Technical Principal (Structural)

Description

• Condition and Structural Assessment: Evaluating existing structures for reuse.
• Front End Engineering Design (FEED): Leading initial design phases.
• Detailed Civil/Structural Design: Developing comprehensive designs.
• Project Management: Overseeing programme, budget, resources, and quality plans.
• National Grid CDAE: Ensuring compliance with National Grid standards.
• Team Development: Collaborating with the Project Manager to build and resource the design team.
• Daily Management: Overseeing technical management, coordinating interfaces, and resolving conflicts.
• Quality Management: Ensuring technical quality with clear plans for reviews, checks, and approvals.
• Structural Integrity: Managing and delivering designs in coordination with all relevant disciplines.
• Drawing Preparation: Creating drawings for planning applications and tender packages.
• Specification Preparation: Drafting detailed specifications.
• Design Coordination: Collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.
• Quality Assurance: Ensuring top-notch technical quality within scope, cost, and time.
• Leadership Role: Leading the project team in technical innovation and problem-solving.
• Compliance: Ensuring adherence to relevant standards.
• Proposal Expertise: Contributing to proposal writing with compelling content and accurate cost estimates.

Requirements

• Drawing Preparation: Proficiency in checking and reviewing detailed drawings for planning applications, FEED, and construction-level detailed design packages.
• Relevant Experience: Proven experience in structural engineering.
• Chartered Engineer: CEng, MICE, or MIStructE.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Excelling in coordinating with other disciplines (e.g., architects, building services engineers) to integrate structural designs seamlessly.
• Education: A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering, or Construction Management.
• Clear Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for conveying technical information, collaborating with team members, and presenting findings.
• CDM 2015 Compliance: Proven track record as a Designer under CDM 2015.
• Expertise Required: In-depth knowledge of civil/structural engineering principles, including load-bearing capacity, material properties, and design codes (British Standards, Eurocodes, NGTS).
• Leadership Mindset: Demonstrating leadership qualities, especially when guiding junior engineers or collaborating with stakeholders.
• FEED Experience: Leading Front End Engineering Design activities for structural components. Construction Design: Guiding detailed designs for civil and structural components.
• National Grid Specs: Understanding of NGETSR137 & NGETSR188.
• Conflict Resolution: Effectively resolving design conflicts within multidisciplinary teams.
• Energy Project Experience: Advantageous for this role.
• Proposal Writing: Crafting compelling proposals.

Benefits

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.

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