Jorge Rincones

Primary Responsibilities:

As a Structural Engineering Project Manager, I oversee all phases of project delivery using a hybrid project management approach to ensure efficiency, flexibility, and technical accuracy. I coordinate cross-functional teams, including BIM designers and engineers, to maintain consistency and streamline design efforts, while driving standardization to improve future project execution. I actively engage with architects, clients, and stakeholders to align goals, address evolving needs, and ensure on-time, in-scope delivery of high-quality outcomes. In addition to project leadership, I spearhead business development initiatives to grow the firm’s presence in the private sector, and build lasting client relationships.

• Managed the structural engineering scope for a new operations building designed to enhance functionality and comfort for 15 staff members, including office space, training areas, a laboratory, and support facilities.
• Conducted a comprehensive structural analysis and design of the tilt-up wall system in compliance with all technical specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinated drafting efforts with BIM designers.
• Reviewed the engineering calculations performed by the engineering team.
• Ensured timely delivery of all documentation and deliverables, meeting established schedules, milestones, and quality standards, while exceeding stakeholder expectations.

• Took over leadership of the structural engineering scope at 90% design completion, ensuring continuity and quality following the departure of the original design team.
• Reviewed and signed off on all structural design documents, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, building codes, and project requirements.
• Identified and resolved design discrepancies caused by uncoordinated updates, improving design accuracy, and mitigating risks of construction delays or cost overruns.
• Applied Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) methodology to organize and assign tasks to the structural team and BIM designers, maintaining project momentum and clarity.
• Led quality control efforts by updating outdated design details and notes to reflect current codes and standards, reducing potential field errors and rework.
• Improved the clarity of design documentation to enhance contractor understanding, and support efficient, error-free execution during the construction phase.
• Ensured full coordination of final design documents and laid a strong foundation for project success.

• Served as Senior Structural Engineer for a coastal visitor center and office, utilizing Type IV Heavy Timber construction, designed to withstand 150 MPH wind speeds and wave action.
• Developed firm-first general notes, standard plans, and detailed specifications for heavy timber design, ensuring code compliance and structural integrity in a high-risk coastal environment.
• Led structural design coordination with the BIM team, integrating complex systems, including CLT wall and roof panels, heavy timber trusses, and a pre-manufactured ZIP floor system.
• Collaborated closely with architects to align structural design with architectural intent, resolving design conflicts, and maintaining design consistency through proactive Revit model coordination.
• Applied robust quality control and risk management strategies to address structural challenges related to wind, wave action, and unique architectural features, such as a lighthouse element at the entrance.
• Established continuous feedback loops between engineering and architectural teams to prevent misalignment and streamline construction readiness.

Primary Responsibilities:

Develop structural drawings and designs for new buildings, foundations, and other structures. Analyze existing structures for adequacy when proposed loads, occupancy, or usage are different from the original, or when structural alterations are required. Review and coordinate the work of junior-level staff. Provide project status updates to Project Managers or Team Leads, and make recommendations on work distribution among the team based on the scope and complexity of the work. Use appropriate engineering software and engineering judgment to deliver cost-effective and efficient solutions for complex projects.

• Provide beddown infrastructure for various types of aircraft
• Seismic Design Category C, 100 mph Ultimate Wind Speeds, Risk Category III
• Model, analyze, and design total of 3 hangar buildings with heights ranging from 60 ft to 100 ft, covering areas between 35,000 sq ft and 80,000 sq ft
• Engineering Software Used: SAP2000, RAM Connections, SpColumn
• Designed Structural Systems
• Lateral System: Steel concentric braced frames
• Gravity System: Steel trusses and columns
• Designed and Detailed Connections For The Following Structural Members: Braced frames, beams, trusses, horizontal bracing, column base plates
• Coordinated the Design of Concrete Pile Supported Foundation System
• Worked in tandem with Value Engineering Teams to provide different framing alternatives to evaluate the impacts on steel tonnage
• I recommended changes to building geometry that simplified the analysis model, reduced the number of steel connections, and simplified construction

• Seismic Design Category D, 115mph Ultimate Wind Speeds, 72 psf Blast Loads, Risk Category III
• Engineering Software Used: RISA3D, RAM Connections, SpMats, SpColumn
• Project Scope: Model, analyze, and Design shallow foundation system for steel building that covers an area of 27,200 sq ft (272 ft longx 100 ft wide) and is 100 ft tall
• Foundation includes underground tunnel and a 20 ft diameter x 75 ft deep casting pit
• Designed and detailed foundation system consisting of isolated and combined spread footings with column pedestals
• Modeled concrete underground tunnel using RISA3D to perform a finite element analysis and capture its behavior when it interacts with soil and the building foundation

• Seismic Design Category A, 125mph Ultimate Wind Speeds, Risk Category II
• Engineering Software Used: RAM Structural Systems, RAM Elements, SpMats
• Project Scope: Analyze, model, and design 2-Story Steel Building that covered an area of 181,594 sq ft (833 ft long x 218 ft wide) with a height of 46 ft
• Designed Structural Systems
• Lateral System: Steel Concentric Braced Frames
• Gravity System: Steel Composite Beams, Steel Wide Flange Columns
• Reviewed and coordinated delegated designs, which included steel connections and precast wall panels
• Analyzed, designed, and detailed cantilevered concrete columns to support exterior precast screen walls enclosing a power generator yard
• Designed and detailed concrete tunnel reinforcement
• Coordinated column reactions with 3rd party engineering firm responsible for the design of the superstructure to ensure crane, gravity, seismic, wind, and blast loads were adequately transmitted to the substructure
• Responded RFIs, reviewed shop drawings, and reviewed delegated designs to ensure the specified design criteria and other design requirements were met

• Purpose: Located in a popular public park that was built over an existing freeway, the pavilion will enable the park to host private events
• Seismic Design Category B, 120 mph Ultimate Wind Speeds, Risk Category III
• Engineering Software Used: STAAD Pro, RAM Connections
• Project Scope: Model, analyze, and design complex, irregularly shaped 3-story steel structure that covered an area of 9,408 sq ft (168 ft long x 96 ft wide) with a height of 49 ft
• Designed Structural Systems
• Lateral System: Steel Concentric Braced Frames
• Gravity System: Steel Composite Beams, Steel Beams, Steel Round HSS and Wide Flange Columns
• Design column base plates and anchorage
• Coordinated building column reactions and anchorage with bridge design team, as the superstructure was to be placed on top of a bridge that spans over a freeway
• Client expectations were met, despite tight schedules and budget restrictions

• Purpose: Increase production of EVs and make them more accessible to shape the future of sustainable transportation
• Seismic Design Category A, 115 mph Ultimate Wind Speeds, Risk Category III
• Engineering Software Used: RAM Structural Systems, RAM Connections, RAM Elements
• Project Scope: Model, analyze, and design a 2-story steel building with a partial 3rd level mezzanine
• The building covered an area of approximately 705,000 sq ft (2,300 ft long x 306 ft wide) and is 75 ft tall
• Designed Structural Systems
• Lateral System: Steel Concentric Braced Frames, Moment Frames
• Gravity System: Steel Composite Beams, Steel Beams, Steel Wide Flange Columns
• Perform floor vibration analysis using RAM Structural Systems
• Modeled, designed, and detailed load bearing masonry walls for several stair and elevator shafts
• Rapid delivery of structural drawings resulted in successful execution of fast-track construction

• Purpose: The building served to house diesel power generators, controls, and mechanical equipment to produce electricity in a micro power grid system during emergencies or main power grid failures
• Seismic Design Category C, 120 mph Ultimate Wind Speeds, Risk Category IV
• Engineering Software Used: RAM Structural Systems, RAM Connections, RAM Elements, SpMats
• Project Scope: Model, Analyze, and design a 1-story steel building (198 ft long x 100 ft wide x 28 ft tall) with an 2nd partial level equipment mezzanine
• Designed Structural Systems
• Lateral System: Diagonal Brace, Chevron Braces, K-Braces, and Interior Shearwall
• Gravity System: Steel Composite Beams, Steel Wide Flange Columns, Masonry Wall
• Designed and detailed foundation system consisting of isolated and combined spread footings with column pedestals
• Designed Foundation system, which included concrete pedestals, isolated spread footings, and combined footings
• Coordinated equipment locations with other disciplines to prevent clashes with the building structure
• Construction administration duties included submittal and calculation reviews, responding to RFIs, and attending coordination calls to address construction issues impacting the original design

Primary Responsibilities

• Design of Single Family Homes
• Designed production homes per ASCE 7, NDS, and IBC codes
• Reviewed framing plans provided by the client to determine adequacy of wood designs cost-efficient, and code compliance
• Designed post-tensioned slabs-on-grade

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design of Single Family Custom Homes
• Designed custom homes per ASCE 7, NDS, and IBC codes
• Designed post-tensioned slabs-on-grade, isolated spread footings, under-reamed drilled piers, structural slabs to conform to ACI 318 requirements

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage Track Maintenance Operations
• Assist Director, Project Manager, and Track Maintenance Manager of the San Antonio Region manage daily track inspection findings
• Respond to train derailments and help manage track maintenance crews to get main track lines repaired

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for facility maintenance, repairs, building renovations, construction and welding tasks
• Honorable Discharge