Senior Structural Engineer

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Job Description

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Structural Engineer to join our Plymouth Structures team. This particular opportunity has arisen in our Building Engineering Unit which focusses on projects within the Built Environment.
Our Plymouth office has an established track record of successfully delivering projects of varying scale and complexity for both private and public clients. Our modern office environment has excellent transport links, including car parking and comprises a vibrant diverse mix of sectors and disciplines including, Environment, Geotechnics, Infrastructure and Cost Consulting. We are now looking to enhance and grow the structures team with individuals with a sound technical background and who share our enthusiasm and determination to support our expanding workload.

The structures team workload ranges from feasibility studies to scheme designs, detailed designs, assessments, inspections and construction support on a wide range of building and heavy civil structural projects principally in the defence and commercial sectors.

We are currently supporting our clients on several defence projects. These projects vary in scale, including both building structures and heavy civil structural engineering projects. Work ranges from inspections, structural assessments to detailed design, often working within internal multi-disciplinary teams.

As a Senior Structural Engineer, you will have the following daily responsibilities:

• Delivering structural engineering services on building/heavy civil projects, performing analyses and calculations as appropriate and preparing designs with minimal supervision
• Preparing technical specifications
• Assist with the commercial and financial control of your projects
• Inspection and assessment of building/civil structures
• Supervising work by Graduate Engineers, ensuring that it is carried out to the appropriate technical standard
• Directing Technicians to ensure drawing work is completed, clearly commutating designed solutions
• Report writing and production of technical reports and documents.

Minimum Requirements:

• Ability to deliver design solutions, assessment calculations and successfully manage project tasks.
• A solid track record of having worked on a variety of structural projects, as project task or project leader, with experience of dealing directly with clients
• A highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills
• A background in software analysis and a high level of technical skills
• Ability to obtain MOD security clearance
• You will have a current driving license and will be willing to travel to visit sites
• Good knowledge of the Eurocode Standards
• Experience of working on heavy civil structural engineering projects, and/or experience working on seismically qualified structures would be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Ideally be Chartered with the IStructE or ICE
• Degree educated or equivalent in a relevant subject such as Civil or Structural Engineering

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

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