CAREER OPPORTUNITY | ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI
Senior Structural Engineer, PE
Full-Time | On-Site | Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Central Time
The Opportunity
DOTec is seeking a full-time Senior Structural Engineer, PE to provide day-to-day technical leadership for structural project delivery. This role combines hands-on engineering, responsible technical oversight, quality control, staff development, and direct collaboration with project management and executive leadership.
The position is suited to a confident senior engineer who can make sound decisions, develop other professionals, and advance work without compromising safety, code compliance, or quality. Project managers retain primary ownership of scope, schedule, budget, client coordination, and administrative controls.
About DOTec
DOTec Professional Corporation is a multidisciplinary engineering and architectural firm headquartered in St. Charles, Missouri. We provide structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil, and architectural services to clients across a diverse project portfolio. Our St. Charles office includes approximately 50 employees, supported by an extended network of approximately 70 contract professionals across five countries. We combine the access and agility of a closely connected firm with the reach of a larger practice.
We are intentionally multicultural and value the perspectives and strengths our team members bring to the work. Founder, owner, and CEO Dr. Ildefonso Gonzalez promotes personal achievement, continuous improvement, advanced education, professional licensure, and advancement from within. Approved licensure and credential-development expenses may qualify for reasonable reimbursement under Company policy.
What You Will Do
- Lead structural analysis and design, including criteria, system selection, calculations, details, specifications, and technical reports.
- Direct engineers, EITs, designers, and drafters; establish assumptions, expectations, review points, and technical priorities.
- Review deliverables for accuracy, completeness, code compliance, constructability, and multidisciplinary coordination before issuance.
- Align technical work with project scope, schedule, fee, staffing, and client commitments; communicate technical risks and effort changes early.
- Resolve field conditions, RFIs, submittal issues, jurisdictional comments, and construction-phase problems.
- Maintain and improve structural standards, calculation tools, typical details, checklists, quality-control procedures, and code application.
- Mentor developing professionals and support proposals, technical scoping, interviews, and client presentations.
- When assigned and legally authorized, assume responsible charge only for work personally directed and supervised and seal documents in accordance with applicable law.
What Success Looks Like
- Structural work is sound, coordinated, review-ready, and delivered through a predictable quality-control cadence.
- Assumptions, decisions, risks, and review dispositions are documented, and project managers receive reliable technical forecasts.
- Engineers and designers improve through direct mentoring, clear expectations, and consistent standards.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in civil or structural engineering from an ABET-accredited or demonstrably equivalent program.
- Active PE license in good standing in a U.S. jurisdiction; Missouri licensure is strongly preferred, otherwise eligibility and willingness to obtain it by comity within an agreed onboarding period.
- Eight (8) or more years of progressively responsible structural engineering experience, including building design and construction-document delivery.
- Strong command of applicable codes and standards, including IBC, ASCE 7, ACI 318, AISC 360, TMS 402/602, and NDS.
- Experience with steel, concrete, masonry, wood, foundations, and appropriate structural analysis and design software.
- Strong technical judgment, communication, documentation, mentoring, ethics, multicultural-team skills, regular on-site attendance, and occasional business travel.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in structural engineering or a closely related field.
- Structural Engineer (SE) licensure or multiple active state PE registrations.
- Multidisciplinary A/E team leadership, broad building-project experience, BIM coordination, peer review, and construction administration.
Work Style and Leadership Expectations
We value skilled, confident, and accountable professionals who take ownership, follow through, address difficult issues directly, and help colleagues succeed. This role offers direct access to senior leadership and a meaningful opportunity to influence how the firm grows.
Work Location and Schedule
This is a full-time, on-site position at DOTec's St. Charles, Missouri office. The regular schedule is 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday. On-site presence is an essential function because the role requires continuous technical supervision, mentoring, controlled-document review, and multidisciplinary coordination. No routine remote or hybrid arrangement is available. DOTec will consider reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.
Compensation, Benefits, and Growth
- Company-paid employee medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage, subject to plan eligibility and terms.
- Annual paid vacation of two weeks during the first five years of service, three weeks from five through fewer than ten years of service, and four weeks beginning at ten years of service, administered under Company policy.
- Six (6) Company-paid holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
- Professional licensure and credential-development support, including reasonable reimbursement for approved expenses in accordance with Company policy.
- Direct access to executive leadership and substantial opportunity for advancement as the firm grows.
Work Authorization
DOTec does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship for this position, now or in the future. This includes temporary nonimmigrant sponsorship and employment-based permanent-residence sponsorship, including F-1 CPT or OPT, H-1B, H-2A or H-2B, L-1, and TN classifications.
Equal Employment Opportunity
DOTec Professional Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available during hiring. Employment requires verification of identity and employment authorization as required by federal law. This posting is not exhaustive and does not create a contract of employment.
Pay: $90,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Education:
Language:
License/Certification:
- Professional Engineer (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Saint Charles, MO 63301 (Required)
Work Location: In person
