Senior Structural Engineer

Are you a Chartered or near chartered Civil/Structural Engineer looking for your next challenge? Due to an expanding workload, we are looking for a Chartered (or Nearly Chartered) Engineer to join an award-winning Building Structures Team in Birmingham, delivering a diverse project portfolio within the Building Design practice across the UK and abroad. As part of the team, you will be managing the production of designs for clients, which are technically innovative, ethical, sustainable, responsible, and fair, on projects which are improving the way people work and live today and in the future.The Building Design practice supplies engineering services across a wide range of projects relating to buildings and infrastructure across sectors including Education, Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Defence, Energy and Transportation. You will have the opportunity to work with major clients on stimulating and high-profile projects that will draw on and develop your skillset and career.The role requires you to have the following qualities:

• Chartered Engineer, MIStructE or MICE. (or nearly Chartered).
• Experience in successfully leading the structural engineering delivery of small projects including the management of small, focused project teams to deliver to agreed deadlines and budgets.
• Experience in the design of common structural materials as well as a good understating of current design standards and working practices.
• Proven experience on developing projects from concept to construction stage.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills that can support our client relationships.
• You should have the ability to make decisions, act on your own initiative and operate in a pro-active way.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver multiple projects or parts of larger projects to completion, within budget and to program.
• Ensure the provision of efficient high quality structural engineering design.
• Be the first point of contact for clients, contractors, design team and third parties.
• Offer support and guidance to more junior members of the team.
• Effectively manage own time which may be necessary if allocated to more than one project.
• Build client relationships and help identify business opportunities.

What's on offer?The business recognises that there are many well qualified people who are looking to further their career, but who cannot commit to full time employment. They support flexible working arrangements and are interested to discuss how they can accommodate individual requirements. As part of this commitment, they understand the need for a diverse and flexible workforce, where a work-life balance is important. So, by default on offer is flexible working, where there is no fixed 9 ‘till 5, no need for a 5-day week, no requirement for a full-time contract, and no requirement to spend all your working time in the office. Rewards and Benefits:A competitive salary with a default 25-days leave each year plus bank holidays and options to buy some or sell of that leave. Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.