Senior Structural Engineer

Ingleton Wood; Oakington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

25 days holidays

Professional coaching

Living wage employer

Company pension

Health cash plan

Membership support

Family policies

Team events

Cycle to work

On-site parking

Season ticket loan

Death in service

Volunteer leave

Early finish incentives

Job summary

Ingleton Wood is recruiting a Senior Structural Engineer for our Cambridge office to provide professional structural engineering services to clients. You will design solutions, coordinate with architects, manage client briefs, and help deliver projects on time and within budget.

The role involves supervising design teams, contributing to BIM strategies and maintaining strong client relationships to drive repeat business in education, healthcare and local authority sectors.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree/masters.
• Full Chartered membership or working towards.
• Post qualification experience in structural engineering.
• Full driving licence and travel to sites.

Responsibilities

• Maintain fee income for the Cambridge structural team to an agreed monthly target.
• Promote the Practice’s structural engineering services.
• Design practical structural solutions aligned with architectural concepts.
• Supervise projects, establish client briefs, scope, cost plans and deliverables.
• Monitor resources, progress, variations and budgets.
• Coordinate with design team for BIM and 3D drawings.
• Undertake surveys and produce reports as required.

Skills

Full Driving Licence

Building Regulations knowledge

Communications skills

Analytical / problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor/Master degree in Structural Engineering

Chartered status (or working towards)

Tools

BIM

3D design/drawings

Job description

About us…

Ingleton Wood is a value-led, people focussed practice providing clients with inspirational and practical design solutions; we exist to improve the communities in which we all live and work.

Originally established in 1935, we are a dynamic multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across many industry sectors, including commercial, education, defence, residential and more.

We develop long term relationships with clients, adding value at every stage of development. We are one of a few medium-sized consultancies offering integrated design and technical expertise.

We have a nationwide presence with offices located across the UK. We plan to open further sites in the future to develop our national service.

Life At Ingleton Wood…

is busy but great fun, we work hard, and we play hard. There is a huge emphasis on teams and working collaboratively both professionally and socially.

We bring people together to improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment through our expert knowledge in delivering local solutions for global issues. A sentiment underpinned by our shared vision of solving global challenges one building at a time, and supported through our values;

We are progressive

We collaborate

We support

We take ownership

To see a real time view of what we are up to check our social channels

You can expect…

• Opportunities for flexible and remote working – we understand a work life balance helps us all.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays with long service recognition and festive shutdown.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment including in-house coaching and mentoring.
• Competitive salaries with regular review and benchmarking to ensure fair pay. We are a real living wage employer.
• Competitive Company Pension Scheme.
• Health cash plan scheme.
• Professional membership support
• Family policies
• Great office team building events and fully expensed seasonal social events.
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• On-site parking facilities (excluding London office)
• Season Ticket Loan (if applicable)
• Death in service benefit.
• Early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.
• Additional leave allocated for volunteering (up to 2 days).

• Health & Mental Wellness Programs.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Employee working groups

The role…

We are currently recruiting a Senior Structural Engineer to join our Cambridge office.

The role will involve assisting with the provision of a professional structural engineering service to the Practice and its clients.

Please Note: This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standard, Counter Terrorist Check, Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance

The selected candidate will…

• Work with the team leader to endeavour to maintain a fee income for the structural engineering team in Cambridge to an agreed monthly target.
• Assist in the promotion of the Practice’s structural engineering services.
• Design practical structural design solutions and to interpret with architectural concepts in a practical and economic manner.
• Design and assist with supervising projects, establish client briefs, technical requirements, scope of works, cost plans and agree deliverables, i.e. report, specifications and drawings scope for all projects.
• Assist in agreeing a level of service and project design duties for each project, understanding the relationship with the fee.
• Assist with monitoring engineering/CAD/Revit resource requirements for each project within your control.
• Carry out engineering concept design to detailed design, tender and contract, on site supervision to completion, ensuring projects are undertaken in accordance with design briefs and that completion deadlines are achieved.
• Liaise with the design team to produce co-ordinated designs that are technically compliant to a consistent quality and standard. Provide positive contribution to design/project meetings as directed where required. Maintain regular ‘in house’ design reviews and checks.
• Monitor and control project progress, design variations and project financial budgets where applicable.
• Maintain excellent client and design team relationships to achieve high levels of satisfaction and repeat business.
• Undertake structural survey works and produce reports for the same.
• Provide or input to fee quotations as may be required to assist in bidding for work as requested.
• Promote BIM and 3D design/drawings to ensure that they comply with the Practice’s BIM strategy, as well as other Practice services.

Essential skills, experience, and attributes…

• Relevant degree/masters.
• Full Chartered membership or working towards.
• Post qualification experience covering all aspects of professional activity within the structural engineering discipline.
• Full Driving Licence and ability to travel to sites
• Comprehensive knowledge of building construction, Building Regulations, and allied legislation.
• Experience of projects with a contract value range of £10k -£5m.
• Experience of projects in the Education, Healthcare, and Local Authority sectors.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, analytical and decision-making skills.

We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

To discover more about life at Ingleton Wood, please visit our website https://www.ingletonwood.co.uk/