Senior Engineer

A senior engineer at Wentworth is responsible for undertaking civil, structural and geotechnical design / checking & method development tasks from client briefs with minimal supervision.

A senior engineer is expected to function as a semi-autonomous team member with the potential for full delegated responsibility for project and/or task delivery.

• Identifies when deadlines are not going to be achieved, communicates with stakeholders, and identifies remedial actions.
• Undertakes civil, structural and geotechnical design / checking & method development tasks from client briefs with minimal supervision.
• Tracks and monitors task accruals vs. budgets to ensure compliance and identify opportunities/risks.
• Determines project & task hour & fee budgets with the assistance of a team leader.
• Regularly contacts technicians and junior engineers to ensure that work develops efficiently and in line with projected timescale and budget. Provides technical support and guidance to colleagues as required.
• Develops concept and detailed design approaches using appropriate tools to suit the complexity of the task.
• Functions as a semi-autonomous team member with the potential for full delegated lead engineer responsibility for project and/or task delivery.
• Develops, mentors & assists junior and lessor experienced engineers and technicians.
• Ensures engineers & technicians allocated to deliver tasks under their supervision are adequately briefed and supported to ensure understanding and successful delivery of the task. The supervising senior engineer retains ownership of the process & final product/design.
• Plans own tasks & tasks of others to deliver on time.
• Uses their knowledge, skills and experience to identify and implement practical, cost effective and safe solutions with due diligence, skill and care in accordance with statutory legislation, the suite of Eurocodes and other approved industry body guidance and established best practice.
• Promotes Wentworth to internal and external clients.
• Determines and executes project/task resourcing requirements (designers / technicians / checkers / approvers / Cat 3 checkers) to ensure delivery on time.
• Identifies change, raises early warnings & change notes.

They use their knowledge, skills and experience to identify and implement practical, cost effective and safe solutions with due diligence, skill and care in accordance with statutory legislation, the suite of Eurocodes and other approved industry body guidance and established best practice.

• Typically, a minimum of 5 years relevant post graduate experience.
• Understands commercial engagement mechanisms, executes works in accordance with budgets & commercial mechanisms.
• CITB Construction Skills Certification Scheme Card.
• Is proficient in the execution of projects in accordance with BS EN ISO 19650 'Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM)’.
• MSc degree in civil, structural or geotechnical engineering.
• BEng (Hons) degree in civil, structural, or geotechnical engineering.
• MEng (Hons) degree in civil, structural or geotechnical engineering.
• H&S Training – IOSH / NEBOSH
• Has working knowledge of industry standard structural/geotechnical software packages with a good understanding of their limitations as well as capability of producing sketches to scale by hand and/or using CAD.