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Location

Bath, Somerset | United Kingdom

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Job description

Buro Happold is recruiting for a Senior Structural Engineer to join our in our Bath office.

 

This role is suited to a candidate from a structural engineering design backgrounding looking for an opportunity to pursue industry leading designs within a vibrant multi-disciplinary practice.

 

We proudly support hybrid and flexible. working and welcome our colleagues into our Bath office 2-3 days a week

 

Engineer Innovation

 

 

Are you passionate about creating innovative, elegant and robust structural engineering solutions for complex construction projects?

This role will see you working as part of the Bath-based structural engineering team focussing on a diverse portfolio of projects in the UK and around the world. This is a technically demanding role and we are ideally looking for creative candidates with an interest/aptitude in computational techniques as well as being interested in being at the forefront of changes in the industry such as in reducing embodied carbon and modern methods of construction in structural design. 

The ideal candidate will be at the Senior Engineer level, with experience across a wide variety of projects and sectors. 

This is an opportunity to join an industry leading structures practice, renowned for delivering innovative and architecturally compelling forms and with such an enviable portfolio of projects like the ,and many more.  We can offer a unique opportunity to push the boundaries of building design, with a focus on structural excellence, inspirational architecture, social value, and environmental sustainability.

Bath Structures is a hard-working but friendly, supportive and inclusive team, and will offer an enjoyable and rewarding working environment with many opportunities for learning and career advancement.

 

Responsibilities:

The role of a Senior Structural Engineer can be very varied, duties will include but are not limited to:

 

• Working independently and as part of a team offering creative solutions.
• Produce calculations, models, reports, and presentations to an excellent standard, on time and to budget.
• Share your work for review by senior colleagues and review the work of others for quality assurance.
• Presenting your designs at internal workshops and chairing external meetings with clients when required.
• Leading teams by making timely decisions and corrective action whilst creating an atmosphere that delivers excellent work.
• Collaborating with external clients and harnessing opportunities to engage other internal discipline designers.
• Informing colleagues of design decisions to ensure the objectives of the company and the client are achieved.
• Prepare fee proposals or bids and competition designs whilst working alongside senior colleagues.
• Coordinating your work with other members of the project team and contributing to internal technical development following strategy.
• Mentoring and assisting Graduates and less experienced Engineers whilst maintaining your continued professional development.
• Actively maintaining an external and internal network.

 

Skills & Experience:   

As an experienced Structural Engineer, we would expect that you will be able to demonstrate:

 

• Extensive building structures design experience.
• Experience as a lead structural engineer on major projects.
• Broad design knowledge, from working on a wide range of projects and using British, US and European codes of practice.
• Experience using common analysis software (including or similar to CSC Fastrak, TEDDS, ROBOT, ETABS and SAFE) and willing to quickly learn to use new analysis packages as required.
• Experience using common BIM and modelling software (including or similar to Revit, Rhino, and Grasshopper) and willing quickly learn to use new packages as required.
• Be a Chartered Member of the ICE or IStructE with the Engineering Council UK or equivalent body.
• A Bachelor’s degree BEng / BSc or Master’s degree MEng / MSc in a relevant discipline.
• Ability to provide pastoral care to more junior team members as a line manager, alongside a willingness to be an active part of an inclusive and fun-filled team, respecting others and supporting your colleagues.

 

 

From helping shape entire cities to adapting infrastructure to deal with the climate emergency, a career at Buro Happold presents the chance to make a difference. With a world class reputation, our creativity and our people have delivered positive change to clients, the environment, and communities. If you want to be part of something bigger, this is your chance. 

 

Benefits: 

• Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays.
• Hybrid working arrangements. 
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• Income Protection.
• Flexible Benefits - including Cycle scheme, Dental insurance, Optical Cover, Travel insurance and Corporate discounts.
• Buro Happold actively encourages its employees to finish at 3pm on the last Friday of each month (depending on business demands). These hours can equate to an additional 4 days leave per annum.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Join us to find out what you’re really capable of

 

Described by our clients as 'passionate', 'innovative', 'collaborative': Buro Happold is an independent, international engineering practice that for over 40 years has become synonymous with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world. Having worked on every continent, our clients include more than 90% of the world's leading architectural practices and we have collaborated with global organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank and UNESCO. Through our global community of driven, world leading engineering and consulting professionals we deliver elegant solutions for buildings and cities that seek to address the major problems facing societies today. Follow us @burohappoldand find out more at www.burohappold.com. ​ #LI-JN1 #LI-Hybrid

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.   

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive. 

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact [email protected] so we can work with you to support you throughout your application. 

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