Senior Structural Engineer

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

7/29/2024

Company Description

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking a experienced Senior / Principal Structural Engineers, within the Buildings & Places business unit to be based in Manchester, UK.

Company Description

We will give you 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. We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business. We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career. When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Job Description

AECOM are currently recruiting for experienced Senior / Principal Structural Engineers to join our Manchester offices based in the recently constructed new 100 Embankment, in Manchester City Centre. AECOM’s workload has remained robust throughout recent world events. This opportunity has arisen in our Building & Places Business Unit due to the continued growth and project opportunities working across the UK and overseas.

Some of the sectors we specialise in include; healthcare, education, aviation, major commercial build and fit out projects, large mixed use and industrial developments.

This is a great opportunity to play a significant part on future construction projects across the UK, and across worldwide locations.

Duties of the role include:

• Assisting with the supervision of structural engineering design of complex Engineering projects.
• Effectively control commercial, managerial and technical aspects of projects or parts thereof for which you are responsible.
• Sourcing opportunities and preparing fee proposals for submission to client, including resources and programme.
• Leading a team of engineers and technicians designing building schemes.
• Performing work to an agreed budget and schedule with moderate supervision.
• Providing guidance to graduate engineers.
• Managing and leading junior engineers and overseeing structural designs.
• Managing and coordinating design input and output.
• Engaging with the internal design review process with one of our Lead Verifiers.
• Attending informal design workshops with other members of the design team.
• Maintaining outstanding technical quality.

Specific Requirements:

• Ability to design in various common structural materials with an excellent knowledge of design in reinforced concrete construction and steel design.
• Excellent working knowledge of the current Eurocodes.
• Excellent working knowledge of Structural Analysis Software, TEKLA Structural Designer, TEDDs, SCIA, or similar software.
• Experience in the assessment of existing structures and their justification, as well as new build designs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English)
• Interacts with Clients in a professional manner
• Strong interpersonal, negotiating, problem solving, and analytical skills are a must
• Able to work well under pressure
• Detail oriented, adept at multi-tasking and prioritising workloads

What We Offer

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 to our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programmes and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organisation you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

Helping our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance is important to us. If you join AECOM, as well as receiving a competitive salary, you’ll also have the opportunity to explore flexible working arrangements. Core benefits include 25 days’ annual leave, company pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance and one paid annual professional institution membership fee. You can also choose from a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle. You’ll also be able to give back to communities with up to two paid CSR days each year. Through our charity, The AECOM Foundation, you can volunteer to support children in developing countries. And if you’re a member of the Reserve Forces you’ll receive an additional 15 days paid leave for training commitments.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, programme and construction managers – leading the change towards a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements

• A solid track record of having worked on a variety of structures projects, possibly as project leader on some, with experience of dealing directly with clients.
• Excellent knowledge of standard engineering practices, techniques, procedures and Structural design principles.
• Undertaking structural engineering design on complex projects, performing analyses and calculations as appropriate.
• Supervising work, ensuring that it is carried out to the appropriate technical standard and that it is managed to programme and budget
• Ability to deliver design solutions, assessment calculations, lead teams and successfully manage projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
• Chartered Engineer (CEng)
• Member of either the Institution of Civil Engineers and/or the Institution of Structural Engineers.
• Candidates will need to have previously held a position within an established structural engineering design consultancy with experience of structural engineering in directly relevant fields.

Additional Information

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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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10098397

Business Line: Building Engineering

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Limited