Senior Structural Engineer

About Us

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $5.8 billion in revenue for 2023, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional and residential related building projects.

Why Clayco?

Best Places to Work – St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, Phoenix Business Journal

ENR – Top Midwest Contractors (#1), Top Design Build Contractors (#4), Top 400 Contractors (#20), ENR – Top Green Builders (#5)

Clayco is currently seeking a licensed Senior Structural Engineer to join our design team. In this role you will be working with in-house Development, Architecture, and Construction teams to provide Structural Design and Quality Assurance on industrial (distribution, manufacturing, food and beverage, and cold storage) projects for our nationwide clients.

Why Work In-House for a Design/Build firm (CLAYCO)

Structural Engineer is involved from the beginning to foresee preliminary design problems

Focus is on problem solving instead of finger pointing. The Architect, Engineer, and Contractor are on the same team.

Project designs based on construction schedule versus fully finished package

Preliminary pricing advantages due to historical construction experience

Value engineering is ongoing as the design is refined

Input from jobsite can identify construction issues

Projects can be designed to the builder’s strength

Easier for engineer to issue changes or make revisions

Opportunity for site and Quality visits to assist in solving field issues

Relationship building with Field Staff (Superintendents and other on-site personnel

Required

Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or Architectural Engineering with Structural emphasis

Master’s with Structural emphasis preferred

Minimum of 5 years of experience designing commercial projects, ideally industrial (warehouse, distribution, e-commerce, manufacturing, cold storage, food and beverage)

PE and/or SE license required

Team oriented attitude

Resilient and adaptable to changes

Some things you should know

This position is based in Birmingham, AL

Our clients and projects are nationwide – so some travel will be required

No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does

We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high profile jobs

The pace is fast