Sr Civil Structural Engineer Section Leader

ECI Group the worlds leading specialist engineering contractor for lowdensity polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) projects is looking for an experienced and knowledgeable Sr. Civil Structural Engineer / Section Leaderto supplement our existing team in our Baton Rouge office. Consider joining our team of experienced engineers and designers developing civil / structural engineering solutions for our petrochemical and advanced recycling business lines.

Your Role With The Company:

• This position reports directly to the Global CivilStructural Engineering Manager.
• Prepare civil structural engineering deliverables in accordance with Company Management System current legislation project requirements and international standards. Check deliverables produced by others.
• Manage the civil structuralscope of engineering work to eliminate cost / time growth.
• Identify any project scope growth and correctly document it and apply the project procedures for cost and time reimbursement. Commercial awareness of the impact of changes in scope budget and schedule overruns.
• Identify project risk and address risk mitigation measures.
• Identify communicate and implement cost reduction and schedule improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical information in support of the project team.
• Comply with the Company Management System and QHSE requirements
• Implement assigned engineering work within the budget and project timescale.
• Attend technical design/project reviews to ensure compliance with customers needs and QHSE requirements.
• Ability to work as part of a group and on individual tasks within a larger team. Have the ability to lead large teams of multiskilled engineers.
• Identify and present training and learning opportunities (both individual and departmental) for consideration.
• Understand customer needs and ensure that they are being satisfied.
• Active communication with all customers to promote clear understanding.
• Develop good customer relationships (internal and external).
• The role will interface with other internal engineering disciplines as well as external project team members such as the client fabricator and site contractor representatives.

Background Profile:

• Bachelors Degree Civil or Structural Engineering
• Licensed Professional Engineer in either Civil or Structural Engineering in Louisiana and Texas.
• 10 years of experience engineering structures and foundations for industrial equipment and piping.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in various Civil and Structural engineering operations or other technical roles
• At least 5 years of experience in a multidisciplinary petrochemical design environment.
• Creative problem definition and problemsolving skills.
• Selfmotivated and capable of delivering highquality work with little/no supervision guidance.
• Upto date knowledge of civil and structural international standards applicable to petrochemical process plants. Familiarity and experience with the following codes or later versions: AISC 14th edition ACI 31808 ASCE 710 NFPAIBC 2012.
• Working knowledge of foundations and structures for fixed and rotating equipment.
• Upto date knowledge of key Civil and Structural design and engineering techniques and their applications.
• Good command of and experience with industry standard visualization and calculation tools (e.g. Navis works / STAAD Pro / RAM Elements / MathCaD / SAP 2000 / Tekla/ and other Bentley engineering software etc..
• Work effectively with other disciplines to proactively communicate technical needs (loads mounting geometry etc. and provide for their technical requirements (access clearances etc.
• Experience checking/reviewing drawings developed under your direction
• Excellent technical and nontechnical communication skills both written and oral.
• Good command of MS Office applications.
• Must be capable of working a part of a closeknit small core team as well as being selfreliant with the confidence to make decisions acting on their own initiative.
• Organized with the ability to support multiple concurrent projects.
• Accountable confident bright articulate innovative highly motivated and selfstarter with a high energy level that performs with the highest integrity.
• Site experience (e.g. construction site troubleshooting site survey fabricator shop etc..
• Knowledge of engineering activities within the wider petrochemical industry.
• Comfortable with occasional opportunities for international travel.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.