Senior Structural Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Structural Engineer in Birmingham, where your innovative designs will contribute to a sustainable future. Collaborate with a dynamic team to deliver exceptional structural engineering solutions across various sectors. Enjoy a flexible work environment, ample annual leave, and the opportunity to grow within a supportive culture that values diversity and excellence. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact while working on landmark projects that shape the built environment.

Benefits

Flexible Work Environment

27 Days Annual Leave

Matched Pension Contributions

Private Medical Cover

Investment in Development

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Chartered Structural Engineer with at least 8 years of experience.
• Experience in delivering accurate and innovative structural designs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver structural engineering design for diverse projects from £5M to £50M.
• Ensure designs are technically accurate and efficient to minimize carbon.

Skills

Structural Engineering

Project Management

Team Collaboration

Innovative Design

Effective Communication

Education

Degree in Structural/Civil Engineering

Tools

Design and Modelling Tools

Job description

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Are you an enthusiastic and innovative structural engineer, experienced in structural design, a team player, coordinator, and proactive motivator to get things done? Are you looking for an opportunity to influence a more sustainable future, through designing buildings that are efficient in form and function, use materials wisely, minimise embodied carbon and delight their users? Are you looking for a workplace with a strong culture that values the individual development, that celebrates diversity, delivers through collective skill and expertise, where excellence is our benchmark?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Building Structures team in Birmingham as our new Senior Engineer and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role

Your key responsibilities will be:

• As part of a team, deliver the structural engineering design of projects in diverse sectors and scale form £5M to £50M.
• Ensure our designs are technically accurate, efficient in form and materials to reduce embodied carbon to a minimum.
• Practise innovative design, so that we provide the best service and holistic building outcomes for our clients.
• Assist the management of your project team of engineers and technicians through proactive support and collaboration.
• Keep up to date with your technical skills through training provided by Ramboll and through self-learning, as expected of a Professional Chartered Engineer.
• Delight our existing clients and collaborators through enthusiastic ‘can do’ attitude in all our engagements at all project stages.

You will join our Building Structures department

As our new Senior Structural Engineer, you will be part of our Birmingham office which has doubled in number to approximately 130 in three years. Our buildings team includes structural, civil, building services, Facades and Acoustics, working alongside colleagues in Environmental and Health and Infrastructure, collaboratively sharing skills and services that deliver a one-stop engineering design service to our clients.

Our Civil & Structural team is approximately 30 strong and growing. We are delivering exciting landmark local and national projects. We work in all market sectors including Sci-Tech and Hi-tech industrial, commercial, schools and higher education, sports and arenas, residential, commercial and the creative arts. Our delivery is streamlined through effective processes so that you have space to explore. You will have the best tools and encouraged to promote digital innovation, to be multi-disciplined in your approach and be creative. Sustainable design is at the heart of our values. You will explore with our clients how sustainable design adds value to their business. We operate a fun and inquisitive office environment and actively encourage design flair; we are recognised for our bold innovative approach, that is underpinned by our Scandinavian design heritage and foundation ownership.

About you

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. Whilst we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

These include:

• You will be Chartered Structural Engineer with at least 8years experience.
• Educated to a degree level or equivalent in structural / civil engineering.
• Relevant experience and insight in a variety of sectors such as schools, higher education, residential, commercial, or industrial development.
• Experience of delivering accurate and innovative structural designs using a host of analysis, design and modelling tools. A good team player, able to work collaboratively within large teams on large projects, and comfortable to work independently on smaller projects, under supervision, but with wide ranging responsibilities for all aspects of design.
• An ability to design conceptually, with an appreciation of multi-discipline coordination and known for delighting architects through capture and development of their ideas.
• Be an effective communicator, both written, and verbally and through digital media.
• Be familiar with techniques for planning resources and able to perform within agreed commercial targets.

What we can offer you

• A flexible work environment
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Matched pension contributions
• Private medical cover and life assurance
• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Be valued for the unique person you are
• Never be short of inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company

Work at the heart of sustainable change

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realise their full potential.