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Overview

This associate engineering position offers a variety of interesting and challenging opportunities in structural engineering, providing an excellent opportunity to advance your career. You will collaborate with a team of structural engineers on projects for new nuclear facilities and upgrades to nuclear power plants.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with a team of structural engineers.
  • Interface with engineers from other disciplines.
  • Guide the work of less experienced project team members.
  • Prepare and review design calculations.
  • Develop specifications and support designers with drawing development.
  • Perform structural analysis and design of steel frames, connections, concrete members, and foundations.
  • Travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and plant site locations for construction coordination.

Requirements

  • BS degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Structural Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • 1+ years of experience in design and analysis of structures is valued but not required.
  • Experience with structural analysis software such as STAAD, SAP2000, SAFE, STRUDL, or ANSYS is valued but not required.
  • Experience with design codes and standards such as ASCE 7, AISC, and ACI is valued but not required.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life & Accident Insurance
  • Disability Coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • 401k
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Bereavement Leave
  • Flexible Work Arrangements

Additional Information

  • This position is based on a hybrid work schedule requiring in-office work 3 days per week.
  • Sargent & Lundy does not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life & Accident Insurance
Disability Coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
401k
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Bereavement Leave
Flexible Work Arrangements
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How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 27% above the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ — toward the top of a $26–$38/hr middle band drawn from 82 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 79% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 214 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 140 different employers. 84 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 488 other active welding openings from 277 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

Sargent & Lundy currently has 1 other opening live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (14), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (14), and GTI Fabrication (11). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are El Mirage at $38/hr, Waddell at $34/hr, and Phoenix at $32/hr. Phoenix is among them.

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