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Senior Structural Associate
Thornton Tomasetti
Seattle, USA
Full-time
Senior · 10+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago
Business development
Key Skills for This Role
Business development
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Your Role
- As a Senior Associate in our Structural Practice, you’ll step into a role where your expertise drives project direction, client strategy, and technical excellence. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor to major clients, guide teams through complex building challenges, and shape firm-wide thinking on innovation and growth. This is a high-impact role for engineers ready to influence both technical outcomes and business strategy.
- What You’ll Do
- Own the technical vision of large or complex building projects, setting direction, leading independent technical reviews, and defining best-in-class solutions.
- Serve as the primary client partner, building trusted relationships, anticipating needs, and creating long-term strategic impact.
- Lead and grow high-performing teams, managing and delegating both technical and management responsibilities across multiple staff.
- Drive new business and market presence through high-level proposal development, thought leadership, and visible industry engagement.
- Shape firm strategy, developing your own business roadmap and advising senior leadership on opportunities, markets, and emerging trends.
- Strengthen our position in the industry by deepening expertise, building your personal brand, and helping the firm expand into new opportunities.
- What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Structural, or Architectural Engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
- Professional Engineer (PE) and/or Structural Engineer (SE) licensure.
- 10+ years of structural engineering experience, with a track record of leading complex building projects across steel, concrete, timber, seismic design, tall buildings, and specialty structures.
- Proven ability to build trusted client relationships, provide strategic guidance, drive business development, and contribute to the growth of your practice.
- Leadership that inspires and guides teams through mentoring, empowerment, and effective communication, while actively growing your client-facing presence.
- Compensation
Benefits
- Depending on your employment status, benefits may include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability and other voluntary benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Childcare
- Paid Time Off, Family Leave for New Parents, Volunteer Time
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Commuter Transit (where available)
- 401k retirement savings with Company matching on employee contributions and/or qualified student loan repayments
- Fitness Reimbursement
- And other various wellness, diversity/inclusion and employee resource programs and initiatives
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Thornton Tomasetti is proud to be an equal employment workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Thornton Tomasetti are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Structural, or Architectural Engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
- Professional Engineer (PE) and/or Structural Engineer (SE) licensure.
- 10+ years of structural engineering experience, with a track record of leading complex building projects across steel, concrete, timber, seismic design, tall buildings, and specialty structures.
- Proven ability to build trusted client relationships, provide strategic guidance, drive business development, and contribute to the growth of your practice.
- Leadership that inspires and guides teams through mentoring, empowerment, and effective communication, while actively growing your client-facing presence.
- Compensation
About Thornton Tomasetti
Architecture & Engineering Services2677 employeesFounded 1949
Independent global engineering consulting firm designing, investigating and analyzing structures, materials and systems for clients worldwide.
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