Senior Structural Engineer - Penguin Recruitment Ltd : Job Details

Senior Structural Engineer

Newcastle

Ref MR470

Salary up to £55,000 + Benefits

We currently have a vacancy for an aspiring Senior Structural Engineer to assist in managing a busy Structural design team in Newcastle. You will be responsible for aspects of design work from conception through to technical approval/completion on projects ranging from £0.5m to £20m. As well as assisting in the operation and running the structures department with further progression welcome for the right person.

This role is ideally suited to someone who has the following:

• Excellent communication skills, in both written and spoken English
• Minimum 8 years structural design experience in core materials; Concrete, Steel, Masonry, and Timber
• MIStructE Chartered membership, or working towards with submission within 12 months

Working as a Senior Structural Engineer you will;

• Overall responsibility for delivery of projects
• Preparation of fee proposals for Director authorisation
• Delivery of scheme designs and input into scheme design reports
• Delivery of detailed design including full tender and construction packages
• Liaison with statutory authorities, architects, the design team, and contractors
• Attendance at client, design & site meetings, site inspections and reporting
• Resource and Management of engineers & technicians
• Supporting the Managing Director with team targets
• Contribute towards producing bids and tenders
• Carrying out structural surveys of buildings and structures, providing advice on any issues that may arise
• Analysing and reporting on structural defects and remediation if required
• Co-ordinating and reviewing the production of high-quality written reports on a range of projects.
• Overseeing engineering design
• Compliance with the duties of Designer under the CDM regulations 2015.
• Managing client expectations, feeding back any matters arising back to Directors.
• Mentoring and developing members of the team
• Preparation of detailed design calculations to British Standards, Eurocodes and relevant design guidance notes.
• Day-to-day support to colleagues from other disciplines within the office
• Other business development activities such as identifying opportunities and networking

In order to be considered for this Senior Structural Engineer role you will;

• MEng in structural engineering or a first degree in a related discipline
• Chartered Membership or Associate Membership of the ICE or IStructE
• Qualitative and quantitative experience in building structures.
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong communication, analysis, technical design and drawing skills
• A self-motivated team player with good people skills and experience of managing and mentoring a team.
• Competent Designer with MasterSeries/Tekla experience

For this Senior Structural role our client is offering;

• Competitive salary
• Reward for hard working and progression
• Support in gaining professional qualifications.
• Death in service benefit
• Family friendly policies
• Flexible working hours, bonus schemes and more!

Interested in this Senior Structural Engineer role please get in touch with MIKAELA on or email your CV to