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Location: London (hybrid working: 3 days minimum in the office)
Salary: £40,000 - £55,000 (depending on experience)
Hours: Full-Time 37.5 hours
Employment: Permanent
Who We Are
The Useful Simple Trust (UST) consists of four professional design and consultancy practices: Expedition Engineering, Useful Projects, Useful Studio and Thomas Matthews. We share innovative ideas, space and experience, and collaborate on a range of high-profile projects in the UK and internationally.
Expedition Engineering Expedition is an award-winning engineering consultancy responsible for designing iconic structures such as the Velodrome, the cable car and Chiswick footbridge in London.
What we are looking for
We're looking for a Senior Chartered Structural Engineer with a minimum of 6 years' experience. You will be responsible for managing smaller engineering projects, or smaller parts of large engineering projects, and the operational activity of small engineering teams on a day-to-day basis.
The successful candidate will have a range of experience and/or potential (with training) to cover the below:
Project management responsibilities:
1. Supervise and coach junior members of the team.
2. Manage external consultant relationships on a peer-to-peer level and sub-consultants.
3. Ensure on-time project delivery with respect of programme deadlines.
Technical and design responsibilities:
1. Work autonomously and as a part of the team.
2. Offer creative solutions.
3. Design structures in line with codes of practice across a range of materials (steel, concrete, masonry, and timber), at all RIBA stages.
4. Communicate clearly design intent and technical explanations.
5. Contribute to the delivery of projects and their technical guidance.
6. Brief team on work packages, share expertise, mentor and assist junior engineers.
7. Work with the BIM technician team to facilitate the preparation of drawings.
8. Identify and attend events for personal professional development.
9. Contribute to practice-wide initiatives and work with other disciplines.
Commercial responsibilities:
1. Prepare fee proposals, define scope of services, and review appointment documents alongside senior colleagues.
2. Develop good working relationships with peers in external companies.
3. Represent the company at Client meetings and maintain internal and external networks.
We are specifically looking for someone with an innovative mindset, passionate about design, new technologies and new materials. We expect the successful candidate to have technical skills to be able to design from first principles.
Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills
* Professionally qualified e.g. CEng, MICE or MIStructE.
* Experience in an engineering consultancy environment.
* Good knowledge of all main structural design codes.
* Good knowledge of how projects are designed and constructed.
* Very good knowledge of using analysis software (GSA, SCIA, ETABS etc.).
* Proficient in the use of 3D modelling software such as Rhino and Grasshopper.
* Experience using in-house project management tools.
Diversity statement
The Trust strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where we can all be ourselves. We encourage people from culturally diverse backgrounds, women, people with different abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, all age groups, and those with intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics to apply.
What we offer
We believe in investing and growing our people as much as we do our business. The package comprises:
* Significant training time and learning opportunities.
* Thriving Trust wide social scene including charitable activities and regular team events.
* Professional Memberships.
* Exposure to a variety of business sectors.
* Flexible and hybrid working including the possibility to work a compressed 9-day fortnight.
* Service Recognition Awards.
* Private medical insurance.
* Annual Eyecare Plan.
* Life Assurance.
* Company pension scheme.
* Cycle to work scheme.
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