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Senior Application Engineer

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Compensation
$105–171K/yr
Location
Pleasanton, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Application Engineer designs and reviews concrete formwork and shoring layouts, including custom elements for complex projects. The role supports pre-construction and active project phases, ensuring technical excellence and field feasibility. It develops drawings and calculations, prepares material lists, and collaborates with construction, sales, and operations teams to align designs with project requirements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

AutoCADRevit3D ModelingStructural CalculationsCivil EngineeringFormwork and Shoring DesignOSHA RequirementsBuilding Code RequirementsCommunicationCollaboration

Qualifications

BS/BA in Related Discipline or MS/MA5+ Years Related Experience or 3+ Years With MS/MAEIT Certification or Ability to Obtain Within 2 YearsPE License3 Years Under Registered PE2+ Years Formwork and Shoring Design Experience

Full job description

A position at White Cap isn’t your ordinary job. You’ll work in an exciting and diverse environment, meet interesting people, and have a variety of career opportunities.

The White Cap family is committed to Building Trust on Every Job. We do this by being deeply knowledgeable, fully capable, and always dependable, and our associates are the driving force behind this commitment.

Job Summary

Responsible for engineering design and review of concrete formwork and shoring layouts, including custom elements tailored to complex project requirements. Support both pre-construction and active project phases, ensuring technical excellence and field feasibility.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

  • Develops detailed formwork and shoring drawings using AutoCAD and/or Revit.

  • Performs structural calculations to validate load capacities and ensure safety.

  • Prepares bills of material and review peer designs for accuracy and optimization.

  • Applies civil engineering principles to plan and lay out formwork and shoring systems based on inventory, schedule, cost, and customer requirements.

  • Collaborates with construction teams to ensure effective implementation of designs.

  • Provides technical input to sales and operations teams throughout the project lifecycle.

  • Attends customer meetings during and after the sales process to support technical discussions and design alignment.

  • Provide technical input to sales and operations teams throughout the project lifecycle.

Nature and Scope

  • Identifies key barriers/core problems and applies problem solving skills in order to deal creatively with complex situations. Troubleshoots and resolves complex problems. Makes decisions under conditions of uncertainty, sometimes with incomplete information, that produce effective end results.

  • Independently performs assignments with instruction limited to the expected results. Determines and develops an approach to solutions. Receives technical guidance only on unusual or complex problems or issues.

  • May oversee the completion of projects and assignments, including planning, assigning, monitoring and reviewing progress and accuracy of work, evaluating results, etc. Contributes to employees' professional development but does not have hiring or firing authority.

Work Environment

  • Typically located in a comfortable indoor area. There may be regular exposure to mild physical discomfort from factors, such as dust, fumes or odors, temperature extremes, loud noise, strong drafts, or bright lights.

  • Most of the time is spent sitting in the same position or standing/walking and/or there is some requirement to lift or handle material or equipment of moderate weight (8-20 pounds).

  • Typically requires overnight travel less than 5% of the time.

Education and Experience

  • Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 5-8 years of experience in a related field OR MS/MA and generally 3-5 years of experience in a related field. Certification is required in some areas.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in civil or structural Engineering. EIT certification or ability to obtain within 2 years.

  • Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred. Three (3) years under a registered Professional Engineer.

  • 2+ years of experience in formwork and shoring design.

  • Proficiency in AutoCAD; Revit and 3D modeling experience preferred.

  • Strong understanding of OSHA and building code requirements.

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

For California job seekers:

Pay Range

$105,000 - $171,000 Salary

California law requires the posting of the salary range for advertised jobs. This range is determined based on market data and internal pay practices to establish a minimum and maximum value for a job. Individual base pay is determined based on a variety of elements including experience, skills, internal equity and other factors. For additional details on benefits, please review the full job description on White Cap Jobs (https://whitecap.jobs/)

If you’re looking to play a role in building America, consider one of our open opportunities. We can’t wait to meet you.

For California job seekers:

Pay Range

$105,000.00-$171,000.00 Annual

California law requires the posting of the salary range for advertised jobs. This range is determined based on market data and internal pay practices to establish a minimum and maximum value for a job. Individual base pay is determined based on a variety of elements including experience, skills, internal equity and other factors. For additional details on benefits, please review the full job description on White Cap Jobs (https://whitecap.jobs/)

Functional Area Field Operations

Work Type On-Site

Recruiter Martinez, Erick

Req ID WCJR-036929

Company: Dayton Superior

White Cap is an Equal Opportunity Minority/Female/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veteran and Affirmative Action Employer. White Cap considers for employment and hires qualified candidates without regard to age, race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law.

How this job compares

Set against the 553 open Application Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$105–171K/yr
  • California median$125–183K/yr66 salary ranges
  • US median$96–176K/yr353 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $138K, is 10% below the California median midpoint ($154K) — in the middle half of Application Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 80 open Application Engineer jobs in California and 553 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Application Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (399 postings).
Education
248 of the 553 open Application Engineer jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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