Structural Blast Engineer

Thornton Tomasetti applies engineering and scientific principles to solve the worlds challenges. An independent organization of creative thinkers and innovative doers collaborating from offices worldwide our mission is to bring our clients ideas to life and in the process lay the groundwork for a better more resilient future. We provide support and opportunities to our employees to achieve their full potential and cultivate a rewarding career.

Within our practice youll develop knowledge on how risk-based design brings together security planning physical security and electronic security to develop layered protection strategies. Youll support the development of performance-based solutionsfrom secure site planning to physical hardening access control surveillance and detectionand how these measures integrate with security operations.

Your Role

As a Structural Engineer in our Protective Design & Security practice you will support risk-based engineering and physical security design that strengthens the safety resilience and security of buildings and infrastructure. You will apply threat-informed engineering to structural hardening blast effects and progressive collapse helping connect protective measures with architecture site design electronic security and operations across buildings campuses and mixed-use environments. With support from your team you will work in a collaborative multidisciplinary environment while developing technical analytical and project coordination skills.

What Youll Do

• Support protective design concepts and design studies involving blast effects progressive collapse structural hardening and risk-informed design.

• Assist with analysis modeling and calculation tasks as well as the integration of structural and physical security measures into project designs.

• Help prepare diagrams calculations technical narratives presentations and design documentation that communicate protection measures clearly.

• Coordinate with architects engineers planners and security specialists in a multidisciplinary team environment.

• Participate in on-site assessments field surveys and construction-phase activities.

• Build familiarity with TTs culture services and collaborative working style while growing your technical and professional skills.

What Youll Bring

• Bachelors degree in structural or civil engineering or a closely related field; masters degree preferred.

• Interest in protective design security resilience and hazard-resistant engineering.

• Strong analytical written and verbal communication skills.

• Familiarity with design visualization documentation and computational tools such as Revit AutoCAD Rhino/Grasshopper Adobe Creative Suite Bluebeam SAP2000 ETABS or similar platforms is preferred.

• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

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

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