Structural Senior Engineer

United Infrastructure Group; Horsham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

25 days leave

Chartership support

CPD funding

Mentoring program

Job summary

United Infrastructure seeks a Senior Structural Engineer to join the OHL and substation structures team, supporting EPC delivery for major clients. The role emphasizes developing OHL expertise while leveraging transferable experience in towers, masts, or similar slender, dynamically-loaded structures.

Join a dynamic, expanding UK team with mentoring from senior engineers, structured progression toward Chartered status, and CPD funding. Horsham is preferred, with flexibility for other UK sites.

Qualifications

• Essential: Degree in Structural, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent).
• Minimum 5 years structural engineering experience, including slender/dynamically-loaded structures.
• Good knowledge of structural steel design (BS EN 1993) and analysis principles.
• Experience in foundation design for overturning, uplift, and lateral loading.
• Ability to produce and check structural calculations and reports; strong multi-discipline collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and check OHL lattice towers, wood/steel poles under supervision.
• Assess capacity for reconductoring, uprating, line diversion or refurbishment schemes.
• Produce and check calculations, reports, and drawings for OHL structures.
• Use PLS-CADD / PLS-POLE or equivalent software for structural analysis.
• Design check substation gantries and plant support steelwork.
• Assess existing substation structures for uprating projects.
• Collaborate in multi-discipline teams to meet programme and budget.
• Attend design reviews with clients (SSE, SPEN, NGED, National Grid).
• Support construction phase with RFI responses and site queries.
• Contribute to feasibility studies and options for OHL and substation schemes.
• Mentor Intermediate/Graduate Engineers in structural matters.
• Progress toward Chartered status with UIPTD support and CPD funding.

Skills

Structural design

Technical reporting

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Structural, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PLS-CADD

PLS-POLE

Job description

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects, across the utility and social infrastructure sectors. Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face.

Our company is split into two business areas: Utility Infrastructure – Our team of Utility Infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. Social Infrastructure - Our team of Social Infrastructure specialists revitalise homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment, and maintenance.

Equal Opportunities Statement

At United Infrastructure, we are committed to making every interaction a positive and inclusive experience. If there is anything we can do to support you, remove barriers, or make the process more accessible, please let us know — we want this to be the best possible experience for you.

Role Overview

UIPTD is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to join our OHL and substation structures team, supporting EPC delivery for SSE, SPEN, NGED, and National Grid. OHL structural experience is desired given the specialised and relatively scarce nature of this discipline, but UIPTD will equally consider candidates with strong transferable experience from adjacent structural fields — masts, towers, bridges, or other slender and dynamically-loaded structures — who are keen to develop OHL-specific expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• OHL Structural Design Structural analysis and design of lattice towers, wood pole, and steel pole structures under the technical oversight of the Principal Structural Engineer
• Tower/pole capacity assessment for reconductoring, uprating, and line diversion or refurbishment schemes
• Production and checking of structural calculations, reports, and drawings for OHL structures
• Use of PLS-CADD / PLS-POLE or equivalent software for structural analysis of towers and poles
• Substation Structures Structural design and checking of substation gantries, busbar support structures, and plant support steelwork
• Structural assessment of existing substation structures to support plant replacement or uprating projects
• Project Delivery Work within multi-discipline project teams to deliver structural design outputs to programme and budget
• Attend and contribute to design review meetings with clients (SSE, SPEN, NGED, National Grid)
• Support construction phase activities including RFI responses, site queries, and structural inspection
• Contribute structural input to feasibility studies and options assessments for OHL and substation schemes
• Development & Mentoring Work directly with the Principal Structural Engineer and incumbent senior team members to build OHL-specific structural competency ahead of planned succession
• Mentor and technically support Intermediate and Graduate Engineers on structural matters
• Progress toward Chartered status (if not already held) with UIPTD's structured support and CPD funding
• Quality & Safety Ensure structural design outputs comply with BS EN 50341, structural Eurocodes, ENA technical specifications, and client standards
• Contribute to Designers Risk Assessments and structural design documentation under CDM 2015
• Apply safe-by-design principles across all structural design outputs

Requirements

• Essential Degree in Structural, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent)
• Minimum 5 years structural engineering experience, including exposure to slender, guyed, or dynamically-loaded structures (lattice towers, masts, poles, or similar)
• Working knowledge of structural steel design (BS EN 1993) and structural analysis principles
• Experience of foundation design for structures subject to overturning, uplift, and lateral loading
• Ability to produce and check structural calculations and reports to a good technical standard
• Good communication skills and ability to work effectively within a multi-discipline design team
• Full UK driving licence

Desirable

• Experience of OHL lattice tower, wood pole, or steel pole structural design
• Experience of PLS-CADD / PLS-POLE or equivalent structural analysis software
• Experience of substation structural design (gantries, plant support steelwork)
• Transferable experience from telecoms masts, transmission towers, bridges, or other wind-sensitive slender structures
• Working towards or holding Chartered Engineer (CEng) status with IStructE, ICE, or equivalent
• Experience of SSE, SPEN, NGED, or National Grid framework delivery

What UIPTD Offers

• Competitive senior-level salary commensurate with experience
• Horsham preferred, Glasgow or Warrington considered
• Direct mentoring from long-standing OHL structural specialists as part of a planned succession pathway to Principal Engineer
• Structured development into OHL-specific structural practice for candidates from adjacent disciplines
• Chartership support and CPD funding
• Company pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Join us at United Infrastructure and be part of our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the complex infrastructure needs of the UK.