Structural Engineer

Salary: £33,600 – £54,000 per year

Based in London with home working.

Our client is a leading specialist civil, structural and ground engineering contractor and has earned an enviable reputation for quality, innovation and customer service. The company offers a range of geotechnical, foundations and structural engineering design, build, install and construction services to clients within highways, roads, rail, energy, environmental, civil engineering, infrastructure and building sectors. Our client works collaboratively with their stakeholders and takes pride in maintaining exceptionally high standards in technical capability, quality management, safety, training and environmental best practice. In turn, this enables the company to provide all their clients with the most efficient, reliable and value-engineered solution, regardless of a project’s size, complexity or location.

Overview

Due to continued and sustained growth plans, our client now wishes to appoint an experienced Structural Engineer to join the business. Largely working from home and occasionally based in the South East head office, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within a dynamic team on a wide range of infrastructure, civil and ground engineering, structures, roads, rail, energy, nuclear and infrastructure projects.

The Role

* Provide structural design solutions to meet all of the requirements and key drivers of any given contract or client requirements

* Produce designs which are cost effective, aligned to the specification, and which can be developed, procured, installed, constructed and delivered effectively, safely and efficiently

* Liaise with clients, suppliers, internal teams and external consultants or stakeholders to deliver project designs to a high standard from concept stage to construction

* Ensure that innovative designs and design practices are utilised wherever possible

* Produce outlined designs for a wide range of contracts, and assist or support bids and tenders

* Participate in regular review meetings with the relevant teams developing a pro-active focus upon client expectations and contract design delivery

* Liaise with other design disciplines and internal teams

* Conduct structural surveys during site visits to ensure designs will be effective, practical and deliverable

* Review, approve and comment on sub-contract and consultants’ designs

* Motivate team members by possessing a positive attitude, and an in depth knowledge and experience of structural design principles

* Ensure that designs adhere to policies in line with business objectives, and ensure the company complies with industry standards BS and Eurocodes etc), legal requirements and best practice procedures

The Person

* Possess a relevant degree coupled with demonstrable working knowledge of the structural engineering sectors, from either a consultancy or contractor background

* Offer a good knowledge of structural design, and ideally steel experience

* A confident user of structural design software packages, such as AutoCAD, Revit, Oasys GSA and Autodesk Robot is ideal

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

* Knowledge and understanding of pre-construction and procurement processes

* Knowledge of construction techniques and the general sequence of events for a wide variety of contracts, schemes and project applications

An attractive basic salary plus extensive benefits package is on offer for the successful candidate, along with security of work given the company’s commitment to growth and a significant forward order workload.

We are committed to equal opportunities. We wish to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on their suitability for the post irrespective of race, gender, age, disability, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, marital/civil partnership status, religion/belief or nationality.