Structural Engineer

Waterman Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated Structural Design Engineer to join their dynamic team in Birmingham. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on prestigious projects, focusing on sustainable design and innovative engineering solutions. You will gain hands-on experience and training while contributing to a diverse portfolio that includes retail developments, healthcare facilities, and residential communities. With excellent routes to chartership and a supportive culture, this is the perfect chance to advance your career in structural engineering. Join a company that values diversity and is committed to making a positive impact on the environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

26 days holiday per year

Hybrid working arrangements

Fantastic training and development culture

Access to mentoring support

Opportunity to be client facing

Fast-tracked career progression

Qualifications

• You’ll ideally have a relevant civil or structural engineering degree.
• Experience in production of calculations and specifications is essential.
• Knowledge of software tools like Robot and Etabs is required.

Responsibilities

• Play a major role in delivering schemes across various sectors.
• Engage in hands-on building structures design training daily.
• Attend design team and site meetings for project coordination.

Skills

Civil or Structural Engineering Degree

Production of Calculations and Specifications

Technical Reviews of Drawings

Preparation of Tender and Contract Documents

Attendance at Coordination Meetings

Education

Relevant Civil or Structural Engineering Degree

Tools

Robot

Masterseries

Etabs

Tedds

CSC Fastrac Building Designer

Job description

Are you a structural engineer looking to take the next step in your career? Would you like to get involved with delivering some of the world’s most exciting projects and join a dynamic, growing team who are at the forefront of sustainable design? If so, we want you to join our Structures team in Birmingham!

The Birmingham Office, adjacent Snow Hill Station, and a five-minute walk from New Street, has an enthusiastic and friendly team, undertaking works on a broad range of both Midlands-based and UK schemes. The portfolio of projects ranges from new aspiring award-winning retail developments and major refurbishment and repurposing residential and commercial opportunities to advanced manufacturing and industrial units and education developments. As an integral member of the diverse team, you’ll have the opportunity to play a major role in delivering schemes across a huge range of sectors.

Our welcoming and diverse team are working on some of the most prestigious and innovative projects in the UK and across the world. From sustainability-focused offices and commercial premises to cutting-edge healthcare facilities and from award-winning retail developments to major new residential communities, you’ll have the opportunity to play a major role in delivering schemes across a huge range of sectors.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants some rare hands-on building structures design training on a day-to-day basis. Our senior management team are keen to take on a willing and aspiring Structural Design Engineer to help progress them to a senior level. We have excellent routes to chartership and can provide a varied 360 workload to experience all that structural engineering has to offer.

Although we’re happy to consider applicants with more or less experience, you’ll ideally have qualifications, experience or skills in the following areas:

1. You’ve got a relevant civil or structural engineering degree
2. Production of calculations and specifications.
3. Technical reviews of drawings and junior member’s designs.
4. Preparation of tender and contract documents.
5. Attendance at coordination, design team and site meetings.
6. Knowledge of software including Robot, Masterseries, Etabs, Tedds, CSC Fastrac Building Designer

This is an exciting time for Waterman as we continue to support the delivery of a net zero built environment, whilst our own journey to net zero also gathers pace. Our innovative and collaborative culture means that you’ll get to work with experts from across our business to develop your ideas, and you’ll have the chance to put all the latest sustainable design techniques into practice.

Joining our team will give you:

1. Competitive salary and benefits package with annual salary reviews
2. 26 days holiday per year, rising to 31 days with loyalty days, plus bank holidays
3. Hybrid working arrangements
4. Fantastic training and development culture
5. Access to mentoring support from industry experts
6. Opportunity to play a key role in exciting and varied projects
7. Opportunity to be client facing and the chance to get involved with business development and marketing activities
8. Fast-tracked career progression for the right candidates

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you’d be a great fit for our team to [e-mail], or complete and submit the form below. All applications will be treated in confidence. Waterman is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity.

About Waterman Group:

Waterman Group is a multidisciplinary consultancy providing private and public sector clients with sustainable solutions to meet the planning, engineering design and project delivery needs of the property, infrastructure, environment and energy markets.

Job type: Permanent

Posted: 2025-01-08T00:00:00 2 months ago

About us

At Waterman we are committed to our people, our communities, and the planet. We are transforming our business and offering our most exciting opportunities yet so now is the time to join us.

We are a Disability Confident organisation, committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy starting with our recruitment and selection process.

Submit your online application, you will receive an automated confirmation email immediately, so you have the comfort of knowing it has been received. If your application is progressed to the first stage you can expect to hear from a member of our dedicated recruitment team.

If successful, an interview will be arranged at a time convenient for both you and our hiring manager, the initial conversation may be via Teams but we are, of course, keen for you to visit our offices, meet the team and therefore, we’d love to meet you face-to-face for a follow-up conversation. Good luck, we look forward to welcoming you to the Waterman family!

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