Job Description

Overview

The Structural Designer 3 - Nuclear Power position at Sargent & Lundy offers a hybrid work schedule and involves working with multi-disciplined engineering teams to develop structural physical layout drawings in a 3-D model, focusing on structural supports and foundations.

Responsibilities

  • Develop structural physical layout drawings in a 3-D model.
  • Design structural supports and foundations.
  • Investigate, troubleshoot, and solve a variety of structural design issues.
  • Utilize 3D modeling software tools to generate structural design schematics.
  • Coordinate detailed design phases for an integrated structural design model.
  • Support other designers and project team members for timely design completion.
  • Plan and execute structural design deliverables independently and as part of a team.
  • Assist senior designers and engineers in field walkdowns and data gathering.
  • Provide guidance and mentorship to less experienced drafters and designers.

Requirements

  • An Associate's Degree in drafting, or a high school diploma with 1 or more years of drafting coursework or equivalent technical experience.
  • Four or more years of detailed design experience in structural steel and reinforced concrete design drawings.
  • Proficiency with design software tools for 3D plant layout models.
  • Experience reviewing structural layout drawings involving steel frames, connections, concrete members, equipment and piping supports, foundations, and rebar detailing.
  • Ability to interface with engineering and design teams of other disciplines in the power plant design process.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Hybrid work schedule with a mix of in-office and remote work.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $42/hr, this posting sits about 38% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ — toward the top of a $24–$37/hr middle band drawn from 89 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 84% 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.

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