The city or town's building permit department should be able to give you some recommendations on SEs that they have approved plans from in the past. Also, General Contractors and local home building companies should also be able to provide information on contractors that they use in their lines of work.

Ok great, thank you.

I just experienced that situation on a local project. I definitely recommend that you have a Structural Engineer look at the proposed changes. If you go to an Architect first, they will have to provide structural drawings on any changes affected load bearing walls. That means you would be paying for an Architect and an Engineer. Depending on your local Building Department's requirements you may need signed/stamped drawings from both for Building Permit. Best of luck!

I've a very simple change to my house, only tearing down part of a wall, and I know that I'll need a structual engineer as this is a shear wall, but I really want to save on the part for hiring an architect, since this is really straightforward change. But my structure engineer said he needs some professional drawing to do his calculation and suggest me to get an architect to do the drawings, is he telling the truth ? Coz I really feel the before/proposed plan is simple enough, in my case, copy/paste. And that would cost a few thousand dollars if hiring an architect.