Senior Structural Engineer

AtkinsRealis Australia Pty Ltd; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work solutions

Hybrid work model

Remote opportunities outside country

Performance bonus program

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Sydney is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to lead high‑quality design across RC, steel and external structures for infrastructure and renewable energy projects. You will guide multidisciplinary teams, manage program and budget, and help grow our structural capability on exciting regional work.

The role requires a Civil/Structural Engineering degree, Chartered status or near, and proven experience delivering complex structural solutions in energy/industrial contexts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Proven structural engineering design experience, ideally within the energy/industrial sector.
• Strong capability in steel and concrete design, with high technical competency in first-principles engineering to solve complex, bespoke challenges.
• Proficient in local and international codes and design software.
• Ability to own and deliver tasks end-to-end with minimal supervision.
• Experience working across different project phases (concept to detailed design).
• Effective coordination with multidisciplinary teams, draftspersons, and stakeholders.
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team, including remote delivery when required.
• Flexible and proactive in contributing to shared project scopes.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key structural resource ensuring the provision of efficient, high quality structural engineering design.
• Lead/manage the design of Structural Engineering works across a range of projects, including RC, Steel, and external structures such as retaining walls.
• Leading, managing and co-ordinating multi-disciplinary project teams to complete projects to meet client aspirations.
• Management of project programmes, budgets and overall quality.
• Provide leadership for our people ensuring successful management and development of engineers and technicians both in Australia and overseas.
• Contribute to the development of complex project proposals/cost estimates and participate in the process of securing new business opportunities or expanding the scope of existing projects.

Skills

Structural design

Leadership

Code compliance

Detail design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil/Structural Engineering

Tools

ETABS

SAP2000

STAAD.Pro

Job description

Job Description Overview AtkinsRéalis' Engineering Design business provides multidisciplinary engineering services and integrated solutions across a wide range of projects and markets. We are in search of a Senior Structural Engineer based in our Sydney office, to support our portfolio of growing projects. This is a fantastic opportunity to take a leading role, providing input to some challenging projects within the infrastructure and renewable energy sectors. The successful applicant will be a Senior Structural Engineer with a degree in civil or structural engineering and hold or be close to holding chartered status with Engineer's Australia. Candidates should have the right flare and ability that will help us develop and expand our structural engineering capability by building on the existing portfolio of our expanding, flexible and outward looking team that can tackle work across a broad spectrum of sectors.

Your role

• Act as a key structural resource ensuring the provision of efficient, high quality structural engineering design
• Lead/manage the design of Structural Engineering works across a range of projects, including RC, Steel, and external structures such as retaining walls
• Leading, managing and co-ordinating multi-disciplinary project teams to complete projects to meet client aspirations
• Management of project programmes, budgets and overall quality
• Provide leadership for our people ensuring successful management and development of engineers and technicians both in Australia and overseas
• Contribute to the development of complex project proposals/cost estimates and participate in the process of securing new business opportunities or expanding the scope of existing projects

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Proven structural engineering design experience ideally within the energy/industrial sector/s
• Strong capability in steel and concrete design, with high technical competency in first-principles engineering to solve complex, bespoke challenges
• Proficient in local and international codes and design software
• Ability to own and deliver tasks end-to-end with minimal supervision
• Experience working across different project phases (concept to detailed design)
• Effective coordination with multidisciplinary teams, draftspersons, and stakeholders
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team, including remote delivery when required
• Flexible and proactive in contributing to shared project scopes

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. This includes:

• Flexible and hybrid work solutions
• Remote work opportunities outside of country
• Performance driven discretionary bonus program
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. #LI-AUS

Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations and maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital.

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