LeMar Industries Senior Structural Engineer

Job Description

Job Title Business Unit Department Reports To Senior Structural Engineer CTB Midwest - LeMar Engineering Engineering Manager BU Location BU Acceptance Approved By: Date Approved Des Moines, IA Overall Purpose: Why the Job Exists & What You Will Do: As the Senior Structural Engineer, you will lead the engineering team and design of agricultural grain storage, handling and conditioning equipment with a focus on large, complex structures multiple stories tall, with walkways, electrical/ mechanical systems, and complex multi-story tall products. Essential Job Functions & Expected Outcomes: Your Accountabilities in the Role

Design Process & Project Management: 90% of the Job

Perform structural design and analysis calculations using governing code and standards, engineering formulas, skills and experience.

Layout and detail portions of projects using schematic layout by project lead engineer. May be assigned responsibility for schematic or conceptual layouts when qualified.

Provide drawing for own designs and produce sketches to incorporate in drawings by Detailers

Reviews, analyzes and applies modeling results to code conformance requirements.

Utilizes a gated design process while keeping a master project list to communicate progress.

Creates and develops new structural designs that will meet or exceed customer and regulatory needs.

Coordinates and supports prototype construction and validates the product to ensure it meets design and cost specifications.

Communicates with the internal manufacturing, supply, and sales teams to ensure all design project goals and deliverables are achieved.

Coordinate work with other disciplines on customer projects.

Sales & Customer Support: 10% of the Job

Provides onsite or in field support to customers and sales team with product presentations, technical service and installation techniques that will meet or exceed the service and brand promise goals.

Directs and supports the activities for product documentation, manuals, sales presentations/tools and technical literature to ensure product features and benefits are accurately documented.

Supports and participates in the product training for sales and customer service to enhance the teams' technical knowledge of product performance, features and benefits.

The job criteria may include other duties, responsibilities and activities, which may change or be assigned at any item with or without notice.
Position Requirements:

Education: Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

Experience: 5+ years of structural steel design; experience in agricultural or industrial projects is preferred; or recent college graduate with 1 year of experience within a similar industry.

Certification(s): PE is a plus

Functional Skills: Solid understanding of structural analysis and structural steel design: AISC 360, AISC 341; knowledge of codes including: International Building Code, ASCE 7, OSHA 1910; detail-oriented, thorough, with the ability to complete projects on time.

Technology Aptitude/Skills: Knowledge and previous training in 3D structural analysis software, preferably RISA; experience in AutoCAD, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word

Language Skills: Able to read/write/speak English fluently; with strong presentation and excellent verbal/written skills.

Leadership/Behaviors: Ability to engage with other team members, consultants, and others to meet agreed timelines, and budgets; organized, good at setting reasonable yet aggressive project plans and timelines, can take a little risk to meet objectives, innovative and creative in thought processes, desire to build a career by creating an impact in the role, can work independently with a high level of integrity and is self-directed with a high customer focus, can manage ambiguity and changing priorities.

Culture Match Behaviors: Open communication, can initiate dialog to help find solutions, team player, can respectfully share information to help develop and adhere to best practices.

Core Values that Apply to All Positions:

• Integrity in all things
• Customers are why we exist
• Profitability is a must

• Excellence in all we do
• People make the difference

Equipment Used:

• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Requirements to Perform Essential Functions:

• Ability to sit at desk for 5+ hours per day
• Ability to operate keyboard and view computer screen for majority of day 6-7 hours
• Ability to write ideas/information in a logical flow for 5+ hours per day
• Ability to read and respond on an on-going basis daily due to nature of the work, throughout the day
• Ability to communicate with others via phone, in-person, and computer on-going
• Ability to listen to customers, problem-solve, and respond accordingly
• Ability to instruct and/or operate basic hand or power tools
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, kneel, squat, twist, climb, and carry and lift to 75 lbs.
• Ability to climb Grain Bins & Catwalks with heights of up to 150 ft (with safety gear) may also be required on occasion for troubleshooting and problem solving while on-site

Environmental Conditions & Travel:

• The employee is primarily exposed to a normal office environment with moderate noise. The employee is occasionally required to wear suitable Personal Protective Equipment while visiting manufacturing departments or client locations.
• This position may face inclement weather conditions when traveling.
• Up to 10% travel may be required (with the possibility for international travel)