Senior Structural Engineer

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join our internal design team as a Senior Structural Engineer. You will play a key role in shaping some of the UK's most iconic projects, working closely with project teams to develop innovative, engineered solutions that enable successful project delivery. This role offers the chance to contribute technical expertise, mentor junior professionals, and drive design improvements within our department.

About the Role

• Provide safe, practical, and cost-effective design solutions in accordance with project procedures, British and European standards, and UK construction health and safety legislation.
• Develop conceptual and detailed designs, including calculations, design risk assessments, and sketches/drawings/models as appropriate.
• Collaborate with our specialist CAD team to bring designs to life.
• Work closely with construction teams to ensure designs align with practical site requirements and sequencing.
• Coordinate design efforts with a wide range of suppliers and external consultants.
• Identify opportunities for design or process improvements and contribute to refining department procedures.
• Encourage and implement innovative thinking to solve complex structural challenges.

Senior Responsibilities

• Mentor and support junior engineers and design professionals to enhance their development.
• Drive the creation of new ideas and innovative schemes for challenging projects.
• Drive innovation in structural design.
• Solve complex engineering challenges efficiently.

Your Experience

• BEng/MEng in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Minimum 7 years of structural design experience
• Extensive experience with Eurocodes, British Standards, and BS5975
• Hands-on expertise in designing with concrete, steel, and timber (EN & BS codes)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software and structural analysis tools
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong understanding of UK Health and Safety legislation
• Ability to manage consultants, sub-consultants, suppliers, and sub-contractors effectively

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled and innovative Senior Structural Engineer to make a significant impact within a forward-thinking, collaborative team. If you are passionate about pushing boundaries in engineering design and mentoring the next generation of professionals, we would love to hear from you!

About us:

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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