Senior Structural Engineer

Kier Group; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to join their dynamic Design team in Liverpool. This role offers the chance to work on a diverse range of projects, from education to commercial sectors, while contributing to sustainable design practices. You'll collaborate closely with a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality structural designs that meet current British and European standards. Alongside a competitive salary, enjoy a variety of benefits tailored to your needs, including a matched pension scheme and opportunities for professional development. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a supportive environment, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Matched Pension Scheme

Holiday Entitlement

Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans

Continuing Professional Development

Qualifications

• Professional qualifications in Structural or Civil Engineering.
• Experience in designing various building structures.
• Full driving licence for site visits.

Responsibilities

• Produce and check structural design calculations and drawings.
• Coordinate design information with other technical disciplines.
• Mentor junior engineers and technicians.

Skills

Structural Steelwork Design

Reinforced Concrete Design

CDM Regulations

UK Construction Techniques

Project Management

Education

BSc in Structural Engineering

MSc in Structural Engineering

BEng in Civil Engineering

MEng in Civil Engineering

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Structural Engineer to join our Design team based in Liverpool. The team are designing a wide range of building types and site redevelopments in various construction sectors such as education, retail, blue light, conservation and commercial, for a mixture of public and private clients. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more

Location: Liverpool

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

What will you be responsible for?

As Senior Structural Engineer, you'll be working within the Civil and Structural Engineering team, supporting them in producing and checking structural design calculations, preparing, and checking structural drawings, structural design models, structural design strategy reports, specifications, and schedules.

Your day to day will include:

• Coordinating structural engineering design information within the Civil and Structural Engineering team and with other technical design disciplines such as architecture, landscape architecture and building services engineering
• Setting and implementing appropriate, structural concept design strategies for projects and monitoring progress against structural sustainability and low carbon targets on projects
• Occasionally visiting sites, conducting surveys and inspections, meeting other designers and clients offices, representing the structural engineering team at project meetings
• Mentoring other structural engineers and technicians within the team, as part of a team committed to Continuing Professional Development
• Assisting in obtaining consents for structural designs via Building Control and Building Safety Act processes, supporting project consultations with building control and other statutory authorities

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Structural Engineer is great for you if:

• You hold professional qualifications such as BSc, MSc, BEng or MEng in Structural Engineering or Civil and Chartered Engineer status as CEng, Member or Associate Member of Institution of Structural Engineers, or Institution of Civil Engineers
• Demonstrate relevant knowledge of structural steelwork and reinforced concrete design to current British / European standards, with experience applying CDM regulations and UK construction techniques, it is imperative you have been designing different types of building structures, within a multi-disciplinary design team environment, with the confidence of attending design team and project meetings with clients, project managers, architects, and other construction professionals
• A full driving licence in order to visit other sites / offices

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

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