Structural Engineer - Building Structures

WSP; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Scotland is seeking an Engineer to join their Building Structures team. The role involves developing innovative and sustainable designs for diverse projects, managing design processes from concept to completion, and collaborating with talented professionals. Ideal candidates will demonstrate excellent leadership potential and interpersonal skills while working towards Chartered Engineer status. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to prestigious projects across various sectors including education, healthcare, and commercial developments.

Qualifications

• Experience in concept design and project inception stages in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Capacity to improve working practices and influence others.
• Excellent communication skills with project teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative and sustainable designs for various projects.
• Manage design projects from concept to detailed design.
• Collaborate with a diverse team and external consultants.

Skills

Successful design delivery

Interpersonal skills

Leadership potential

Managing requirements and risks

Education

Working towards Chartered Engineer status

Job description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

You will be joining our expanding Building Structures team as an Engineer you will play a key role in the management of our projects and supporting the technical leadership within our team and in the delivery of our designs from inception through to handover of the completed scheme to the client.

A little more about your role…

• Develop innovative and sustainable designs from concept, for a huge range of challenging projects, ranging from major hospital redevelopments, universities, and international projects with national and local architects to more immediate surveys, inspections and reporting for our clients.
• Take a key leadership role managing single and multi-disciplinary design projects from concept stage through to detailed design, in coordination with Architects, Engineers, and specialist consultants
• Contribute to our ongoing success and help us build towards delivery of a growing order book.

You’ll be joining a team of diverse and talented individuals who work together to:

• take a strategic lead role on large multi-disciplinary projects as well as providing bespoke structural solutions to niche and architectural led concept designs
• form strong working relationships with other WSP disciplines, external design consultants, stakeholders and clients.
• create forward looking design solutions embracing the latest digital techniques and technologies
• provide sustainable development solutions from site selection through to detailed design and construction.
• provide specialist advice and design solutions to our clients addressing our sustainable design and net zero carbon aspirations and supporting the development of MMC & DfMA solutions.

Reporting to a senior member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting and high profile major multi-disciplinary development projects across the region and world. Projects are categorised into wide variety of sectors including airport buildings, commercial & mixed use, retail, education, and healthcare, as well as award-winning small public projects.

We have a broad and well-developed client base spanning across Private and Public sectors and encompassing regional, national, and international clientele.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join WSP as part of an expanding team delivering a variety of prestigious projects within our growing Structures Team in Scotland.

Our offices in Scotland showcase our dynamic and broad multidisciplinary teams, providing the opportunity to meet with and work directly with many other disciplines within WSP.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Successful design delivery, in particular concept design and the project inception stages, preferably in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Helping to deliver improvements in working practices and outcomes, pro-actively managing requirements and risks and helping to influence others to deliver successfully.
• Utilising your excellent inter-personal skills and leadership potential to communicate effectively with other members of the project team, stakeholders & clients.

Our Engineer’s are usually working towards Chartered status before reaching Senior Engineer level as a Chartered Engineer.

You must be eligible to achieve Security Clearance.

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