What you’ll be doing
as a Senior Structural Engineer
1. Provide structural design input into feasibility studies, optioneering, whole life costing and preliminary designs.
2. Review and provide feedback on structural designs, reports, and proposals prepared by external consultants and contractors.
3. Identify and define optimised engineering solutions that align with business needs, safety standards, and long-term asset performance.
4. Assess risks to delivery of schemes and identifying mitigation of identified risks.
5. Undertake the Lead Design Engineer role on schemes as allocated.
6. Specify and oversee the commissioning of structural surveys and investigations to inform solution development and asset conditional assessments.
7. Contribute to the development and refinement of internal Asset Standards and procedures.
8. Liaison with internal stakeholders such as capital delivery, operations, and asset management.
9. Support the Line Manager and Head of Civil Engineering in the delivery of the Critical Assets Risk Management programme.
10. Working with CAD technicians to produce drawings.
11. Support and guide junior engineers.
Base location: Hybrid - Clearwater Court - RG1 8DB with frequent travel to operational and construction sites.
Working pattern or hours: 36 hours, Monday- Friday
Necessary requirements for the role: A valid UK driving license
What you should bring to the role
To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:
12. Degree level in civil/structural engineering with progression toward Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional qualification.
13. Proven experience in the design of water and wastewater treatment infrastructure (new build, extensions, and rehabilitation).
14. Knowledge of UK water industry standards, Eurocodes, British Standards, and relevant specifications.
15. Experience in structural design and assessment of water-retaining and general civil structures.
16. Ability to provide technical assurance on structural aspects of projects, ensuring compliance with standards and best practice.
17. Appreciation of buildability, with the ability to review and challenge proposed solutions in collaboration with contractors and designers.
18. Good communication skills both internally and externally with ability to collaborate and influence colleagues.
19. Familiar with Health & Safety requirements.
20. Capability to meet confined space entry requirements.
Additional skills and experiences would be great to have:
21. Ability to undertake design checks & inspection of bridges would be an added advantage.
What’s in it for you?
22. Competitive salary £60,000 per annum, depending on experience.
23. 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
24. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
25. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
26. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.