Structural Engineer - MDS Staffing

Buildings/Commercial (Hybrid/Flex)

Be the foundation for your clients' success. Engineer the infrastructure that propels commerce, enables a more-sustainable impact, elevates municipal services, and creates impressive gathering spaces. As a structural engineer, you'll have unique opportunities to utilize your talents and experience while flexing your problem-solving muscles. Our growing firm is looking for passionate problem-solvers driven to make a real impact: we're hiring mid-level and senior structural engineers.

Get to know Us.

Hear first-hand what it's like to work here, the range of opportunities you can find and the wealth of resources that will support you – both professionally and personally.:

This is an Engineering, Planning and Design firm specializing in commercial projects for a range of markets, including corporate, retail, hospitality and government. We also develop bulk commodity-handling facilities and structures for value-added processing, manufacturing and distribution.

We partner with facility owners, architects and contractors nationwide – and beyond – to bring vision to life and accomplish business objectives. Putting relationships first has established nearly a half century of excellence and an impressive track record of repeat business.

This firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, with an office in Sioux Falls, SD. We are professionally licensed in 49 states and 5 Canadian provinces.

Structural Engineering with Us

Not only does the Structural Engineering team help to safeguard the health and welfare of the general public, they also play a key role in helping valued clients achieve their goals by skillfully designing structural systems and foundations. Our project work occurs all over the world, including high-wind and seismically active locations.

Your role:

• Engineer new facilities, expansions and retrofits utilizing proven analytical skills, technical expertise and knowledge of code requirements
• Efficiently employ both software and manual calculations to develop innovative solutions that are to-code and constructable within project constraints
• Provide guidance and distribute work to technicians and engineers
• Prepare proposals and design documents; help estimate project fees
• Generate preliminary concepts and effectively communicate your approach

A Senior Engineer will also:

• Manage client relationships and serve as primary technical client contact on projects
• Set standards for technical excellence and efficiency through sound engineering judgment, effective problem-solving, as well as thorough engineering analysis, design and detailing
• Supervise, mentor and train engineers and technical staff to produce high-quality services and deliverables
• Manage project scope, schedules, budgets and billing for individual projects while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful project delivery
• Conduct technical document reviews
• Perform site observations/evaluations (potential for 25% travel to construction sites)

Your resume must include:

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering with structural engineering emphasis

• Mid-Level: 5+ years of experience without PE or 4 years of experience with PE (preferred)

• Senior Level: Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) with 8+ years of experience

Why US?

We are one of the industry’s leading firms, combining nearly a half-century of excellence with a vibrant, future-focused energy. We serve a diverse portfolio of clients, ranging from multinational corporations to local municipalities to individual farms and businesses.

As a Structural Engineer, you're more than just a piece of the puzzle. We believe in giving engineers the opportunity to succeed – to take ownership of complex projects and see them through – while continually developing their talents to their full potential. Along the way, you'll enjoy:

• Competitive compensation designed to attract and retain top talent, together with generous profit-sharing
• Exceptional benefits, including comprehensive and flexible insurance benefits, industry-leading HSA contributions, paid parental leave, a robust employee assistance program… even pet insurance.
• Support for life/work balance: flexible schedule options, onsite wellness resources and fun opportunities for friendly competition
• Ongoing professional development, including mentoring, online learning and tuition reimbursement.
• An award-winning workplace, recognized by the Star Tribune as one of Minnesota's Top 200 Workplaces (2022/2023) and by Gallagher as a Best-In-Class Employer (2022)

A culture of community

It’s not all calcs and CAD around here. Join your peers for a chili cookoff or homebrew tasting… get an opportunity to dunk the CEO during our annual Community Caring Campaign. Take advantage of charitable PTO to volunteer for organizations you're passionate about. We're committed to building community from within and making a difference in the communities where we live and work.

Let’s get growing™