Salary Up to £48,000 Vacancy type Permanent Categories Structural Engineering Job reference MB581
Role: Structural Engineer
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £34,000 to £48,000
Ref: MB581
We are seeking a Structural Engineer with 4+ years’ experience to join a small but busy office in Cambridge.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the design, analysis, and oversight of various structural projects, working in a team to deliver structural designs, calculations, and reports.
Their Structural Engineers get involved in every stage of a project, from providing quotes and booking in visits to issuing invoices and answering queries once a design or report has been issued, so they’re looking for someone proactive and happy to take charge of their own projects/workload.
Benefits:
• Salary of £34,000-£48,000 (dependent on experience).
• 20 days’ holiday + 8 bank holidays, plus the office closes between Christmas and New Year but you don’t need to use any holiday allowance for this.
• Bonuses twice a year, and salary reviews every November.
• Assistance to become Chartered if not already.
• Regular CPDs, toolbox talks and training provided by the Managing Director/Director/Senior Engineer.
• Dinner/drinks paid for on work nights out.
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Essential requirements:
• Current design and drawing experience.
• Strong IT capabilities including current working knowledge of Microsoft Office and AutoCAD.
• Full driving licence.
• Excellent command of the English language.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to climb ladders, enter loft spaces, and other physical activities essential to the job including the ability to cope with heights.
• Legible hand calculations.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of British Standards and Building Regulations.
• Strong degree in relevant subject.
• Ability to deal directly with clients, suppliers and contractors in a professional manner with minimal supervision.
Desirable skills:
• Chartered or near Chartered status.
• Contract Administration experience.
• Working knowledge of Revit.
• Party Wall Surveyor experience.
Responsibilities:
• Conducting site visits, drafting reports and proposing remedial works.
• Producing structural calculations, details and drawings to current British Standards and Building Regulations.
• Advising on Building Regulations applications and tender documentation.
• Carrying out design solutions in steel, concrete, timber and masonry.
• Providing on-site supervision.
• Checking calculations.
• Liaising with building control inspectors, clients, contractors, suppliers and consultants.
• Producing detailed working drawings and project documentation.
• Quoting, invoicing and managing your own workload.
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