Senior Structural Engineer

Kier Group; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to join their dynamic Design team in Liverpool. This role involves designing a diverse range of building types and site redevelopments across various sectors, including education and commercial. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in structural engineering, with expertise in steelwork and concrete design, as well as experience in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment. Enjoy competitive benefits, including a matched pension scheme and opportunities for professional growth. If you are passionate about engineering and eager to make a difference, this position is for you!

Benefits

Competitive annual holiday entitlement

Matched pension scheme

Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer status as CEng, Member, or Associate Member of relevant institutions.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary design team environments.

Responsibilities

• Produce and check structural design calculations and drawings.
• Coordinate design information with other technical disciplines.
• Mentor other engineers and support professional development.

Skills

Structural Engineering

Civil Engineering

Structural Steelwork Design

Reinforced Concrete Design

CDM Regulations

UK Construction Techniques

Education

BSc in Structural Engineering

MSc in Structural Engineering

BEng in Civil Engineering

MEng in Civil Engineering

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Structural Engineer to join our Design team based in Liverpool. The team is 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 Engineering and Chartered Engineer status as CEng, Member, or Associate Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers or Institution of Civil Engineers.
• You 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.

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.

We look forward to seeing your application.