Career Path

Designers spend two to three years involved in a variety of projects to broaden their expertise and gravitate towards their areas of interest in structural engineering.

Design Engineers gain two to three years’ experience planning, scheduling, performing, and/or coordinating detailed phases of the engineering work on parts of major projects, and on the entirety of small to moderately sized projects.

Project Engineers make independent decisions regarding engineering problems and methods, and assist in leading project direction with problem solving and planning, coordinating, and supervising project work for two to three years before becoming project managers.

Associates lead project technical work on multiple projects while beginning to foster and grow a network of client contacts, supervising and mentoring junior technical staff.

Associate Principals possess a high level of technical and management expertise enabling them to manage projects successfully while developing and growing their client base

Principals provide expert project guidance, mentoring to advancing engineers and associates, and review applications of quality management. They are technical leaders in the firm managing multiple large and complex projects.

Senior Principals serve in leadership roles at Degenkolb and in professional and technical organizations. Like principals, they provide expert project guidance and mentoring while reviewing applications of quality management. They are technical and industry leaders.