Structural Engineer - Federal Buildings

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Cities & Places

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

At Jacobs, we’re helping our clients innovate and grow by designing, engineering, and executing construction of state-of-the-art facilities that are changing the world. Our business reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and our global society. We deliver fully integrated, interdisciplinary solutions to create resilient infrastructure to serve current and future generations.

We are seeking a Structural Engineer to join our Fort Worth or Dallas Texas office as part of our Federal Buildings & Infrastructure team. Collaborating with our expert architects and engineers, you’ll design structural systems for a variety of building types including airports, government and mission-critical facilities, data centers, and large-scale manufacturing facilities. You’ll be accountable for scope, schedule, budget, and technical quality of design deliverables, whether working independently or leading a project team. With our global reach, you’ll have access to industry experts around the world and opportunities for national and international travel.

• With little or no supervision, competently perform conventional aspects of Structural Engineering analysis and design
• Plan and conduct work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria
• Exercise sound engineering judgment and problem-solving skills, not hesitating to reach out to others for guidance or confirmation when questions arise
• Possess strong knowledge of principles and practices of lateral analysis and design (wind and seismic), including ability to apply required provisions of the building code
• Exhibit a high level of attention to detail and quality control
• Committed to checking your own work, reaching out to peers and seniors for guidance when questions arise
• Perform calculation checking of other engineers' work
• Take responsibility for managing workload, make and keep commitments, and take full ownership of assigned work
• Take complete ownership of your portion of the structural scope, reliably working to meet schedule, budget, and quality requirements
• You may be given tasks with ill-defined conditions of satisfaction, in which case you will be expected to take the initiative to determine what is needed to meet the project and client needs
• Clearly define your own scope and start to develop your ability to forecast level of effort needed to complete that scope
• Be ready to identify scope change and escalate it to your Structural Lead or Project Manager
• Recognize when help is needed, reaching out to peers and senior engineers for guidance
• Work in a timely, accurate, and cost-effective manner with strong attention to detail
• Developing leadership skills
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and/or mentorship to designers/drafters and less experienced engineers
• Be proactive in advancing workflows, systems, and tools within the structural discipline; embrace emerging technologies
• Project Structural Discipline Lead: small to medium-sized projects - As a Lead Structural Engineer for an assigned project
• Fully understand structural scope, recognize how that scope is both generated and impacted by other disciplines, and identify scope change
• Develop and manage schedule, budget, and staffing forecasts for the structural scope
• Attend project meetings and take an active role to help team resolve concerns and solve problems across disciplines
• May be asked to act as the stamping Engineer of Record
• Take ultimate responsibility for aspects of the deliverables, including calculations and construction documents
• Participate in and champion internal, cross-discipline, and external project quality reviews
• Eligible to be QC reviewer on small to medium-sized projects
• Eligible to apply for the Technologist Career Framework role

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis in Structural Engineering

• Professional Engineer License (PE)

• Minimum 5 years of experience in structural engineering related to building (or similar structure) design

• Experience with US building codes including IBC, ASCE 7, ACI and AISC

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Experience leading small teams

Preferred Qualifications

• MS degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Structural Engineering or MS degree in Structural Engineering

• Structural Engineer License (SE)

• Experience designing and analyzing steel, concrete, post-tensioned concrete, cold-formed steel framing, masonry, and wood structures

• Should be well experienced in gravity and lateral analysis of structures for wind and seismic loads

• Experience in buildings and general industrial facilities

• Experience with STAAD, RAM, SAP2000, ETABS, or similar general-purpose or component-based structural analysis and design software

• Experience with Revit, Navisworks, and Bluebeam

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

100,000.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

120,000.00

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $100,000.00 to $120,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on October 09, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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Locations

City State Country
Dallas	Texas	United States
Dallas	Texas	United States