Contractor Services Engineer

About Us
Larson Design Group (LDG) is an award-winning, employee-owned Architecture, Engineering, and Consulting Firm. Guided by our core values, we’re expanding our team, opening new offices, and adding new offerings to provide responsive, innovative solutions to clients nationwide.
Being 100% employee-owned directly impacts our culture: it drives our decision-making, motivates our teams, increases our productivity, improves retention, and contributes to the future success of our company. Our culture is one where we work hard for our clients and for each other – and we have fun collaborating, sharing experience and expertise, and learning along the way. We’re passionate about delivering exceptional quality, elevating client relationships, enriching the careers and lives of our employee owners, and enhancing the communities where we live and serve.
At LDG, we strive to create an organization where people want to work. We offer a flexible work environment, paid training for required licensures, competitive benefits, bonus plans, and a company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) while supporting your professional and personal growth.
Your Opportunity + Impact
The Construction Services Engineer functions as a technical leader and is required to have a Professional Engineer (PE) license and commensurate work experience. This position will foster relationships with Heavy Highway and Bridge Contractors, coordinate overall design activities, project submission schedules, and will be responsible for additional Quality Assurance and Quality Control duties to help ensure the final products meet the technical requirements and goals of the client.
Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with Heavy Highway and Bridge Contractors to provided services upon request.
• Prepares and reviews design computations, plan designs, and drawings.
• Reviews submittals and coordinates project submissions.
• Prepares and reviews specifications, draft letters, and written technical reports.
• Completes inspections and field work assignments as needed.
• Researches, reviews, interprets, and understands written regulations, code compliance, and permit requirements and applies them to design projects.
• Maintains appropriate documentation of work and project records.
• Possesses knowledge of Codes and Standards applicable to project designs.
• Develops technically accurate, clean, and deliverable drawings.
• Promotes, utilizes, and supports quality assurance and quality control processes to improve the quality of deliverables and reduce design errors and omissions.
• Performs work within assigned budgets.

Education + Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in relevant Engineering field from ABET-accredited school, or related field of study.
• Minimum of (5) years job-related experience in design for Heavy Highway or Bridge Construction services engineering. PennDOT or Pennsylvania Turnpike bridge design experience preferred.
• Licensure/Certification: Professional Engineer (PE) required.
• Must have a desire to market LDG Contractor Engineering Services.
• Must have thorough knowledge of the design and development process as it relates to providing contractor services and knowledge of AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, ASHTO Guide Design Specification for Bridge Temporary Works and PennDOT Design Manual, Part 4 Specification is required. Additional knowledge of transportation bridge projects Standards, Specifications, Engineering Software, and Microstation is preferred.
• Understanding of and ability to interpret bridge design, bridge construction plans, and specifications. Including special provisions, and other related project documents.
• Must have experience designing temporary excavation support and protection systems, temporary works formwork/falsework designs, temporary support foundations including both shallow and deep, superstructure jacking, bridge demolition, and beam erection designs.
• Steel, concrete and wood design experience is preferred.
• Bridge Design-Build, Alternate Design and Value Engineering experience is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with Microstation, Shoring Suite, Enercalc, L-Pile and PennDOT Bridge Design Software and other related software programs preferred.
• Must have a strong desire to expand knowledge base and undertake new responsibilities.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Possess strong oral & written communication skills, and have strong organizational & time management skills
• Must be able to work both independently and as part of a project team.

EEO Statement
Larson Design Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.