What We're Looking For
At HNTB, you can build a career that is meaningful to you while helping create communities that matter. For more than a century, we have delivered solutions for some of the nation’s most complex infrastructure challenges. With historic growth and employee ownership, now is an exciting time to join our team.
This position focuses on the mechanical design, analysis, inspection, and rehabilitation of movable bridge systems, supporting both new design and existing movable bridge assets. The Movable Bridge Mechanical Engineer works as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside structural and electrical, engineers to deliver innovative and reliable movable bridge solutions. Some of the responsibilities this position entails are -
- Perform mechanical engineering design and analysis for movable bridge systems including bascule, vertical lift and swing bridges.
- Develop mechanical calculations, operating machinery layouts, and technical reports for new and rehabilitation movable bridge projects
- Support conceptual, preliminary, and final design phases using current design standards, software, and tools
- Coordinate mechanical designs with structural, electrical, and control systems to ensure fully integrated movable bridge solutions.
- Assist with preparation of plans, specifications, and cost estimates
- Participate in movable and fixed bridge inspection, condition assessment, and load rating activities
- Support construction activities including shop drawing review, fabrication observation, testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting
- Apply sound engineering judgment, industry standards, and HNTB best practices in the evaluation and execution of designs
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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.#ET #Bridges
Locations:
Kansas City, MO
NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:
HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.
For over a century, HNTB has shaped the built environment with distinctive expertise across a full spectrum of infrastructure solutions. From iconic architecture and complex bridges to efficient highways and digital infrastructure solutions, our collaborative approach and commitment to technical excellence drive us to build a better future for our clients, communities and ourselves
It’s in the way we do what we do at HNTB that sets us apart. Our people — proud employee-owners with distinct experience, expertise and perspectives — are bound together by a common vision that uniquely shapes our work and firm. This ownership fosters an unmatched culture of respect and continuous improvement, a hallmark of our enduring success.
