Structural Practice Leader

Join American Structurepoint and become part of a team that goes the extra mile for our clients and communities. We live by our values - respect staff development results and family. Our team is encouraged to explore new ideas and turn our clients dreams into reality. With exceptional benefits training and mentorship we pave the way for a rewarding career. Ready for more than just a job Explore opportunities with us and help improve the quality of life in the communities we serve.

Group: Structural

Position: Practice Leader

Location: Indianapolis IN; South Bend IN; Evansville IN; Fort Wayne IN; Columbus OH; Cincinnati OH; Cleveland OH; Akron OH; Naperville IL (on-site)

American Structurepoint is seeking an experienced Structural Practice Leader to lead and grow our overall vertical and building structural engineering practice. The steady strategic growth of our company has created new opportunities to expand our structural engineering practice within and beyond our design centers in the upper Midwest to new markets around the country. This individual will serve as the structural engineering leader for the company and operate in current and future growth markets.

This individual will be responsible for overall staff management operations sales and growth of the vertical/building structural practice. This individual will also collaborate closely with executive leadership and our established offices across the country to develop client relationships secure new business execute projects and build local structural teams. This is a seller-doer leadership role requiring strong technical expertise project management experience operational experience and entrepreneurial initiative. The successful candidate will leverage American Structurepoints existing resources while developing trusted relationships with architects developers contractors owners and internal partners to expand the firms structural engineering presence and project portfolio.

Ideal location for this position is in our current key markets of Indiana or Ohio or able to re-locate to one of these areas. Periodic travel to American Structurepoint offices will be required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead vertical structural engineering services within our current and future markets serving as the primary leader of our structural staff operations projects and growth.
• Develop and execute a strategic growth plan in collaboration with the executive leadership team design center leadership and business development staff.
• Build and maintain relationships with architects contractors developers owners and industry partners to generate repeat business.
• Lead project pursuits including client meetings project strategy contract and scope development fee development proposal preparation interviews and follow-up.
• Oversee/Direct the management of building structural engineering projects from proposal through construction administration including project planning staffing budgeting scheduling quality control financial performance and project closeout.
• Provide technical leadership for building structural projects.
• Collaborate with architects engineers BIM staff project managers and technical leaders across multiple design centers to deliver high-quality projects.
• Review structural calculations drawings specifications and deliverables to ensure technical quality constructability coordination and compliance with company standards.
• Represent American Structurepoint within the engineering and construction community through professional organizations networking and industry involvement.
• Recruit mentor develop and lead structural engineering staff and teams of staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering Structural Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Approximately 15 years of structural engineering experience focused on building design and structural systems.
• Demonstrated experience managing structural engineering projects from proposal through construction administration.
• Experience developing contracts project scopes fees budgets staffing plans schedules and proposals.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain client relationships that generate repeat business.
• Broad experience with multiple building types structural systems and construction materials.
• Excellent communication leadership organizational and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with architects owners contractors developers multidisciplinary project teams and junior engineering staff.
• Strong commitment to delivering practical cost-effective and constructible structural solutions.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the desire to establish and grow a structural engineering practice.
• Operational experience including group financials projections resource allocation and other leadership tasks.

Preferred:

• Masters degree with a structural engineering emphasis.
• Structural Engineer (SE) license.
• Experience with a respected structural engineering or multidisciplinary A/E consulting firm.
• Existing relationships with architects contractors developers institutions or owners within the target markets.
• Experience leading business development initiatives and project pursuits.
• Experience mentoring team leaders project managers project engineers staff engineers and BIM professionals.
• Experience across a diverse portfolio including healthcare education higher education commercial multifamily mixed-use hospitality civic municipal and light industrial projects.
• Experience working within a collaborative multi-office or multidisciplinary organization.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Prolonged periods of sitting and working on a computer.
• Ability to lift up to 1015 pounds.
• Occasional standing walking bending or reaching as required.
• Occasional site visits or travel for meetings pursuits project visits etc.
• Regular reliable attendance and punctuality.