Senior Engineer - Building Structures

WSP; Southampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Southampton is seeking a Senior Engineer to manage project delivery and design innovative solutions for a variety of complex projects. You will collaborate with talented teams and contribute to high-profile ventures across multiple sectors, including transport, healthcare, and more. This role offers flexibility in work hours and opportunities for professional growth in a vibrant working environment.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer status (MIStructE / AIStructE / MICE) or relevant equivalent experience.
• Sound knowledge of structural engineering principles and design software.
• Experience with Eurocodes and analytical techniques.

Responsibilities

• Manage project delivery from inception to handover to the client.
• Design innovative sustainable solutions for various projects.
• Work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary design projects.

Skills

Chartered Engineer status or equivalent experience

Knowledge of structural engineering principles

Excellent communication skills

Experience in producing engineering deliverables

Interest in low carbon design

Experience in quality assurance of project deliverables

Job description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A little more about your role…

You will be joining our expanding Building Structures team, as a Senior Engineer, with accountability for the project management and technical delivery of schemes from inception through to handover of the completed scheme to the client.

In this role you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Develop innovative and sustainable designs for a huge range of challenging projects, ranging from major transportation hubs, tall towers to airports and universities with national and local architects.
• Be part of multi-disciplinary design projects from concept stage through to detailed design, in coordination with Architects, Engineers, and specialist consultants
• Contribute to our ongoing success and help us build towards delivery of a growing order book.

The role could be performed on a full or part‑time basis.

Your team

You’ll be joining a team of diverse and talented individuals who work together to:

• take a strategic lead role on large multi-disciplinary projects as well as providing bespoke structural solutions to niche and architectural‑led concept designs
• form strong working relationships with other WSP disciplines, external design consultants, stakeholders and clients.
• provide sustainable development solutions from site selection through to detailed design and construction.
• provide specialist advice and design solutions to our clients on sustainable design, net zero carbon, MMC & DfMA.

You will have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting and high‑profile major multi‑disciplinary development projects across the region and world. Projects are categorised into a wide variety of sectors including rail stations, high‑rise, airport buildings, commercial & mixed use, retail, education, and healthcare, as well as award‑winning small public projects such as the Durley Chine Environmental Hub. Current projects include a new low‑carbon pier for Gatwick Airport, a new hospital in Brighton, and stations at either end of the HS2 line.

We have a broad and well‑developed client base spanning across Private and Public sectors and encompassing regional, national, and international clientele.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join WSP as part of an expanding team delivering a variety of prestigious projects.

Our growing Structures South team is located in Southampton and Basingstoke, and this role could be based in either of these locations, to suit you.

Our Southampton and Basingstoke offices are multidisciplinary, providing the opportunity to meet with and work directly with other disciplines within WSP. The offices are within walking distance of their respective train stations. Southampton is located within the vibrant bar and café scene of Bedford Place and the Basingstoke office is in the high quality Matrix House, close to the town centre.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Achieved, or are approaching, Chartered Engineer status (MIStructE / AIStructE / MICE), or have relevant equivalent experience
• A sound knowledge of structural engineering principles, the appropriate use of analytical techniques and design software, and the application of Eurocodes
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience in the production of clear and concise engineering deliverables
• An interest in low carbon design and the assessment of embodied carbon to inform engineering decision making
• Experience in the quality assurance of project deliverables including checking of calculations and drawings to generate high quality outputs.