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Overview

This Senior Structural Engineer position at Sargent & Lundy offers a hybrid work arrangement and provides opportunities in structural engineering for new nuclear facilities and upgrades to nuclear power plants. The role involves collaboration with a team of engineers and guiding less experienced team members while applying knowledge of structural analysis and design.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with a team of structural engineers on engineering projects.
  • Interface with engineers from other disciplines.
  • Guide the work of less experienced project team members.
  • Prepare and review design calculations and develop specifications.
  • Support designers with drawing development.
  • Perform structural analysis and design using state-of-the-art computer tools.
  • Travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and site locations for construction coordination.

Requirements

  • BS degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Structural Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
  • Seven or more years of experience in the design and analysis of structures.
  • Proficiency with structural analysis software such as STAAD, SAP2000, SAFE, STRUDL, or ANSYS.
  • Proficiency with design codes and standards such as ASCE 7, AISC, and ACI.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Hybrid work arrangement with three days in the office and two days remote.
  • Potential for travel to client and vendor offices.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $61/hr, this posting sits about 69% above the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL — toward the top of a $27–$50/hr middle band drawn from 81 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 111 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 77 different employers. 45 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 266 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

Sargent & Lundy currently has 3 other openings live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (8), and Aerotek (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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