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Overview

AECOM is seeking a Structural Engineer III - Ports and Marine to join their team in Houston, TX. The role involves undertaking design and planning activities on maritime projects, contributing to the development of infrastructure that positively impacts communities.

Responsibilities

  • Undertake design and planning activities on maritime projects.
  • Conduct maritime design and planning according to maritime codes and standards.
  • Perform structural design for wharves, piles, sheet piles, and dolphins.
  • Independently prepare engineering calculations and develop specifications.
  • Gather and correlate basic engineering data using established procedures.
  • Work on detailed engineering assignments involving calculations and tests.
  • Propose solutions to new problems using modifications of standard procedures.
  • Identify discrepancies in results.
  • Provide guidance to entry-level engineers.
  • Complete primary design elements for engineering works with little supervision.
  • Perform occasional site visits as required by project needs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or related field.
  • 4 years of relevant experience or equivalent education and experience.
  • Valid Driver’s license.
  • Professional Engineering (PE) License.
  • Master of Science with structural engineering concentration preferred.
  • Ten years or more of related experience preferred.
  • Experience in the design of marine structures in seismic zones preferred.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Knowledge of computer analysis and design software such as SAP 2000, RISA 3D, STAAD.Pro, LPILE, SAFE.
  • Knowledge in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation.
  • Proficient in using computers for engineering calculations and report writing.
  • Demonstrable interest in developing a career in Ports & Marine Engineering.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • Retirement Savings Plan
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Additional Information

  • Sponsorship is not offered now or in the future for this position.
  • Work location model is Hybrid.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
Retirement Savings Plan
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $50/hr, this posting sits about 94% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 86 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 88% 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 360 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 210 different employers. 158 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 736 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). 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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