibilities
Structural Analysis and Design
• Design structural systems for commercial, institutional, and other building projects.
• Perform gravity, wind, and seismic load analyses in accordance with applicable codes.
• Design steel, reinforced concrete, wood, and masonry structural systems.
• Develop structural framing plans, foundation plans, and lateral-force-resisting systems.
• Perform engineering calculations to determine structural member sizes, orientation, connections, and stability.
• Prepare structural drawings, technical specifications, and engineering reports.
• Conduct structural assessments and engineering studies for existing facilities.

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, or Architectural Engineering with a structural emphasis.
• Proficiency in RAM structural engineering software.
• Minimum 6 years of experience using Autodesk Revit BIM software.
• Strong understanding of structural analysis, engineering calculations, and building design principles.
• Experience developing structural construction documents and coordinating multidisciplinary building projects.
• Familiarity with applicable building codes, design standards, and construction practices.
• Strong technical communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to perform complex engineering assignments with minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience designing higher education facilities and Central Energy Plant (CEP) infrastructure.
• Experience designing multi-story buildings.
• Expertise in structural steel, wood, reinforced concrete, and masonry framing systems.
• Experience designing complex foundation systems.
• Knowledge of special moment frames and other seismic-force-resisting systems.
• Experience designing masonry and reinforced concrete shear walls.
• Experience with wind and seismic load analysis for complex buildings.
• Experience in construction administration, field investigations, and engineering quality control.

Relevant Technical Skills
Structural Design: Steel framing, reinforced concrete, wood framing, masonry,
foundations, lateral systems, moment frames, shear walls. Structural Software: RAM (required), Autodesk Revit BIM (required). Codes and Standards: IBC,
ASCE 7,AISC 360 ACI 318,and applicable local building codes as relevant to project scope. Good English Communication.
project management building architecture civil engineering structural engineering autocad autodesk revit building design masonry
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