The Structural Engineer is an integral person in helping our customer’s vision for a conventional, semi- or fully automated storage solution from stow US come to life safely. The core responsibilities include structural analysis and design of medium to large scale racking systems. This is currently the sole Structural Engineering position on our US Team and will work closely with colleagues at our HQ in Belgium.Solutions: All Racking for conventional (including Pallet Racking, Mobile Racking, High Bay and Mini Load), semi-automated (Atlas 1D), and fully-automated storage systems (Atlas 2D, and e.scala).Customers: We partner with leading Distributors throughout the United States and Canada to serve End Users in a variety of industries such as food and beverage distribution, cold storage, and e-commerce in general.Typical project size: 500K-30MAs our Structural Engineer, you…provide accurate calculations to Sales and Project Engineers during the Pre-Sales processcalculate the stability according to the applicable standards for steel structures (ASCE, AISI, and rack-specific US standards)create calculation documents for the analyzed structuresexplain and defend the design when necessarybe responsible for getting materials tested and interpreted the completed test resultscollaborate with Project Engineers and Sales Engineers to provide the most efficient rack structuremanage the communication with suppliers to ensure the quality and structural integrity of their productsperform preliminary analysis of the systems to support Sales Engineers to create competitive quotesstudy and analyze the technical documentation provided by Sales and when applicable, by distributors, integrators, and end customersreview specification and layoutsdesign custom parts (non-standard items or modifying standard items)be involved with new product development and engineering initiativessupport HQ in the development of internal structural analysis and design softwareprovide structural engineering support for a flawless execution of the projectprovide detailed structural and when applicable, seismic analysis for projects that have been soldsupport the communication between sales and the customer to obtain the necessary information to do the structural design of the systemscoordinate with the Project Engineer and drafters to create the structural set of drawingswork with licensed PEs to review and stamp the calculation packages and structural drawingssupport project design and production efforts to assure projects are completed on time and within the established budgetrarely: visit job sites for measurements, inspections, installer walk-through, and provide Engineering insights and supports on Sales callsoversee certain calculation algorithms and maintain databases of the used calculation softwareoversee software development in collaboration with external parties to standardize certain calculation processesparticipate in MHI-RMI meetings and standards committees – Rack Manufacturer’s Institute
