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Location: London, Dartford, Manchester, Worksop

Hybrid working - required to attend meetings on-site, as well as Laing O'Rourke offices

Also known as: Structures Design Engineer, Bridge Engineer, R&D Engineer, Civil Engineer, Structural Engineer

Inside our facility - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaF5byo6c9s

Are you an Engineer with experience in designing structures? Do you want to innovate the way structures are delivered? Then Laing O'Rourke has the opportunity for you. Can you support the Technology and Innovation team to develop new ideas? Are you ready to help Laing O'Rourke with our mission to be the recognised leader in engineering and innovation? Then continue reading and apply today.

We are changing the way we build bridges. As part of a small, enthusiastic research and development team, The role will focus on developing our library of off-site manufactured products and our bridge configuration toolkit.

Examples of the activities that will be required as part of this role:

• Identifying improvements/enhancements to existing products and solutions
• Leading research workstreams to develop new products/introduce new materials
• Working with bid teams to generate modular bridge solutions for new road/rail schemes.
• Working with project teams during ECI/preliminary design/detailed design to develop efficient modular bridge designs.
• Developing sustainable solutions and supporting LORs vision to decarbonise construction.
• Designing and supervising physical trials and testing of new solutions.
• Generating and developing the rules/data to enhance our bridge configuration toolkit

Core skills required

• Civil/Structural Engineering design knowledge and experience in designing with concrete and steel to Eurocodes.
• Experience in using CAD/BIM packages and is keen to extend their learning in this area. (Solidworks and Driveworks training to be provided)
• Understands manufacturing and construction processes

Good communicator with different types of media

Desirable skills

• Experienced in the design and analysis of bridge structures with knowledge of UK standards and Eurocodes.
• Experience with parametric design and design automation
• Knowledge of or experience in design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA)
• Construction site / project experience
• Professionally qualified / chartered by a recognised body in the UK.
• Has knowledge of, or is keen to learn about data structuring, SQL relational databases and digital workflows etc.

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About us:

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it.

Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.