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Senior Project Structural Engineer

HNTB

Bellevue, WAFull-time$132–207K/yrSeen 4w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$132–207K/yr
Location
Bellevue, WA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Professional Engineer License And SE1 Exam, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Senior Project Structural Engineer provides structural engineering for complex building projects across HNTB’s architectural practice. The role leads analysis and design through all project phases, including construction administration, and supports nationally significant sports, aviation, government, rail, and transit facilities. Work includes structural systems, design calculations, modeling, drawings, construction-phase services, technical direction, and mentoring staff.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Structural Engineering, requiredSteel Design, requiredConcrete Design, requiredMasonry Design, requiredWind Load Analysis, requiredSeismic Load Analysis, requiredConstruction Calculations and Drawings, requiredBuilding Codes, requiredRevit, requiredBIM 360, requiredETABS, requiredSAP 2000, requiredRISA, requiredTeam Leadership, requiredStructural Engineering Team Leadership, requiredRAM, nice to haveStructural Analysis Software, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Architectural or Civil Engineering, required8 Years Relevant Experience, requiredProfessional Engineer License and SE1 Exam, requiredStructural Engineer License and SE2 Exam, nice to haveMaster's in Architectural or Civil Engineering, nice to have

Full job description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible providing technical experience in structural engineering for architectural projects to serve the structural engineering efforts through all phases of HNTB’s complex building projects. Performs structural engineering tasks such as research for code and project criteria, design calculations, and detailing and design for buildings. Creates analysis models, hand calculations, and drawings during all phases of design, including construction administration. Projects include nationally significant and challenging Sports, Aviation, Government, Rail and Transit building structures for HNTB’s growing and diverse Architectural practice.

What You’ll Do:

  • Leads structural engineering analysis and design of building structures including sport facilities, airport facilities, transit facilities and more in support of HNTB’s national architectural practice.

  • Prepares structural engineering analysis and design of framing and foundation systems for steel, concrete, post-tensioned concrete, masonry, and wood building frame systems.

  • Collaborates with structural engineering peers and teammates to leverage experience and learning to enhance the creativity and success of the structural practice.

  • Develops creative structural design solutions from concept design through final design.

  • Provides structural engineering services during bidding and construction phases of projects, including submittal review, providing solutions to construction questions and coordination, and site observation.

  • Leads technical tasks of project teams including structural engineers and BIM technicians.

  • Coordinates design and provides structural engineering technical direction with multi-disciplined architectural teams.

  • Assists project management with administrative operations, such as cost-control on projects and quality control for assigned projects.

  • Mentors junior staff and assists in professional development of staff members.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Architectural or Civil Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience.

What You'll Bring:

  • Licensed Professional Engineer: PE having passed the SE1 exam.

  • Core structural engineering skills in steel, concrete and masonry.

  • Competency in wind and seismic load analysis.

  • Competency to develop calculations and drawings for construction.

  • Deep understanding of Building Codes (IBC, ASCE, AISC, ACI).

  • Software proficiency (Revit/BIM 360 and either ETABS, SAP 2000, or RISA).

  • Experience leading a team of structural engineers.

What We Prefer:

  • Licensed Structural Engineer: SE having passed the SE2 exam.

  • Master's degree in Architectural Engineering or Civil Engineering with primary focus on structures

  • Experience with structural analysis software such as ETABS, SAP 2000, RISA, RAM, etc.

Additional Information

Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards

Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

Bellevue, WA (Seattle), Seattle, WA (Downtown)

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The approximate pay range for Washington is $132,461.84 - $207,183.90. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Architecture Group

ReqID: R-31988

How this job compares

Set against the 3,317 open Structural Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$132–207K/yr
  • Washington median$110–165K/yr58 salary ranges
  • US median$105–160K/yr2,125 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $170K, is 23% above the Washington median midpoint ($138K) — in the middle half of Structural Engineer salary ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 76 open Structural Engineer jobs in Washington and 3,317 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Structural Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (2,872 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,357 of the 3,317 open Structural Engineer jobs (71%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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