Associate Director - Structural Engineering

Description

• Take a leading role in seeking out and winning new projects
• Take on responsibility for leading technical delivery and managing commercial and resourcing aspects of technically demanding projects whilst working without supervision
• Mentor and coach others in their professional development
• Develop leadership skills and contribute to the management of the structural engineering team through business development, client relationship management, technical leadership or team development
• Lead independent technical reviews of work prepared by others
• Provide estimates for the engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements on large projects
• write compelling proposals and technical reports which are able to adequately convey complex technical concepts to clients
• Participate in development of technical proposals
• Prepare technical reports which clearly convey complex structural engineering concepts to clients and other stakeholders
• Perform quality control reviews of work developed by others
• prepare and deliver engaging presentations to existing and prospective clients
• HMNB Devonport: Supporting the development of infrastructure at HMNB Devonport, the team have been involved in the design of seismically qualified upgrade works to existing dry docks required to support deep maintenance of nuclear powered submarines.

Requirements

• Sound knowledge of construction contracts, professional agreements and experience in client engagement during the preparation of fee proposals and agreeing scopes of service
• Able to obtain BPSS Security Clearance
• UK driving license
• Bachelor’s degree (min. 2:1) in an appropriate Civil or Structural Engineering discipline
• Ability to work on a number of projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrable ability to:
• ICE or IStructE Chartered Engineer with > 5years post chartership experience
• Master’s degree or equivalent in an appropriate Civil or Structural Engineering discipline
• Proven ability to undertake structural design using current British Standards and Eurocodes
• Experience in the use of a commercially available finite element software package advantageous.
• An understanding of project management principles and practices to support co-ordination of technical delivery of projects with internal and external clients
• Experienced in the use of commercially available design software packages
• Excellent knowledge of structural design procedures in steel and reinforced concrete.
• Able to decide on the level of reliance and accuracy to attach to a variety of results obtained from design software and finite element analysis and to interpret results into practical engineering solutions
• Excellent knowledge of standard engineering practices, techniques and quality procedures

Benefits

• Heathrow T2 Baggage Programme: A £635M scheme to replace the time expired outgoing T2 baggage system. The programme maintains the existing system until the new system is commissioned and enables the creation and adaptation of the structures to install the new baggage solution.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance