Structural Engineer III

Job Description

Job Summary:

To design custom steel grain storage bins, ensuring safety and compliance. This role involves collaborating with sales staff, providing technical advice, inspecting project sites, and overseeing the preparation of detailed engineering drawings. Additionally, the individual will coordinate design to designers and/or drafters for final design and manufacture.

Job Duties:

Manages and directs the concepts, design, and execution of project

Extensive knowledge of applicable building codes and design standards (IBC, ASCE 7, AISC) with the ability to reasonably interpret

Calculates loads and stresses on structures, investigates the strength of members and beams, and determines whether a structure can function safely

Works with sales staff to engineer custom steel structures to required specifications

Coordinates design to designer/drafter for final design and manufacture

Assists with troubleshooting manufacturing issues and issues with steel structures in real world applications and recommend repair and/or modification

Checks work to ensure accuracy of spelling, drawing format and organization, dimension and tolerance convention, and conformance with Engineering Standards

Conduct structure evaluations and forensic investigation

Knowledge of bin foundation design as it pertains to issues caused by foundation problems

Mentor EIT’s in structural engineering

Comfortable with and ability to make critical engineering decisions with minimal oversight

Preferred Computer Skills:

Advanced knowledge of Microsoft O365, Solidworks experience, and Solidworks Enterprise PDM software experience

Qualifications and Experience:

A Master’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering with ten years of work experience or a Bachelor’s degree with fifteen years of work experience is required. Professional Engineering licensure also required. The ideal candidate should have experience with tower support structures for overhead catwalks, catwalks for agricultural conveying equipment, and support structures for elevated tanks. Knowledge of building codes related to agricultural applications and a basic understanding of agriculture and grain storage are beneficial. Proficiency in Solidworks or other solid modeling CAD software is helpful, and preferred experience with RISA.

\nCompany Description

Sukup Manufacturing Co. is the world’s largest family-owned and operated manufacturer of grain storage, drying and handling equipment. Sukup operates in more than one million square feet of office, manufacturing, and warehouse space worldwide. One of Sukup’s assets is its long-term employees. Nearly 30% of full-time employees have been with the company for more than 10 years. Sukup equipment is built by people who understand their jobs and the important role they play in manufacturing a successful product for the agricultural industry. As a family-owned and operated company, the key to Sukup Manufacturing Co.’s success has been its culture of innovation. Sukup has held more than 100 U.S. patents, and continues finding ways to make grain storage, drying, and handling more safe, profitable and efficient for farmers and the agricultural industry.

Full-time