Job description

At Ballinger, we are passionate about complex challenges and real-world problem-solving. Design challenges come in all shapes and sizes, and the ones we prefer test us as design professionals. We seek out complex projects with big impact because they require us to ask tough questions, synthesize data, and push past the boundaries of existing answers into the realm of innovative solutions. Ballinger team members thrive on those challenges because our clients do, too: our work for them enables their ambitious endeavors in science and medicine, research and government, manufacturing, and technology. Ballinger welcomes ambition with career development, mentorship, and leadership opportunities. Here ideas will always be more important than hierarchy because they result in buildings as transformative as the missions they serve. Position Responsibilities • Mentoring within and across disciplines with the goal of increasing knowledge sharing and collaborating toward a comprehensive, coordinated set of project documents • Lead multiple project teams within their discipline on technically complex projects • Collaborate with the broader project team as a discipline leader • Interact with clients on project issues related to discipline • Direct and perform engineering on projects: develop, execute, analyze/review and oversee progress on the design and detailing for the discipline • Manage project drawing and specification production • Produce specifications, Statements of Special Inspections, and compile specification appendices related to the discipline. • Interface with specification admin and their deadline schedule/process. • Assist Chief Engineer in quality control reviews, project staffing, and budgeting specific to their projects, team member’s performance feedback, and master specification and typical detail/drawing standard maintenance • Provide consultation within the discipline as a technical resource and actively share knowledge • Produce field site visit reports • Produce basis of design reports, systems matrices, and preliminary design reports on projects they are assigned • Engineering support in the form of standalone analysis modeling and documentation tasks within a larger project on project teams under the direction of the Senior/Project Engineer or Department Head Engineer • Active and direct role in document production • Interface and coordinate with other disciplines • Develop knowledge of Ballinger’s project types (health care, academic/lab/research, corporate/workspace) through active engagement with project teams and leadership Technical/Professional Skills • Advanced analytical and engineering evaluation skills • Advanced knowledge of contractual and liability issues • Advanced construction administration process and procedural knowledge, high level of responsiveness and collaboration with contractors and clients • Superior client relations • Superior work planning, time management, organizational and interpersonal skills • Superior professional judgment • Proficient interpersonal skills and coordination efforts • Produce basis of design reports, systems matrices, and preliminary design reports • Revit proficiency • Excel, Word, and analysis software proficiency • Active role in drawing production, including but not limited to picking up redlines, quality assessment of individual work, coordination with other disciplines and coordination reviews and participation in team coordination meetings from SD through CA phases • Thorough understanding of discipline’s drawing and graphic standards, adherence to standards for quality and consistency in Ballinger’s product • Strong interpersonal skills, specifically communication, dependability, responsibility, and teamwork • Coordination skills, specifically communication, organization, time management, and adaptability Requirements • BS, BEng, or BAE degree in engineering relevant to the particular field of practice or equivalent as determined by the firm • Post Graduate degree preferred, not required • Ten (10) years of experience or more • PE Registration It is the policy of Ballinger to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race (including hairstyle/texture), religion, color, citizenship, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Ballinger prohibits any such discrimination or harassment. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. About Us: Ballinger is one of the oldest continuously practicing architecture and engineering firm in the United States. Founded in l878. We make places for people who make the future. Healers and learners, makers and innovators: they are the people who inspire us, because their work changes lives for the better. For them, a building must be both functional and exceptional, an environment that empowers those who experience it. We believe that a building designed and engineered with insight and intelligence becomes a catalyst for today’s transformative endeavors – and an enabler of tomorrow’s promising futures. What We Offer: We believe that people are our greatest asset and the precision, expertise, and collaboration that we bring to our projects sets us apart from the competition and enables us to make an impact on our world and community. We offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package, including Medical, Dental, Prescription, Wellness, FSA/HSA, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Short and Long-Term Disability Programs, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Parental Leave, 401(K) plan with company contribution, Commuter Benefits, Paid Holidays, and Personal Time Off (PTO), Community Volunteer Events and fresh fruit and yogurt provided every morning in the office. Location and Travel: This role is located in our Philadelphia PA office, with a flexible, hybrid work schedule, in the office three (3) days per week. Travel as project requirements dictate for surveys and field/site visits during construction. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can email hr@ballinger.com for assistance.

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Position Responsibilities
Mentoring within and across disciplines with the goal of increasing knowledge sharing and collaborating toward a comprehensive, coordinated set of project documents
Lead multiple project teams within their discipline on technically complex projects
Collaborate with the broader project team as a discipline leader
Interact with clients on project issues related to discipline
Direct and perform engineering on projects: develop, execute, analyze/review and oversee progress on the design and detailing for the discipline
Manage project drawing and specification production
Produce specifications, Statements of Special Inspections, and compile specification appendices related to the discipline.
Interface with specification admin and their deadline schedule/process.
Assist Chief Engineer in quality control reviews, project staffing, and budgeting specific to their projects, team member’s performance feedback, and master specification and typical detail/drawing standard maintenance
Provide consultation within the discipline as a technical resource and actively share knowledge
Produce field site visit reports
Produce basis of design reports, systems matrices, and preliminary design reports on projects they are assigned
Engineering support in the form of standalone analysis modeling and documentation tasks within a larger project on project teams under the direction of the Senior/Project Engineer or Department Head Engineer
Active and direct role in document production
Interface and coordinate with other disciplines
Technical/Professional Skills
Advanced analytical and engineering evaluation skills
Advanced knowledge of contractual and liability issues
Advanced construction administration process and procedural knowledge, high level of responsiveness and collaboration with contractors and clients
Superior client relations
Superior work planning, time management, organizational and interpersonal skills
Superior professional judgment

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Post Graduate degree preferred, not required

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