Senior Structural Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

JAM Recruitment Ltd in Stockton-on-Tees is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to lead structural design across diverse building projects, ensuring compliance with UK regulations and industry standards. You will oversee drawings, calculations and specifications, mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams.

The role offers varied projects including schools, offices, residential, industrial and decarbonisation schemes, with a negotiable salary and a comprehensive

Qualifications

• BSc in Civil or Structural Engineering required.
• Chartered status (CEng/MICE/MIStructE) preferred or in progress.
• Experience in design of concrete, masonry, steel and timber structures.
• Experience with UK codes and regulations desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead structural design and oversee drawings, calculations and specifications.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and foster professional development.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to develop integrated design solutions.
• Build strong client relationships and communicate project progress.

Skills

Project oversight

Regulatory compliance

Mentoring

Client relationships

Structural design

Education

BSc in Civil Engineering

MSc in Civil/Structural Eng (useful)

Tools

Tekla Structural Designer

AutoCAD

Revit

TEDDS

Excel

Job description

The Senior Structural Engineer in Stockton-on-Tees will lead structural design across diverse building projects, including schools, offices, residential, industrial, hospitals, waste handling, recycling plants, and decarbonisation schemes. This permanent role involves ensuring all work complies with UK regulations and industry standards. You will oversee technical drawings, calculations, and specifications while collaborating with multi-discipline teams. The position offers a negotiable salary, pension, and professional fees. Your key skills should encompass structural engineering design, project oversight, and regulatory compliance.

This role suits an experienced engineer seeking varied work with clear progression prospects within a consulting firm.

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 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 andamp; 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.