Director, Engineering Structural
Dallas, TX - USA
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Job Summary
QISG leverages Quantas comprehensive resources to deliver collaborative solutions for our partners energy infrastructure needs. We use in-house talent expertise and resources to plan design engineer manage conduct maintenance on and construct projects.
Our turnkey service capabilities provide our customers with efficiency consistency attention to detail and safe execution. The QISG team brings together Engineering Safety Quality Material Procurement QA/QC Right-of-Way Acquisition Scheduling Environmental Planning Permitting Title and Land Management expertise that ensure outstanding results for our clients.
Job Title: Director Engineering - Structural
Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group (QISG) is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary engineering company within the Quanta Services (Quanta) family of companies. Quanta Services ranks #1 on the ENR 2024 Top 600 Specialty Contractors list designing and building some of the largest infrastructure projects in North America. QISG is seeking a structural engineering leader and subject matter expert (SME) to represent QISGs in-house structural expertise in support of large-scale infrastructure projects through North America.
About this Role
The Director is a SME and functional leader for QISGs structural engineering practice within the organization with a focus on building structural aspects of data center energy and industrial related infrastructure. This role develops QISGs capability to address constraints impacted by engineering on large/major projects early from site selection and due diligence through design and construction support and serves structural engineering SME and Engineering Project Management (E-PMs) functions that integrate engineering permitting and procurement on EPC and design-build programs. This is a leadership position that reports to the Sr. Director and/or Vice President of Engineering. The Director will lead and develop structural engineering resource capacity oversee subconsultant design and collaborate with QISGs internal civil geotechnical water and wastewater transportation GIS environmental permitting procurement and construction teams. The successful candidate has deep technical credibility is comfortable interfacing with owner and engineering design leads and works effectively with ambiguity and limited supervision
- Serve as a QISG structural SME and discipline lead to support data center industrial and large scale power infrastructure pursuits and projects overseeing technical content and quality from concept through closeout and providing Engineer-of-Record-level oversight of structural engineering deliverables. Oversight will include that of third-party engineering design processes scheduling and deliverables with lesser amounts of QISG self-performed engineering work.
- Manage subconsultants and engineering service providers including scope definition key performance indicators and review of work products before release.
- Lead engineering risk assessment and due diligence including integrity safety and regulatory and technical compliance.
- Direct design of building and ancillary mechanical component structural systems and material procurement support.
- Establish and enforce technical standards and governance for structural engineering design and delivery ensuring consistency and compliance across all projects.
- Coordinate with internal multidisciplinary teams including Planning Construction
- Environmental Right-of-Way and Permitting to deliver integrated structural solutions.
- Stay current with industry trends technologies and regulatory changes and integrate best practices into the engineering processes.
- Develop project budgets schedules and resource plans and lead project performance reviews for assigned projects.
- Contribute to building the practice: recruit mentor and train engineering staff; provide input on resource planning to support growth; and develop engineering controls QA/QC procedures design standards and templates while fostering a culture of safety quality and integrity.
- Support business development through client meetings proposals and qualification statements and work with Quanta operating companies to promote QISGs capabilities.
- Other duties as assigned
- Bachelors degree in Civil or related engineering field from an ABET-accredited university
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) licensure
- Minimum 15 years of structural engineering (concrete steel and building) and construction experience for municipal or industrial clients
- Familiarity with the use of the following computer software: RISA SPColumn Revit and AutoDesk INVENTOR (or like FEM/FEA platform)
- Knowledge of relevant industry codes standards and regulations including ANSI ASTM ACI AISC NEC NESC and others.
- Proven experience leading and overseeing multidisciplinary engineering and program management teams and delivering complex projects from planning and design through construction support and startup
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; proficient with Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook and Teams
- M.S. in Civil/Structural Engineering and/or Structural Engineer (S.E.) licensure
- Familiarity with the use of the following computer software: AutoCAD (with or without the Advanced Steel Extension) and Revit
- Familiarity with EPC/design-build delivery project controls tools (Primavera P6 MS Project) Procore and GIS
Physical Requirements
Must be able to lift 40 lbs at times; bend lift climb and walk on uneven surfaces during site visits.
Travel Requirements
Varies based on project requirements and site visits throughout North America: estimated as up to 50% of the work year.
- Competitive Compensation
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Holiday Pay
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Comprehensive Health Coverage
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Professional Development
- Tuition Assistance
- Employee Discount Program
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion national origin or ancestry sex (including gender pregnancy sexual orientation and/or gender identity) age disability genetic information veteran status and/or any other basis protected by applicable federal state or local law.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and protected veteran status.
We prohibit all types of discrimination and are committed to providing access and equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities. For additional information or if reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application interview or hiring processes or to perform the essential functions of a position please contact us the Companys Human Resources department.
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
Quanta has built the largest craft labor force in North America by uniting over 200 operating companies to tackle the most complex infrastructure challenges in the world.