Blast Engineer
Requisition ID:
234565
Requisition Posting End Date:
05/27/2021
Project Overview:
Bechtel is on the Northrop Grumman Corp. team preparing to deliver the U.S. Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) system of inter-continental ballistic missiles and launch infrastructure. GBSD is a vital U.S. Air Force program designed to modernize the nation s aging force of inter-continental ballistic missiles, which make up the ground element of the nuclear deterrent. As part of the Northrop Grumman GBSD nationwide team, Bechtel will provide launch system design, construction, and integration.
A major contractor for the United States and allied governments, Bechtel has handled such efforts as chemical weapons demilitarization projects, missile-defense, infrastructure, base operations, procurement and project management, and restoration and recovery spanning half a century. We use our expertise to help our customers securely and effectively transform mission delivery.
We invite you to apply to join our team for this very interesting opportunity!
Position
Summary:
This position is for a Blast Engineer who will prepare and execute an analytical approach to designing new structures and evaluating existing structures with new retrofits to survive various levels of extreme blast events. Additionally, this position will have a vital role in the development and execution of a physical model testing program which will serve as a key part of a Verification and Validation Program to demonstrate the analytical approach and design is creditable.
The successful candidate must have good organizational and teamwork skills, problem-solving abilities, can-do attitude, and the desire to innovate designs. This role will specifically support the USAF Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase.
Responsibilities:
- Performs overall engineering design and engineering tasks, within a discipline, having a high degree of complexity independently and with little oversight from Senior Engineers.
- Participate in performing calculations to determine blast loading inputs.
- Perform nonlinear, dynamic analysis of building structures using single degree of freedom, multi degree of freedom, and finite element analysis methodologies for dynamic blast loadings.
- Perform nonlinear, dynamic analyses of building structures using Abacus and other commercially available software.
- Develop in-structure-shock-response-spectrums (ISSRS) for design of MEP shock isolation systems.
- Participate in developing test requirements for verifying and validating design.
- Read and interpret design drawings and REVIT models.
- Aid in the transfer of design information from calculations to structural design drawings.
- Participate in developing reports and memorandums to communicate technical design information.
- Aid in the coordination of design information with other engineering disciplines.
- Review shop drawings, calculations, and RFIs related to design items during construction.
- Review vendor information from subcontractors and integrate it into the design solution.
- Execute to schedule requirement while maintaining a high degree of quality in work product.
- Aid in the coordination with other technical disciplines in planning and executing work as an integrated team to ensure cohesiveness and quality.
Qualifications and Skills:
Basic
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in engineering and prior experience for construction projects, with 6
years of professional experience - PhD degree in related engineering field from an accredited university with 5
years of blast related analysis and design experience (may include 2 years of related PhD dissertation experience) - Professional Engineer (PE) Licensure, structural discipline
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Active DoD Security Clearance or ability to gain DoD Security Clearance
Preferred
Qualifications:
- Structural Engineer (SE) Licensure
- Experience in structural dynamics, non-linear finite element analysis, determining damage, and designing for survivability
- Experience in developing ground motion wave forms due to blast events
- Understanding of soil-structure-interaction (SSI), nodal velocity, displacement and acceleration time histories due to blast events
- Understanding of how Revit is used to develop construction documents
- Familiar with the UFCs, TM 5-858 series, and EM1 documents
- Experience in Abacus, ANSYS, or similar finite element analysis software
- Strong organizational skills
- US citizenship is required per contract requirement.
Shaping tomorrow together
Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through four global businesses:
Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Oil, Gas & Chemicals; and Mining & Metals. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.
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Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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