Senior Structural Engineer

We are currently partnered with an outstanding national multidisciplinary engineering consultancy, as they look to add a Senior Structural Engineer to their division in London.

Dynamic and optimistic in their approach, we are looking for an ambitious and well rounded Structural Engineer who can identify innovative and cost effective strategies and design solutions.

Personal Profile:

• In depth building construction knowledge
• Motivated, collaborative, passionate
• Reliable and enthusiastic
• An analytical and detailed approach to work
• A confident team player with superb interpersonal skills
• A creative innovator with a technical approach to projects and tasks
• Unquestionable integrity, experience, confidence, and the stature to effectively address major client needs and challenges
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of the principles of Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• A hands-on approach to projects
• A natural troubleshooter who can find simple, efficient solutions to identified challenges or complications
• A keen interest in the design and structure of buildings

Qualifications and Experience:

• 5+ years experience in the industry
• Good problem-solving skills
• Sound understanding of physics and mathematics
• Three-dimensional conceptual skills
• Extremely strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Diagrammatic skills
• The ability to work effectively and efficiently within a team
• Impeccable attention to detail
• The ability to liaise well with professionals from other disciplines
• Excellent knowledge of relevant software
• The ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously

Objectives and Key Responsibilities:

• The preparation of reports, specifications, designs and drawings, briefing documents, feasibility studies and options appraisals
• Assisting with or leading a variety of projects to completion; undertaking integrated 3D modelling and structural design
• Structural analysis with a particular focus on calculations in relation to loads and stresses
• Obtaining planning and/or building regulations approval
• Assessment, monitoring and integration work undertaken by specialists
• Administering contracts
• Managing projects from inception through to completion
• The consideration of the strength of various materials, e.g. timber, concrete, steel and brick, to evaluate how their inclusion may necessitate a change in structural design
• Liaison with other designers, including architects, to agree on safe designs and their fit with the aesthetic concept of the construction
• On-site inspection and testing
• The examination of structures at risk of collapse and advise how to improve their structural integrity, such as recommending removal or repair of defective parts or rebuilding the entire structure
• Work collaboratively with geotechnical engineers to investigate ground conditions and analyse results of soil sample and in situ tests
• Liaison with construction contractors to ensure that newly erected buildings are structurally sound
• Apply expert knowledge of the forces and their subsequent effect on various structures
• Site appraisals and surveys
• Geotechnical and geological investigations
• Material investigations
• Ground improvement studies
• The structural design and detailing of foundations, retaining walls, buildings, for example
• Assessment of special loads
• Building regulations submissions
• Defect assessment and the development of remediation solutions

Company benefits include profit and performance-related annual bonuses, a holiday purchase scheme, hybrid and flexible working, paid professional subscriptions, volunteer days, as well as regular social occcasions, to name but a few.

This is a unique opportunity that is not to be missed. If you think your experience matches up well, please click apply or reach out to Jamie Will at Calibre Search.

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