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This position serves as an important link between project leadership, engineering staff, BIM/modeling staff, clients, and other project participants.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\n\nManage smaller or less-complex structural engineering projects under the oversight of a Project Manager or Project Executive, including project coordination, communication, deliverables, and construction-phase services.\nSupport Project Managers and Project Executives with the planning, coordination, and execution of larger or more complex projects.\nPerform structural analysis and design, including complex engineering assignments, while balancing technical work with increasing project management responsibilities.\nPlan and coordinate structural engineering activities necessary to meet project deliverables and communicate priorities and assignments to engineering and BIM/modeling team members.\nProvide technical direction and guidance to Project Engineers and BIM/modeling team members and assist with resolving engineering, detailing, and coordination questions.\nReview engineering calculations, analysis models, structural drawings, and other project deliverables for technical accuracy, consistency, completeness, and conformance with Apex standards.\nCoordinate structural requirements with architects, MEP/FP consultants, contractors, fabricators, and other project participants and facilitate resolution of coordination issues affecting the structural design.\nParticipate actively in external project meetings and communicate structural design, coordination items, required information, and project status with clients and other project participants.\nServe as a primary day-to-day contact for clients and project participants on assigned smaller projects and assist the Project Manager or Project Executive with external communication on larger projects.\nIdentify design, coordination, schedule, or project execution issues and communicate potential impacts and recommended solutions to the Project Manager or Project Executive.\nCoordinate and review responses to RFIs, submittals, field conditions, and other construction-phase engineering items and assist with resolving more complex construction issues.\nAssist with developing project work plans, schedules, staffing needs, and internal project assignments and monitor progress against established project requirements.\nDevelop an understanding of project scope and fee and assist the Project Manager or Project Executive with monitoring project performance, additional services, and changes in scope.\nAssist with the development of project scopes, fee proposals, schedules, and resource plans for new and existing projects.\nDevelop and maintain strong working relationships with clients through responsive communication, professionalism, technical competence, and consistent project execution.\nProvide day-to-day technical guidance to Project Engineer I, II, and III team members and assist with their continued technical and professional development.\nParticipate in project QA/QC processes and help ensure Apex's engineering standards, design procedures, documentation requirements, and project delivery processes are consistently followed.\nParticipate in Apex Technical Advisory Groups and contribute to the continued development of engineering standards, design tools, technical resources, workflows, and lessons learned.\n\nQualifications:\n\nBachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or Architectural Engineering from an accredited university.\nMaster's degree in Structural Engineering preferred.\nTypically five or more years of relevant structural engineering experience.\nProfessional Engineer (PE) and/or Structural Engineer (SE) licensure.\nStructural Engineer (SE) licensure preferred and may be required based on project type and jurisdiction.\nStrong technical knowledge of structural analysis, building systems, load paths, and the design of structural systems using steel, concrete, masonry, and 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