Structural Design Engineer Manchester

Civic; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Hybrid working

26 days leave

Wellbeing support

Health benefits

Pension scheme

DEI network

Professional development

Job summary

Civic is a team of system thinkers in the built environment. We are seeking a talented Structural Design Engineer to join our Manchester studio, collaborating with private and public clients and guiding junior staff.

You will shape sustainable designs and manage drawings and calculations with attention to quality and safety. We value flexible hours and hybrid working, with core hours and a commitment to DEI, wellbeing and professional development.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer on journey or equivalent professional path.
• Strong design and drafting capability with clear communication.
• Interest in leading and developing junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Structural engineering design and calculations.
• Preparing, presenting and checking drawings and calculations.
• Briefing Technicians and Graduates.
• Attending site and project team meetings with a Senior Engineer.
• Occasional site visits for survey and inspection.
• Contributing to bids and fee proposals.
• On project training and adherence to CDM Regulations 2015.
• Compliance with Practice QMS.

Skills

Structural design

Technical drawing

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Chartered Engineer journey

Job description

Civic is a team of system thinkers in the built environment, creating positive impact for people, places and the planet.

We want our work to have a positive impact on the environment - helping people to live healthier, happier lives while respecting natural limits. We build without destroying, explore without exploiting, and seek to reuse rather than just consume. Above all, we listen, learn, and aim to create a lasting legacy.

Thriving together, today we have a team of over 200 members working across the UK, all united by our creative belief, bringing art and science together to solve problems. Our award-winning practice has studios in Manchester, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin.

Requirements

We are looking for a talented and collaborative Structural Design Engineer who shares our purpose and desire to make a positive difference to the world around them. You will join our friendly Studio, working closely with high profile private and public-sector clients, influencing with your technical expertise and effective communication skills.

Sustainable design is at the heart of our Practice and collectively we can create inspirational designs that will protect our climate and enhance the built environment. We are passionate about our responsibility to leave a positive legacy through our work, for neighbourhoods now and the next generation. This is reflected in the vision we have set ourselves of having a positive impact on the environment and enabling people to lead healthier and happier lives.

Leadership is an evolving skill that you will develop alongside your people management, business development and commercial abilities. Your people and solutions focus, communication and contractual awareness will continuing develop as you manage projects, working closely with Senior/Associate team members. Guiding, developing, and supporting a more junior team members, your skills in project resource planning and deadline management will be developed.

We are looking for a progressive and talented engineer who is keen to influence the people around them with the same understanding and empathy that they bring to their engineering. We hope you will share our strong interest in architecture and the wider public realm/built environment and play a key role in our ongoing practice and growth strategy.

Key elements of the job

• Structural engineering design
• Preparing, presenting and checking drawings and calculations
• Briefing Technicians and Graduates on the above
• Attending site and project team meetings under the direction of a Senior Engineer/Associate
• Occasional visits to construction sites for survey/ inspection of works
• Internal reviews/ critiques
• Contributing to writing bids and fees proposals
• On project training
• Compliance with the duties of Designer under the CDM Regulations 2015
• Compliance with the Practice QMS

Is this you?

Already on your chartership journey, you’ll be a creative thinker, passionate and enthusiastic to help grow and develop your career within our team.

Your collaborative and helpful outlook will thrive within this innovative practice making a positive impact to the built environment.

Our commitment to DEI

Civic is made up of brilliant people. Each of us is unique, whether in terms of our background, personal characteristics, experience, skills or motivations. And we value our people for the differences they bring to the table. These differences - this diversity - is powerful.

Nurturing an inclusive culture helps each of us to benefit from a wider range of these different perspectives, experiences and skills. We believe that this creates a happier, more productive working environment for us all.

We encourage applications from individuals who bring diverse perspectives and are passionate about contributing to an equitable and respectful work environment.

Benefits

A fair and competitive salary, taking into consideration market rates and your experience level

Flexibility. Our core hours are between 10:30am-4:30pm, with an early Friday finish!

Hybrid working. Most of our full-time employees come into the studio 3 days a week

Generous holidays! 26 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time employees). An extra day when you reach 3 years' service, and another at 5 years!

Holiday options. Buy or sell a week of holiday each year, or create a sabbatical pot by banking a week’s holiday for 3 years to take a month off on year 4!

Enhanced Family Leave. Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and neonatal care leave pay, plus 2 days paid dependency leave and 1 weeks paid carers leave

Wellbeing support. Mental health first aider support, mindfulness sessions and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Health benefits. Life Assurance, Health Care Cash Plan, Gym discounts and free Eye tests

Sick Pay. 4 weeks enhanced sick leave, plus 2 mental wellness days

DEI network. An established Equity, Diversity and Inclusion network with regular team activities, plus 2 days of paid volunteering leave each year to support causes close to your heart

Professional Development. Paid professional memberships, 2 days paid study leave (+ extra for exams), Chartership Preparation Courses, Chartership completion bonus, in-house 'Civic Academy' training, Management Development Programmes and a Mentorship programme for all employees

Financial benefits. Access to our HMRC friendly Workplace Nursery scheme, plus enrolment to our workplace pension scheme

Sustainable travel. Season Ticket Loans & National Rail Cards, plus two salary sacrifice cycle to work schemes and cycling facilities at all our studios (showers, bike racks etc).