Are you looking for an opportunity to do challenging, creative work that makes a real impact? Would you like to be part of a company that respects individual contributions and thrives on collaboration? Do you love to win? Then consider joining Wight & Company. We’re a nationally recognized, award-winning architecture, engineering, and construction firm known for a dynamic company culture that fosters innovation and challenges the status quo, and we’re looking for a talented professional to join our team.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Determination of project design criteria, procedures and processes including system selection.
- Independently perform engineering design and analysis for identified systems including responsible charge of projects.
- Organize project related meetings to coordinate activities, communicate designs and assign tasks to technical and non-technical staff.
- Mentoring and training of junior staff including review of engineering design, analysis and deliverables.
- Develops and reviews engineering deliverables including models, drawings, specifications, and other project documents for conformity and quality assurance.
- Receives supervision and guidance on overall objectives, critical issues, new concepts and group initiatives.
- Participation in the permitting / regulatory review process.
- Perform field surveys, condition assessments and site investigations.
- Perform construction administration related tasks including submittal review, responding to RFI’s and observation of construction related activities.
BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS:
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from accredited engineering program required. Master of Science (MS) degree from accredited engineering program a plus.
- 4 to 10 years of related engineering experience.
- CAD/BIM expertise and engineering analysis software expertise required.
- Professional Engineering (PE) license.
- Technical certifications as applicable.
- Working knowledge of local codes and technical standards.
- Strong communicator with the ability to interact with a variety of internal and external clients.
- Responsible for personal and project task management including meeting scope, budget and schedule.
Wight & Company offers excellent benefits and a wonderful work environment. Our comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, flexible spending, paid holidays, paid time off, and a 401(k). Our flexible work schedule allows for a healthy work-life balance. For more information about our company, visit our website at www.wightco.com.
Wight & Company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetics, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Please view the following links for more information - EEO, EEO Supplement, and Pay Transparency.
Wight & Company values diversity in our workforce. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, and promoting people with disabilities and veterans. If you need an accommodation to assist with completing the electronic application, please call us at 630.969.7000 and ask to speak with a Human Resources representative.
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What We Do
At Wight & Company, we inspire the human experience through innovative design. For over 80 years, our unique Design Led-Design Build approach has offered clients the most complete option of integrated architecture, engineering, construction, and transportation services. We believe that good design is good business, and we’ve created a workplace where design thinking is cultivated and celebrated. Our dedicated team cultivates a dynamic, high-performance work environment that fosters innovation, collaboration and fun, and a culture that supports teamwork and thoughtful risk-taking.
Wight was the first company to receive a Green Firm Certification from the Sustainable Performance Institute (SPI). We designed the first building in the country to receive LEED certification, as well as 30% of all Net-Zero buildings in the state of Illinois.
Our work spans the globe, but our hometown roots are deep. Local notable achievements include construction of the award-winning Chicago Public Library Chinatown branch, design of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business’s Gleacher Center, design of the $89 million New Trier High School renovation, and design and construction of The Hatchery, a food business incubator in Chicago’s East Garfield Park community. For more information about us, visit wightco.com.
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