About this role
At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.
Are you ready to design your future?
Be our next Senior Structural Engineer!
EXP is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to join our growing Energy team in either Tallahassee, FL or Houston, TX . In this role, you will support the analysis, design, assessment, and rehabilitation of structural systems serving energy, industrial, utility, and critical infrastructure facilities. Projects may include facility upgrades, equipment support structures, access platforms, fall-protection systems, maintenance facilities, structural retrofits, and multidisciplinary infrastructure improvements.
The successful candidate will apply sound engineering principles to evaluate existing facilities, develop practical design solutions, and support projects throughout planning, design, construction, and commissioning phases. This position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys working on diverse industrial and energy-related projects while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across EXP's North American operations.
Your work environment at EXP
In this role, you will be part of EXP's Energy Group , supporting a broad range of projects for utility, industrial, energy, federal, and infrastructure clients. Working alongside structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, and construction professionals, you will contribute to projects that support the modernization, maintenance, and expansion of critical facilities and systems.
The selected candidate's location is flexible, with opportunities to support projects across the United States and collaborate with engineering teams throughout EXP.
The successful candidate will be capable of working independently while participating in multidisciplinary project teams. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical capabilities in structural analysis and steel design, along with an interest in solving complex challenges involving existing facilities, industrial infrastructure, and engineered support systems.
What a day at EXP has in store for you
- Perform structural analysis and design of steel and concrete systems supporting industrial, utility, energy, and infrastructure projects.
- Perform structural analysis and design for pipeline facilities, including pump/compressor stations, meter stations, valve settings, launcher/receiver sites, and terminal facilities.
- Design structural supports for above-ground pipelines and facilities, including pipe racks, sleepers, pipe bridges, anchor blocks, Pipe supports, valve support, thrust blocks, and seismic restraints.
- Design foundations shallow and deep foundations, equipment pads, and containment areas for pipeline equipment, tanks, and structural components.
- Support projects through planning, design, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases.
- Occasionally travel to project sites for assessments, client meetings, and construction support activities.
- Prepare engineering reports, calculation packages, technical specifications, drawings, and construction documents.
- Analyze gravity, wind, seismic, equipment, operational, and special loading conditions in accordance with applicable codes and standards.
- Coordinate with civil, mechanical, electrical, and construction teams to develop integrated engineering solutions.
- Looking for someone that can step into other roles within the pipeline engineering "world".
What your experience looks like
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering (Structures), or related engineering discipline.
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain licensure within a reasonable timeframe.
- 5-10+ years of experience in structural analysis, steel design, and engineering support of industrial, energy, utility, or infrastructure projects.
- Experience preparing engineering calculations, structural assessment reports, technical memoranda, and construction documents.
- Familiarity with energy facility environments.
- Knowledge of OSHA requirements and applicable safety-related design considerations.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary projects involving structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, and construction teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.