Senior / Principal Structural Engineer - Building Structures

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in the UK & Ireland is seeking a Senior or Principal Engineer to join their Building Structures team in Leeds. This role involves leading project management and technical delivery on high-profile projects across various sectors including transportation and healthcare. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree, chartered status or on track for it, and solid experience in civil and structural design. Skills in Tekla and Revit are beneficial. The position offers opportunities for mentorship and innovative design development.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in civil and structural detailed design.
• Working knowledge of national codes and standards.
• Experience with technical solutions across diverse objectives.

Responsibilities

• Develop designs for a wide range of challenging projects.
• Lead design process, encouraging teams to deliver solutions.
• Manage commercial positions and technical issues.

Skills

Innovative design development

Technical leadership

Business development

Sustainable design

Client relationship management

Education

Degree or HNC/HND in civil or structural discipline

Chartered status or on path to chartership

Tools

Tekla Structural Designer

Revit

Job description

Job Description

This opportunity allows you to join WSP’s expanding Building Structures team as a Senior or Principal Engineer. Based in our centrally located Wellington Place office, you will own and lead the project management, technical leadership and delivery of schemes from inception through handover to the client.

Reporting to a senior member of the team, you will work on high-profile, multi-disciplinary development projects across transportation, high-rise, commercial, retail, education and healthcare sectors, including recent wins in the defence sector.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative and sustainable designs from concept for a wide range of challenging projects, including transportation hubs, tall towers, healthcare, defence and education schemes, in partnership with national and local architects.
• Take a key technical leadership role on multi-disciplinary design projects from concept through detailed design in coordination with architects, engineers, and specialist consultants.
• Participate in tender bids and business development opportunities as they arise.
• Agree fees and manage the commercial position on projects.
• Exercise independent judgement and resolve technical issues.
• Own and lead the design process, encouraging your and wider teams to deliver the right solutions to the agreed programme, and support less experienced colleagues through technical review, mentoring and advice.
• Manage processes to ensure technical issues and risks are resolved in a timely, cost-effective manner.
• Build strong working relationships with other WSP disciplines, external design consultants, stakeholders and clients.
• Provide sustainable development solutions from site selection through detailed design and construction.
• Provide specialist advice and design solutions on sustainable design, net zero carbon, MMC and DfMA.

Qualifications

• Degree or HNC/HND qualification in a relevant civil or structural discipline.
• Chartered status or on a clear path to chartership.
• Solid experience in civil and structural detailed design.
• Detailed working knowledge of national codes and standards.
• Proven understanding of the design process and ability to demonstrate working knowledge of briefs, scope documents, design concepts and calculations.
• Experience with structural design software packages such as Tekla Structural Designer or Tedds, and beneficial experience with CAD software such as Revit.
• Experience working with clients and contractors to achieve technical solutions across diverse objectives.