Senior Structural Engineer: Protective Design & Security

Thornton Tomasetti; Romsey; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thornton Tomasetti is seeking a Senior Structural Project Engineer to join our Protective Design & Security practice in high-security environments. You will apply core structural skills to traditional building projects while developing expertise in blast and protective design.

You will lead small to medium-scale projects, coordinate multidisciplinary inputs, and mentor junior staff, contributing to challenging schemes and a collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (or closely related discipline).
• Chartered or working towards chartership with a recognised professional body (e.g. ICE, IStructE).
• Proven experience as a structural engineer delivering building projects, ideally including some exposure to security or defence environments.
• Experience coordinating with other design disciplines and managing interfaces on multidisciplinary projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver structural engineering designs for buildings in high-security environments, from concept through to construction.
• Lead and manage small to medium-scale projects, including planning, resourcing, programme and quality control.
• Coordinate input from other design disciplines (architecture, MEP, civil, specialist consultants) to ensure fully integrated design solutions.
• Attend client, design team and coordination meetings; present and explain structural design solutions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support the development of protective design and blast engineering solutions under the guidance of specialist colleagues.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to a collaborative, knowledge-sharing culture within the practice.

Skills

Structural engineering

Project leadership

Multidisciplinary coordination

Security exposure

Education

Civil/Structural Eng degree

Chartered or progressing toward chartership

Job description

Thornton Tomasetti is seeking a Senior Structural Project Engineer to join our Protective Design & Security practice in high-security environments. You will apply core structural skills to traditional building projects while developing expertise in blast and protective design.

You will lead small to medium-scale projects, coordinate multidisciplinary inputs, and mentor junior staff, contributing to challenging schemes and a collaborative culture.