Senior Structural Engineer

TED Recruitment Ltd; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

TED Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to join our client in Stockton-on-Tees. You will work on a range of projects including schools, offices, residential and industrial schemes, ensuring design compliance with UK regulations.

You will lead design, oversee drawings, calculations and specifications, mentor junior engineers, and build strong client relationships while collaborating with multi-discipline teams.

Qualifications

• BSc in Civil or Structural Engineering required; MSc preferred but not essential.
• Around five years' experience in civil/structural consultancy; Chartered status is ideal.
• Experience with UK codes and regulations; full UK driving licence.
• Ability to design and assess concrete, masonry, steel and timber structures.
• Proficient with Tekla Structural Designer, AutoCAD and Revit; Excel & TEDDS skills.
• Experience in structural condition surveys and report writing.
• Experience mentoring engineers and building client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead structural design and ensure compliance with UK standards.
• Oversee drawings, calculations and specifications.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and support career development.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams on design solutions.
• Build strong relationships with clients and attend site meetings.

Skills

Structural engineering design

Mentoring junior engineers

Client relationship management

UK building codes & regulations

Multi-discipline collaboration

Project leadership

Education

BSc in Civil or Structural Engineering

MSc in Civil or Structural Engineering (useful)

Tools

Tekla Structural Designer

AutoCAD

Revit

Excel

TEDDS

Job description

THE ROLE

We are currently seeking a SENIOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER to join our client based in Stockton-on-Tees.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing firm of consulting engineers who offer the right candidates interesting projects to work on and good prospects for promotion.

You will be able to work on an interesting range of projects which will include buildings for schools, offices, residential, industrial, hospitals, waste handling and recycling plants and some decarbonisation projects.

You will be responsible for doing structural engineering design and ensuring compliance with industry standards and current UK regulations.

You will oversee the production of technical drawings, calculations and specifications and you will collaborate with multi-discipline teams to develop integrated design solutions.

You will also need experience to help mentor less experienced engineers.

You must be able to build good client relationships.

THE CLIENT

Our client is a successful, growing firm of consulting engineers with a number of UK offices.

THE CANDIDATE

You will need to have experience of the following:-

You must have a BSc in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering and ideally have an MSc in Civil or Structural Engineering would be useful although not essential.

You should have around five years experience with a firm of civil / structural consulting engineers if you are Chartered or if you are still working towards becoming chartered then you will need around eight years or more experience.

You are likely to either be working towards becoming chartered or have already achieved chartered status e.g.CEng, MICE, MIStructE etc.

You will need good broad based structural engineering design experiene to be able to do design and assessment of concrete, masonry, steel and also timber structures.

You should have used structural engineering software e.g.Tekla Structural Designer or similar.

Good experience in the use of Excel and TEDDS and experience of detailing packages e.g.AutoCAD & Revit.

You also need to have experience of doing structural condition surveys and report writing.

You must have worked in the UK for another firm of consulting engineers and have excellent knowledge and experience of using UK codes and regulations.

A full UK driving licence is required along with your own vehicle to enable you to attend meetings and get to sites, some of which may be fairly remote.

Salary is negotiable and there is an excellent package of company benefits.