Location: Medellín, Colombia
Contract Type: Fixed-term
Schedule: Business hours
About the Role
We are looking for a Structural Designer / Structural Design Engineer to join a California-based architectural and structural engineering practice. The role focuses on designing and documenting residential structures, primarily using Autodesk Revit, from architectural models through calculations and construction documents.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop structural designs for single-family homes, ADUs, additions, remodels, decks, carports, and other residential structures.
- Review architectural Revit models and establish appropriate gravity and lateral load paths.
- Design wood framing, beams, headers, posts, shear walls, foundations, and structural connections.
- Perform structural calculations for gravity, lateral, foundation, and retaining-wall systems.
- Coordinate calculations with Revit plans, details, schedules, and construction documents.
- Apply applicable California and U.S. codes, including CBC/CRC, ASCE 7, NDS, SDPWS, ACI 318, and AISC 360.
- Produce clear,



coordinated, and constructible structural drawing packages for review by a U.S.-based Engineer of Record.
- Perform quality-control reviews to ensure calculations and drawings are complete and consistent.

Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related field.
- 3-7 years of relevant structural design experience preferred.
- Strong experience with wood-frame residential structures.
- Strong proficiency in Autodesk Revit.
- Experience with structural calculations and design software such as ENERCALC, WoodWorks, Bluebeam, AutoCAD, and Excel.
- Ability to independently develop a structural solution from an architectural model-not simply perform BIM modeling or drafting.
- Professional English proficiency sufficient for technical communication, calculations, notes, and design reviews.
- California experience is preferred but not required.

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