Senior Structural Engineer

Buro Happold group.; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An industry-leading structures practice is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to join their innovative team in Leeds. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of complex projects, pushing the boundaries of building design with a focus on sustainability and social value. The ideal candidate will possess strong structural engineering skills, a passion for computational techniques, and a commitment to mentoring junior team members. Join a supportive and inclusive environment that values creativity and professional growth, while contributing to architecturally compelling designs that make a difference.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Private Medical Cover

25 Days Holiday

Generous Pension Scheme

Flexible Benefits

Enhanced Parenthood Leave

3pm Finish on Last Friday

Learning and Development Program

Membership to Professional Bodies

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience as a lead structural engineer on major projects.
• Chartered Member of the ICE or IStructE with the Engineering Council UK.
• Ability to mentor and support junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Produce calculations, models, reports, and presentations.
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams for project success.
• Mentor junior engineers and maintain professional development.

Skills

Structural Engineering

Computational Techniques

Project Management

Team Leadership

Design Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

CSC Fastrak

TEDDS

ROBOT

ETABS

SAFE

Revit

Rhino

Grasshopper

Job description

Are you passionate about creating innovative, elegant and robust structural engineering solutions for complex construction projects? Your structural engineering design experience might just make you our new Senior Structural Engineer.

This role will see you working as part of the Leeds-based structural engineering team focussing on a diverse portfolio of projects in the UK and around the world. This is a technically demanding role and we are ideally looking for creative candidates with an interest/aptitude in computational techniques as well as being interested in being at the forefront of changes in the industry such as in reducing embodied carbon and modern methods of construction in structural design.

The ideal candidate will have experience across a wide variety of projects and sectors.

This is an opportunity to join an industry leading structures practice, renowned for delivering innovative and architecturally compelling forms and with such an enviable portfolio of projects. We can offer a unique opportunity to push the boundaries of building design, with a focus on structural excellence, inspirational architecture, social value, and environmental sustainability.

Leeds Structures is a hard-working but friendly, supportive and inclusive team, and will offer an enjoyable and rewarding working environment with many opportunities for learning and career advancement.

Your next role

The role of a Senior Structural Engineer can be very varied, duties will include but are not limited to:

• Working independently and as part of a team offering creative solutions.
• Produce calculations, models, reports, and presentations to an excellent standard, on time and to budget.
• Share your work for review by senior colleagues and review the work of others for quality assurance.
• Presenting your designs at internal workshops and chairing external meetings with clients when required.
• Leading teams by making timely decisions and corrective action whilst creating an atmosphere that delivers excellent work.
• Collaborating with external clients and harnessing opportunities to engage other internal discipline designers.
• Informing colleagues of design decisions to ensure the objectives of the company and the client are achieved.
• Prepare fee proposals or bids and competition designs whilst working alongside senior colleagues.
• Coordinating your work with other members of the project team and contributing to internal technical development following strategy.
• Mentoring and assisting Graduates and less experienced Engineers whilst maintaining your continued professional development.
• Actively maintaining an external and internal network.
• Experience as a lead structural engineer on major projects.
• Broad design knowledge, from working on a wide range of projects and using British, US and European codes of practice.
• Experience using common analysis software (including or similar to CSC Fastrak, TEDDS, ROBOT, ETABS and SAFE) and willing to quickly learn to use new analysis packages as required.
• Experience using common BIM and modelling software (including or similar to Revit, Rhino, and Grasshopper) and willing quickly learn to use new packages as required.
• Be a Chartered Member of the ICE or IStructE with the Engineering Council UK or equivalent body.
• A Bachelor’s degree BEng / BSc or Master’s degree MEng / MSc in a relevant discipline.
• Ability to provide pastoral care to more junior team members as a line manager, alongside a willingness to be an active part of an inclusive and fun-filled team, respecting others and supporting your colleagues.

What we offer you

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance, income protection and private medical cover.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact [e-mail] so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

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