Job Description:
The Structural Engineer position at Zeeco will be responsible for designing various pieces of
combustion equipment including but not limited to pressure vessels, steel stacks, derrick structures, and piping systems.
Job Duties:
- Completing and/or checking structural calculations for a variety of equipment, including pressure vessels, steel stacks, derrick structures, and piping systems.
- Work within engineering team to provide technical support and responses for structural related items.
- Occasional travel to domestic and/or international locations for meetings or job site visits.
- Give technical presentations to colleagues on various structural subjects.
- Acting as the technical liaison with US and Global Location colleagues.
- Communication with project execution team to ensure structural designs are made with materials and details that can be readily purchased on the market.
- Communication with drafting and manufacturing teams to provide structural designs that can be most easily fabricated.
- Assist Applications Engineers in structural topics for ongoing quotes.
- Efficient, clear, and concise reporting of structural design packages.
- Effective use of first principles to work through engineering challenges.
- Continual vigilance to identifying areas of waste and inefficiency with action to improve these areas.
Qualifications:
Minimum requirements:
-Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Civil, Mechanical, or Architectural Engineer preferred)
- 5+ years of experience in structural design
- Excellent organizational skills
- Aptitude to interpret specifications
- Fluent in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Professional Engineering License or willingness to obtain
The following design experience is considered a plus but not required:
- Pressure vessel design
- Steel stack design
- Steel structure design
- Wind design code principles
- Seismic design code principles
- Finite element analysis
- Pipe stress analysis
- Drafting software
The candidate should understand or have a willingness to learn the following codes and standards:
- ASCE 7
- ASME Section VIII Division 1
- ASME STS-1
- AISC 360
- ASME B31.3
- International equivalents of the above listed codes and standards
The following software experience is considered a plus but not required:
- Codeware COMPRESS
- PV Elite
- MecaStack
- Bentley’s STAAD.Pro
- Ansys Mechanical
- CAESAR II
- SolidWorks
- NozzlePro
Top Skills
What We Do
Since 1979, Zeeco is the trusted worldwide source for the design and manufacturing of combustion and environmental solutions for the refining, petrochemical, production, power and pharmaceutical industries. Beginning as a small operation, Zeeco focused on the ideas of expertise, innovation, and reliability that today are the company’s foundation of success.
ZEECO® product lines include next generation ultra-low emission burners, gas and liquid flaring systems and hazardous and non-hazardous waste incineration. Zeeco has supplied some of the world’s largest combustion systems. These include the largest enclosed ground flare, acid gas thermal oxidizer, enclosed flare and elevated flare. We also have developed the industry’s best performing ultra-low NOx burner.
From refining, onshore/offshore production, power, well testing, petrochemical, gas processing and LNG industries, Zeeco has the experience and technical expertise to design the right combustion solution for your application. Our Combustion Research and Test Facility was the first in the world to become ISO 9001-2000 certified, and our staff strives to stay ahead of rapidly changing emissions requirements. With over three decades of industry experience, we have developed a worldwide reputation for excellence in engineering, reliability, and integrity.
