
Structural Engineer - Nucor Towers & Structures
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Nucor Towers and Structures designs utility structures for the electric transmission and distribution market. The Structural Engineer reviews contract documents and designs transmission, distribution, substation, and other utility structures, primarily tubular steel poles and arms. The role may include project responsibility for licensed engineers once competent, technical support and coordination with internal and external customers, and occasional travel to plants, utility offices, field locations, or trade shows.
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Why Nucor?
Nucor Towers and Structures is a new entity within Nucor, the largest recycler and largest manufacturer of steel and steel products in North America, Expanding Beyond to capitalize on the exciting growth potential in the electric transmission and distribution market.
With a firm commitment to our teammates, strong benefits and performance incentives, its easy to see why Nucor is named one of Americas best employers and ranked as the #1 employer in its industry by Fortune Magazine. For more information on our benefits go to Nucor.com/benefits.
We work together to create a safe, positive, and engaging environment for each other. While delivering the highest quality products and services for our customers, we lead the steel industry in environmental responsibility. Joining our team means working with people who have your back and are invested in helping you build a strong future. You will never stop learning at Nucor and when you are ready to take the next step in your career, were ready, too.
Basic Job Functions:
Duties of the successful candidate include but are not limited to the following:
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Review contract documents (such as transmission line drawings and project specifications)
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Design transmission, distribution, substation, and other utility structures, primarily tubular steel poles and arms
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Typical responsibilities range from preliminary design concept pre-sale to checking final design post-sale
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Common method is using PLS-Pole for global design and proprietary calculations for component design
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If licensed, in responsible charge of projects once competent
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Provide technical support to and collaborate with sales, detailing, project management, and production teammates
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Communicate effectively and coordinate projects with internal and external customers, including other design professionals
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Occasional travel is required to Nucor plants, utility offices, field locations, or to trade shows
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Minimum Qualifications:
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Bachelors degree in Civil/Structural or Mechanical Engineering
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Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) certification
Detailed Selection Criteria:
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Judgement/Decision Making Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
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Initiative Being proactive with seeking out work that needs to be done and being willing to take on responsibilities and challenges.
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Dependability Being reliable, responsible, and committed to fulfilling obligations.
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Communication Effectively expresses ideas or tasks to an individual or group. Demonstrates effective listening skills through receiving feedback, following instructions and showing a genuine interest in others.
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Organizing, Planning & Prioritizing Work Developing specific goals and plans for prioritizing, organizing, and accomplishing individual work and/or the work of the team.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Degree specifically with Structural emphasis
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Masters degree in engineering or business
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Professional Engineer licensure in any state
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Structural Engineer licensure in any state or Model Law Structural Engineer designation
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At least three years transmission & distribution systems industry experience, utility structures design most preferred
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At least one year steel products design experience, preferably within Nucor
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PLS-Pole software knowledge
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Experience in a customer-facing work environment
Nucor is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/Disabled/Vets and a drug free workplace
How this job compares
Set against the 2,974 open Structural Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Utah median$97–145K/yr42 salary ranges
- US median$38–49/hr93 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 69 open Structural Engineer jobs in Utah and 2,974 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Utah
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- Experience
- Structural Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 10 years (2,519 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,319 of the 2,974 open Structural Engineer jobs (78%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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