Lead Structural Engineer

Do you like to solve problems in an engaging, collaborative, team environment? Are you excited about discovery, technical innovation, and achievement? Does working in a flexible culture with professional growth opportunities, a family friendly vibe, and smart, caring colleagues make for a great day? If so, consider an employment opportunity at Foth and join these members who enjoy their employment experience.

Foth Production Solutions works closely with consumer product companies to solve their toughest technical challenges. We partner with clients to help streamline their capital spending and business decision process, enable operational efficiencies, and launch new products. We provide clients with a flexible offering of project engagement that ranges across consulting, engineering, design-build, and/or mixed execution through project start-up.

Foth is currently seeking a team-focused, innovative, and results-oriented Lead Structural Engineer who has a desire to contribute to our clients’ success and is looking for new learning experiences and opportunities for career growth. This position will be working out of our Green Bay, WI, or Mehoopany, PA office location.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and manage structural discipline project members.
• Coordinate with other project disciplines as required.
• Estimate structural engineering hours for proposals.
• Prepare budgets and schedules.
• Interface with the client.
• Develop calculations, plans, and specifications for industrial structures.
• Evaluate structural capacity of existing structures.
• Analyze and engineer structure modifications and additions, platforms, catwalks, material handling systems, equipment support, foundations, etc.
• Use and manipulate 3D scanning and point cloud data
• Obtain field measurements of existing structures
• Write observation reports, installation scope documents, basis of design documents, etc.
• Support construction as required.
• Lead and direct other engineers and designers.
• Coach and mentor others.
• Develop engineering initiatives to improve current standards and processes.
• Perform QA/QC reviews for other engineers and designers.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering (with a structural focus)
• 10+ years of industry relevant experience
• Professional Engineer License

Required Previous Experience:

• Structural steel and reinforced concrete analysis and design
• Writing proposals, estimates, and reports

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Experience
• Providing consulting engineering and construction support in an industrial environment
• Industrial building design
• Tilt-up concrete wall design
• Experience utilizing 3D design tools (Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, VR, and 3D Scans)
• RISA 3D and other Risa software

All Foth Companies are equal opportunity employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. All locations are tobacco-free.

About Foth

Foth, the largest engineering and science consulting firm headquartered in Wisconsin, employs more than 650 members and operates in 28 locations to provide our national and international clients with convenient, personal services. 

Our dynamic science and engineering teams at Foth are organized into business units – Environment Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions, and Production Solutions – each comprised of extraordinary talent embodying decades of knowledge and specialized expertise. We bring our 85 year history of success and interdisciplinary knowledge to every client we serve, understanding their business, providing trusted advice, and developing customized, innovative solutions with remarkable energy and ingenuity.

Foth provides engineers, scientists, and other talented professionals an award-winning employment experience, including flexibility to balance work and life. We take on our clients’ toughest challenges which provides meaningful project assignments working alongside creative and dedicated team members.

Foth’s commitment to our members is demonstrated by annually reinvesting 5% of professional fee revenues in professional development activities. Our work environment is professional, collaborative, and fun. Each day, we work together in a unified, values-based culture, helping our clients’ achieve their goals and improving the world we live in.

Join our team and experience the Foth difference!