Senior Civil Structural Engineer

SNC-Lavalin; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking an innovative Senior Civil or Structural Engineer in Manchester. The role involves working on new nuclear projects and requires a chartered engineer with experience in civil-structural design, project management, and client engagement. You will be part of a dynamic team, benefiting from a hybrid working culture and a commitment to professional development. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a passion for engineering excellence.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Chartered with a recognized civil or structural engineering institution.
• Experience in delivering structural design within regulated environments.
• Capacity to lead, mentor, and manage a project team.

Responsibilities

• Support a range of new build nuclear projects in the UK.
• Engage closely with clients to ensure project demands are met.
• Cultivate strong working relationships and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Civil-structural design and analysis

Client engagement

Project ownership

Bid and tender writing

Multidisciplinary project coordination

Education

Chartered engineer status

Job description

Job Description

Overview

Are you an innovative senior civil or structural engineer or consultant who is capable of agile, lateral thinking and enjoys applying and developing technical leadership and engineering management skills to deliver exciting projects? Do you aspire to thrive in a niche industry utilising your experience in delivery ownership of structural design and assessment, finite element analysis, technical report writing and reviewing, as well as your soft skills in client engagement and engineering management?

Are you chartered with a recognised civil or structural engineering institution (IStructE, ICE or other) in your current job or have a similar level of capability to this, but want to invigorate your career and bolster your portfolio with exciting new projects within a buoyant industry? If so, we would like to hear from you.

We are looking for fulltime senior civil and structural engineers to join our newly established and growing team in Sheffield, to support a wide range of new build nuclear projects including Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C, SMRs and future fusion reactor technologies. You will enjoy cultivating strong working relationships and reinforcing your technical skills and applying your management expertise to deliver outstanding results for our clients. You will be working a minimum of 3 days per week from a Power New Build office or client office.

Your role

Your experience in any of the following would be beneficial to the role but not all are required to apply:

• You have a relevant level of professional experience which could be derived from civil‑structural design and analysis (steelwork and reinforced concrete), research and development, project engineering or design consultancy.
• You can coordinate across multidisciplinary projects.
• You can lead, undertake, and review design of new building structures, and take responsibility for project ownership.
• You have worked in highly regulated environments such as nuclear, power or rail.
• You can work collaboratively from our offices and across our client sites to understand clients’ needs and deliver to time, cost and quality.
• You can write bids and tenders to win work.
• You can manage, lead and mentor staff.

About you

• Are you excited by the prospect of developing and applying your technical capability in civil‑structural engineering into something more specialist, or energised by the idea of supporting a team on one of our many world‑renowned projects utilising ‘best‑in‑class’ digital technology to impress our clients?
• Would you be committed to bidding projects for future work opportunities?
• Do you enjoy exercising a questioning mind and perfecting your inquisitiveness to innovate solutions and influence project outcomes?
• Are you capable of taking a complex problem and digesting it to form a concise and proportionate solution?
• Can your leadership and influence nurture our client relationships, inspire your colleagues and develop our staff?

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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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.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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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.