Senior Structural Engineer

Baigents Pty Ltd; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Baigents Pty Ltd in Melbourne seeks a hands-on Senior Structural Engineer to lead design and delivery across commercial, retail, industrial, and other building projects. You will work directly with directors, clients, architects and builders, taking ownership from design through construction.

The role requires 6–9 years of Australian structural engineering experience, strong knowledge of Australian Standards and the NCC, and capability in steel, concrete and post-tensioned designs.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Typically 6 to 9 years of Australian structural engineering experience, though capability outweighs years.
• Strong capability in structural steel and reinforced concrete design.
• Experience with post-tensioned concrete, timber and existing structures is valued.
• Excellent knowledge of Australian Standards and the NCC.
• Ability to independently deliver structural engineering projects.
• Comfort dealing directly with clients, architects and site teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the structural design and delivery of commercial, retail, industrial and other building projects.
• Design steel, reinforced concrete, post-tensioned concrete and timber structures.
• Undertake structural assessment, alteration and strengthening of existing buildings.
• Prepare and review calculations, sketches, mark ups and technical documentation per Australian Standards and the NCC.
• Review and independently check structural drawings and documentation.
• Manage technical queries and RFIs and provide practical construction phase solutions.
• Undertake site inspections, structural investigations and construction phase reviews.
• Liaise directly with clients, architects, builders and other consultants.
• Manage projects including scope, programme, technical delivery and coordination.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers and drafters.
• Contribute to efficient project delivery and maintain strong client relationships.

Skills

Structural design

Project delivery

Client liaison

Mentoring junior engineers

Independent project delivery

Education

Bachelors in Civil/Structural Engineering

Tools

SPACEGASS

Strand7

RAPT

IDEA StatiCa

Structural Toolkit

ETABS

Job description

This is a hands on senior engineering role with responsibility across design, project delivery, client liaison and construction phase support. You will work directly with directors, clients, architects, builders and other consultants, taking ownership of projects from design through to construction.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the structural design and delivery of commercial, retail, industrial and other building projects.
• Design steel, reinforced concrete, post tensioned concrete and timber structures.
• Undertake structural assessment, alteration and strengthening of existing buildings.
• Prepare and review calculations, sketches, mark ups and technical documentation in accordance with Australian Standards and the NCC.
• Review and independently check structural drawings and documentation.
• Manage technical queries and RFIs and provide practical construction phase solutions.
• Undertake site inspections, structural investigations and construction phase reviews.
• Liaise directly with clients, architects, builders and other consultants.
• Manage projects including scope, programme, technical delivery and coordination.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior and intermediate engineers and drafters.
• Contribute to efficient project delivery and maintain strong client relationships.

About you

Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.

Typically 6 to 9 years of Australian structural engineering experience, although capability and experience will be considered ahead of years alone.

Strong technical capability in structural steel and reinforced concrete design.

Experience with post tensioned concrete, timber and existing structures will be highly regarded.

Strong working knowledge of Australian Standards and the NCC.

Demonstrated ability to independently deliver structural engineering projects.

Confident dealing directly with clients, builders, architects and site teams.

Practical and commercially aware approach to engineering and construction issues.

Able to review the work of other engineers and drafters and provide clear technical direction.

Well organised, proactive and comfortable taking ownership of project outcomes.

Familiar with software such as SPACEGASS, Strand7, RAPT, IDEA StatiCa, Structural ToolkIit, ETABS, or similar.

CPEng and Victorian registration, or progress toward registration, highly regarded.

Exposure to civil design will be valued.

About us

Baigents is a well established Melbourne consulting engineering practice with nearly 40 years' experience delivering structural and civil engineering solutions across the commercial, retail, industrial and infrastructure sectors. We place a strong emphasis on maintaining sustainable workloads and a healthy work life balance, while still providing technically interesting and challenging work. Our engineers are exposed to a broad variety of projects and engineering problems, including new structural design, existing building assessments, alterations and strengthening, investigations, remediation, temporary works and construction phase advice and services. This provides greater technical variety than a narrowly specialised role and supports continued professional development.

Supportive, friendly and collaborative team environment.

Strong focus on sustainable workloads and work life balance.

Broad variety of structural engineering work across new and existing buildings.

Direct access to directors and senior technical staff.

Genuine ownership of projects and client relationships.

Exposure to technically varied and challenging work.

Opportunity to mentor junior engineers and develop leadership skills.

Support toward CPEng and Victorian registration where required.

Long term career progression within an established Melbourne consultancy.

Flexible working arrangements by agreement.

Competitive salary package commensurate with experience.