As a Structural Engineer II, you will carry the structural design on your own projects, from the first framing scheme through the last field question. You will resolve the load paths through the whole building, decide how it gets detailed, and answer for the accuracy of what leaves your desk. Most of the work is buildings of typical to moderate complexity, along with defined pieces of larger and less conventional projects, where a senior engineer is available to you but is not standing over you.
This is the level where you stop executing someone else's approach and start setting your own. You will write the work plans, talk directly to the architect and the contractor instead of relaying through someone else, and review the calculations and drawings of the engineers coming up behind you. That is the work that leads to Senior Structural Engineer and to running projects. Progressive is employee owned, so profit sharing and the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) mean the projects you deliver show up in your own stake in the firm.
In this role, you will:
- Take engineering responsibility for the structural design of your projects. Analyze and design full building systems as a licensed PE, tracking loads from roof to foundation, choosing systems that use material efficiently, and working out solutions for conditions that do not follow a standard detail.
- Produce the calculations, models, and documents the building gets built from. Develop and coordinate analytical models, calculations, construction documents, and project specifications in Revit, AutoCAD, RISA, RAM, and the firm's specification platform, detailed well enough that the contractor is not guessing in the field.
- Make the code and standards calls on your own judgment. Apply the governing building codes, design standards, and jurisdictional requirements to assigned work, and coordinate with clients, review agencies, and other authorities having jurisdiction when a requirement needs interpretation.
- Build the structural work plan and hold the schedule and budget. Identify the tasks, sequence them, and run the structural effort across several small to moderate projects at once, or a significant portion of a large one. Tell project leadership about scope changes and schedule risk while there is still time to do something about it.
- Coordinate the structural scope with the rest of the project team. Work directly with architects, mechanical and electrical engineers, outside consultants, and contractors to settle technical conflicts as they come up, and contribute structural scope, schedule, and staffing needs to project planning.
- Document existing conditions in the field and set the analytical approach. Investigate renovation and addition work on site, record what is actually there, and establish engineering assumptions you can defend, including where an assumption carries risk.
- Run construction administration on your projects with minimal oversight. Answer RFIs, review submittals and shop drawings, and confirm every response holds to the design intent and the applicable codes before it goes out.
- Review the work of junior staff and catch problems before they leave the office. Check their calculations, models, drawings, and specifications against the established design approach, resolve coordination and documentation inconsistencies, and carry what quality control reviews turn up into the next project instead of repeating it.
- Bring junior engineers and design staff along. Give direct technical guidance on their tasks and documents, tell them what is wrong and why, and share project experience in Lessons Learned sessions and technical discussions while you build your own judgment on harder problems alongside senior engineers.
People Matter
Each individual's background, knowledge, ability, and experience contributes to strengthening our organization and projects. Our dedication to diversity includes company provided training and education, equitable recruitment, a grassroots employee DEI committee, and robust community partnerships.
Progressive Companies is comprised of people with a variety of abilities, races, colors, religions, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, ages, veteran statuses, and more. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential elements of innovative design. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Transforming Spaces. Empowering People.
The talented professionals of Progressive Companies are designers of a bold new future, creating high-performance structures and pathways, delivering on today's needs and preparing for what's to come. We live by the idea that design isn't simply about beauty, it's about improving strategic outcomes-what we call Performance Based Design. Our work spans across the nation, allowing team members to work on a variety of exciting projects and maximize impact as trusted partners to our clients and communities.
Sustainable and Inclusive
We are dedicated to human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive design practices. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to building trust, respect, and truly innovative design making spaces welcoming and accessible to all. Our sustainability approach embraces the AIA 2030 Commitment, together with a range of high performance, restorative, and regenerative strategies with a focus on climate responsive results to maximize positive impact in our industry.
Employee Owned
We act like owners-because we are. From modest beginnings of four original engineering partners in 1962, to almost 300 architects, engineers, designers, and consultants across multiple regional offices today, the energy, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurial mindset you expect from a CEO come standard with every team member.
Culture of Excellence
The firm is continually ranked as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation , with comprehensive benefits including an award-winning wellness program, hybrid work schedule, summer hours, profit-sharing, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). We take our work seriously, but have fun along the way, which fuels the creative spirit and supports a focus on work and life integration.
Progressive Companies is committed to development and growth of team members through continuing education, mentorship, growth opportunities, and more. We are dedicated to giving back to our communities, with paid service-learning hours available to every employee and corporate sponsorship for a wide range of community organizations and activities.
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