Senior Structural Engineer - Contract

Buro Happold Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Buro Happold Limited in London is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to design robust, innovative building structures across aviation, culture, education and commercial projects. The role involves leading teams, delivering calculations, models and reports to high standards, mentoring graduates, and collaborating with clients and other designers.

We value flexible working and a supportive environment where engineers advance technically while contributing to sustainable design and modern

Qualifications

• Extensive building structures design experience.
• Experience as a lead structural engineer on major projects.
• Broad design knowledge across British, US and European codes.
• Experience with common analysis software and BIM tools.
• Chartered Member of the ICE or IStructE with the Engineering Council UK or equivalent body.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and work in a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Produce calculations, models, reports, and presentations to a high standard, on time and to budget.
• Lead teams by making timely design decisions and mentoring colleagues.
• Present designs at internal workshops and client meetings.
• Coordinate work with other project team members and contribute to internal technical development.
• Mentor Graduates and less experienced Engineers.
• Prepare fee proposals or bids and respond to competitions.

Skills

Structural design

Lead engineer

Computational analysis

Mentoring

Collaborative teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Master's degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

CSC Fastrak

TEDDS

ROBOT

ETABS

SAFE

Revit

Rhino

Grasshopper

Job description

Are you passionate about creating innovative, elegant and robust structural engineering solutions for complex construction projects? Your structural engineering design experience might just make you our new Senior Structural Engineer.

This role will see you working as part of the London-based structural engineering team focussing on a diverse portfolio of projects locally and further afield. Current projects sit across aviation, mixed-use, culture, higher education, and commercial sectors. This is a technically demanding role and we are ideally looking for creative candidates with an interest in computational techniques as well as being interested in being at the forefront of changes in the industry such as in reducing embodied carbon and modern methods of construction in structural design.

This is an opportunity to join an industry leading structures practice, renowned for delivering innovative and architecturally compelling forms and with such an enviable portfolio of projects. We can offer a unique opportunity to push the boundaries of building design, with a focus on structural excellence, inspirational architecture, social value, and environmental sustainability.

London Structures is a friendly, supportive and inclusive team, and will offer an enjoyable and rewarding working environment with many opportunities for learning and career advancement.

The role of a Senior Structural Engineer can be very varied, duties will include but are not limited to:

• Working independently and as part of a team offering creative solutions.
• Produce calculations, models, reports, and presentations to an excellent standard, on time and to budget.
• Share your work for review by senior colleagues and review the work of others for quality assurance.
• Presenting your designs at internal workshops and chairing external meetings with clients when required.
• Leading teams by making timely decisions and corrective action whilst creating an atmosphere that delivers excellent work.
• Collaborating with external clients and harnessing opportunities to engage other internal discipline designers.
• Informing colleagues of design decisions to ensure the objectives of the company and the client are achieved.
• Prepare fee proposals or bids and competition designs whilst working alongside senior colleagues.
• Coordinating your work with other members of the project team and contributing to internal technical development following strategy.
• Mentoring and assisting Graduates and less experienced Engineers whilst maintaining your continued professional development.
• Actively maintaining an external and internal network.

Your skills & experience

• Extensive building structures design experience.
• Experience as a lead structural engineer on major projects.
• Broad design knowledge, from working on a wide range of projects and using British, US and European codes of practice.
• Experience using common analysis software (including or similar to CSC Fastrak, TEDDS, ROBOT, ETABS and SAFE) and willing to quickly learn to use new analysis packages as required.
• Experience using common BIM and modelling software (including or similar to Revit, Rhino, and Grasshopper) and willing quickly learn to use new packages as required.
• Be a Chartered Member of the ICE or IStructE with the Engineering Council UK or equivalent body.
• A Bachelor’s degree BEng / BSc or Master’s degree MEng / MSc in a relevant discipline.
• Ability to provide pastoral care to more junior team members as a line manager, alongside a willingness to be an active part of an inclusive and fun-filled team, respecting others and supporting your colleagues.

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive. We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.