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Structural Designer roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship because they meet the specialty occupation requirement, a bachelor's degree in structural or civil engineering is the standard credential U.S. employers expect. The E-3 has no lottery, no annual cap, and renews in two-year increments, making it a stable long-term pathway for Australian engineers.
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At WSP, we are driven by a shared purpose: to help communities thrive. We are committed to delivering innovative, high‑quality solutions while fostering a collaborative and inclusive workplace for our people.
Our Industrial Center of Excellence (ICoE) Division is seeking a Mid Level Structural Designer to join our growing team. This group delivers high‑performing projects at the intersection of innovation and functionality, with a strong focus on food and beverage, federal, and industrial facility design. Our work spans new construction, renovations, and complex industrial systems—always with client experience, community impact, and technical excellence at the forefront.
What You’ll Do
- Support the structural design of new buildings, renovations, and facility expansions
- Produce detailed drafting for industrial structural steel systems, including equipment supports, platforms, and pipe racks
- Apply internal and client CAD/BIM standards, ensuring consistency and accuracy across deliverables
- Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams, taking ownership of project goals and contributing to overall project success
- Participate in WSP’s robust QA/QC process, delivering work that reflects high standards of quality, accountability, and pride
What You Can Expect
- Structured onboarding and training in WSP standards, practices, and systems
- Meaningful participation in technically complex and impactful industrial projects
- A culture that values accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Opportunities to grow your technical expertise while learning new tools and technologies
Required Qualifications
- High School diploma
- 5+ years of experience structural design and 3D modeling using Revit
- Strong ability to prioritize tasks, manage deadlines, and adapt in a dynamic project environment
- Solid understanding of basic mathematical concepts and drawing setup
- Ability to read and interpret architectural, structural, and mechanical drawings
- Demonstrated problem‑solving skills and willingness to learn and apply new technologies
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate degree in Drafting or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience)
- Advanced expertise with Revit
- Experience working in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation
- Prior construction experience in an industrial or commercial environment
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Hourly: $27.79 - $38.18
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors, and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water, and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals, and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
At WSP, we are driven by a shared purpose: to help communities thrive. We are committed to delivering innovative, high‑quality solutions while fostering a collaborative and inclusive workplace for our people.
Our Industrial Center of Excellence (ICoE) Division is seeking a Mid Level Structural Designer to join our growing team. This group delivers high‑performing projects at the intersection of innovation and functionality, with a strong focus on food and beverage, federal, and industrial facility design. Our work spans new construction, renovations, and complex industrial systems—always with client experience, community impact, and technical excellence at the forefront.
What You’ll Do
- Support the structural design of new buildings, renovations, and facility expansions
- Produce detailed drafting for industrial structural steel systems, including equipment supports, platforms, and pipe racks
- Apply internal and client CAD/BIM standards, ensuring consistency and accuracy across deliverables
- Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams, taking ownership of project goals and contributing to overall project success
- Participate in WSP’s robust QA/QC process, delivering work that reflects high standards of quality, accountability, and pride
What You Can Expect
- Structured onboarding and training in WSP standards, practices, and systems
- Meaningful participation in technically complex and impactful industrial projects
- A culture that values accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Opportunities to grow your technical expertise while learning new tools and technologies
Required Qualifications
- High School diploma
- 5+ years of experience structural design and 3D modeling using Revit
- Strong ability to prioritize tasks, manage deadlines, and adapt in a dynamic project environment
- Solid understanding of basic mathematical concepts and drawing setup
- Ability to read and interpret architectural, structural, and mechanical drawings
- Demonstrated problem‑solving skills and willingness to learn and apply new technologies
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate degree in Drafting or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience)
- Advanced expertise with Revit
- Experience working in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation
- Prior construction experience in an industrial or commercial environment
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Hourly: $27.79 - $38.18
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors, and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water, and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals, and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Structural Designer
Align your credentials with U.S. licensing expectations
Australian engineering degrees are generally accepted for E-3 visa purposes, but U.S. employers often ask about EIT or PE progress. Have your academic transcripts ready and be prepared to explain how your qualifications map to a four-year U.S. bachelor's equivalent.
Target firms with active LCA filing histories
Search the DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data for structural or civil engineering job titles. Firms that have filed LCAs recently already understand the E-3 process, which shortens your onboarding conversation around sponsorship.
Clarify sponsorship before the final interview round
Raise E-3 sponsorship during the second or third interview, not the offer stage. Frame it as low-cost and fast for the employer, no lottery, no PERM, and DOL LCA certification typically takes seven business days, so it doesn't feel like a risk to hiring managers.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for your paperwork
Once you have an offer, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork end-to-end. This removes administrative burden from your employer and reduces the risk of errors that delay your consulate appointment.
Confirm your employer qualifies before accepting an offer
Your U.S. employer must have a valid Employer Identification Number and be registered to operate in the state where you'll work. Check USCIS guidance on qualifying employers, some smaller structural consultancies lack the payroll infrastructure to sponsor visas without additional setup.
Prepare a specialty occupation letter for atypical roles
If your Structural Designer title blends design and project management duties, ask your employer to prepare a support letter that ties the role's core functions to a specific engineering discipline. This strengthens the specialty occupation case if USCIS requests more documentation at the consulate.
E-3 Visa Structural Designer: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Structural Designer jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is the most direct way to search for Structural Designer roles filtered by E-3 sponsorship. It surfaces employers with active E-3 and LCA filing histories, so you're not cold-applying to firms that have never sponsored an Australian engineer. Filtering by role and visa type saves significant time compared to unfiltered job searches.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Structural Designer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, in most cases. The E-3 requires that the position normally requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field, structural engineering, civil engineering, or architectural engineering typically satisfy this. Roles that blend design with general project coordination can require additional documentation showing that the engineering component is the primary function.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Structural Designer positions?
The E-3 is available only to Australian nationals, but it has no lottery, no annual cap, and no six-year time limit on renewals. For a Structural Designer, this means you can renew indefinitely as long as you hold a qualifying job offer. The H-1B visa requires lottery selection and involves significantly more employer cost and lead time.
Can I change employers while on an E-3 as a Structural Designer?
Yes, but the new employer must file a fresh LCA with the DOL before you start work. There's no portability provision like H-1B portability, you need the new LCA certified and a new E-3 visa stamp (or a change of status if you're already in the U.S.) before switching roles. Plan for at least a few weeks of lead time.