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Senior Structural Engineer Leeds, England

Mott MacDonald

Full Time Leeds, England 25680 - 54000 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for it’s employees? Mott MacDonald is a global consultancy whose people do exactly that. #LI-AA1

As the successful candidate, your day-to-day duties will include:

Day to day management and mentoring of graduate engineers and technicians on project work
Provide input and advise on the structural analysis and design of buildings including substructure, superstructure, primary and secondary elements in all major materials
Undertake detailed engineering design, including concept, scheme, and detailed design
Check, review, and comment on the structural engineering design of junior members of staff
Environmental impact assessment of civil and structural engineering designs, including embodied carbon
Responsible for liaising with external stakeholders, ensuring client satisfaction and pursuing and promoting opportunities with potential and established clients
Provide a proactive and collaborative approach to clients to ensure the best solution is offered to meet their needs
Developing, maintaining, and monitoring programmes for scheduling and reporting on deliverables across specific projects
Maximising profitability of projects, monitoring against budget, reacting and anticipating potential problems and communicating in line with client expectations and change control procedures
Demonstrating technical excellence in structural engineering, providing in depth knowledge whilst proactively supporting, coaching, and developing team members
Ensure more senior staff are kept informed of important and relevant service/design decisions and the objectives of the company and the client are achieved.

Candidate Specification

For this role you will need to align with the majority (although not necessarily all) of the following criteria:

Experience of delivering structural engineering designs on buildings projects across a range of sectors within a multi-disciplinary team
Knowledge of the environmental aspects/impacts of civil and structural engineering designs, including embodied carbon
The ability to liaise with, manage and report on the inputs of colleagues providing supporting services to the projects such as civil, geotechnical and fire engineering and contamination and acoustic consultancy including teams and colleagues working remotely and overseas
Ability to successfully manage (to budget and deadline) projects portfolio ranging in size from £25,000 to over £10m and deal with potential issues that may arise
Experience of using analytical/design software such as Tekla Building Designer, Robot, Etabs, Staad, Tedds and other design spreadsheets or tools
Experience of specification preparation including the use of NBS Create or Chorus
Experience managing projects in a client facing role and coordinating with other disciplines including architects
Familiar with model authoring tools such as AutoCad, Revit, Civils 3D, CADS RC

Other desirable criteria:

Familiar with information storage, management and collaboration tools such as SharePoint, Projectwise, 4P Viewpoint, ASite, Aconex, BIM 360, Navisworks, Revizto, Dalux etc
Interest and experience of software packages and methods commonly used in digital delivery such as Revit, SketchUp, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Python etc.
Ability to market services to develop business with new and existing clients
Ability to demonstrate a thorough understanding of statutory, technical and environmental considerations and the ability to provide technical solutions to meet those obligations
Experience in parametric and generative design would be a benefit
Experience of business development activities, including networking and involvement in fee proposals, project bids and interviews
Experience of undertaking building or infrastructure condition, defect or deterioration surveys and inspections and the preparations of reports
Security clearance

We encourage applications from candidates looking for flexible working arrangements (including part-time) who can work from our Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester, Altrincham or Liverpool offices with agile working from home offered.
Alignment with the Mott MacDonald core values of Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, and Excellence.

Job Profile

This is an exciting opportunity for a talented and highly-motivated chartered or near chartered structural engineer to join a large consultancy in a well-established yet still developing team, with the responsibility for the technical leadership and management of projects and developing great relationships with our clients.
You would be part of our Northern Division as part of a 45 strong structural team who are located across Manchester, Altrincham, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, and Sheffield.

Our team delivers many projects that are important to the local community, as well as across the globe on national and international prestigious schemes. We currently have projects in the health, education, transport, commercial, high-rise residential, defence, sports and water sub-sectors ranging up to £500m in value, including the new terminal building at Leeds Bradford Airport, the new Anfield Road stand expansion for Liverpool Football Club the Albion Square mixed-use development in Hull and a major new expansion of Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax to name just a few.

This role will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to:

Join a friendly and supportive team of engineers and other construction professionals in a vibrant multi-disciplinary office.
Work with purpose and impact on a variety of challenging projects in a company that has strong values.
Enjoy the support and opportunities of a truly global network of talented professionals.
Be creative and broaden your capabilities.
Advance your career within Mott MacDonald and within the built environment sector by managing and contributing to increasingly large, complex and challenging projects.

This is a long-term career appointment with the opportunity to advance to a more senior position within Mott MacDonald.
About the business unit
The Buildings and Cities Unit (BNC) has a major presence in Mott MacDonald's regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe, providing a wide range of diverse and transferable cross-sector skills across five key Sectors; Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation and Water. We also provide local services to customers and technical leadership to the rest of the Group in these sectors. #LI-AA1

How to apply
To apply for this role, please complete our 15-minute application via our website. Our talent acquisition coordinators aim to provide feedback within 5 working days with the outcome of your application. More information about our application process can be found here. If you have any questions regarding your application or the role, please reach out to the dedicated recruiter listed who will be more than happy to help.

Mott MacDonald is Work180 accredited – which means we actively support and encourage women to join our work force!

Benefits we offer:

Pension matched up to 7%
Life insurance
An annual professional institution subscription
Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive
Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5
Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers
Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance
Flexible benefits that suit you, including cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans .
The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

Other Information

Equality, diversity and inclusion
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can assist.

Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.

More about Mott MacDonald
We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence

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