Structural Engineer 2 -- Nuclear Power
Sargent & Lundy is a trusted leader in nuclear engineering, design, and licensing. This associate engineering position offers opportunities in structural engineering, where you will collaborate with a team to work on projects for nuclear facilities and perform structural analysis and design.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with a team of structural engineers
- Interface with engineers from other disciplines
- Guide the work of less experienced project team members
- Work with a structural engineering team on engineering projects for new nuclear facilities and upgrades and modifications to nuclear power plants
- Prepare and review design calculations
- Develop specifications
- Support designers with drawing development
- Perform the structural analysis and design of steel frames, connections, concrete members, and foundations
- Travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and to plant site locations for construction coordination and field verification of designs
Skills
- BS degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Structural Engineering from an ABET-accredited program
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- 1+ years of experience working as a member of a project team in the design and analysis of structures, including both AISC steel and ACI concrete designs
- Experience with structural analysis software such as STAAD, SAP2000, SAFE, STRUDL, or ANSYS
- Experience with design codes and standards such as ASCE 7, AISC, and ACI
- Programming or scripting (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate calculations, design checks, reporting, or data transformation is valued but not required
- Additional learning, such as a minor, certificate, or other training in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields that helps you apply automation or agentic AI to real engineering problems
Benefits
- Health Plans: Medical, Dental, Vision
- Life & Accident Insurance
- Disability Coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Back-Up Daycare
- FSA & HSA
- 401(k)
- Pre-Tax Commuter Account
- Merit Scholarship Program
- Employee Discount Program
- Corporate Charitable Giving Program
- Tuition Assistance
- First Professional Licensure Bonus
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Bereavement Leave
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Yearly discretionary bonus
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