Principal Structural Engineer in London

AECOM is seeking an experienced Principal Structural Engineer within the Buildings & Places business unit to be based in either our London or St Albans office. We are currently recruiting for a Principal Structural Engineer to join our established building engineering team in London and the Southeast region. The team is undertaking a range of exciting new build and refurbishment projects from £500,000 to £50 million+ in a variety of sectors, including education, health, defence and commercial. We also assist a wide variety of national and international clients in planning to meet their carbon reduction targets as part of the national drive for Net Zero Carbon. This is a great opportunity to play a significant part on future construction projects across the UK and worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the supervision of structural engineering design of complex engineering projects.
• Effectively control commercial, managerial and technical aspects of projects or parts thereof for which you are responsible.
• Sourcing opportunities and preparing fee proposals for submission to client, including resources and programme.
• Lead a team of engineers and technicians designing building schemes.
• Perform work to an agreed budget and schedule with moderate supervision.
• Provide guidance to graduate engineers.
• Manage and lead junior engineers and oversee structural designs.
• Manage and coordinate design input and output.
• Engage with the internal design review process with one of our lead verifiers.
• Attend informal design workshops with other members of the design team.
• Maintain outstanding technical quality.

Specific Requirements

• Ability to design in various common structural materials with an excellent knowledge of reinforced concrete and steel essential.
• Excellent working knowledge of the current Eurocodes.
• Excellent working knowledge of structural analysis software, TEKLA, TEDDs, SCIA, or similar software.
• Experience in the assessment of existing structures and their justification, as well as new build designs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English).
• Interacts with clients in a professional manner.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiating, problem-solving, and analytical skills are a must.
• Able to work well under pressure.
• Detail-oriented, adept at multi-tasking and prioritising workloads.
• A solid track record of having worked on a variety of structures projects, possibly as project leader on some, with experience of dealing directly with clients.
• Excellent knowledge of standard engineering practices, techniques, procedures and structural design principles.
• Undertaking structural engineering design on complex projects, performing analyses and calculations as appropriate.
• Supervising work, ensuring that it is carried out to the appropriate technical standard and that it is managed to programme and budget.
• Ability to deliver design solutions, calculations, lead teams and successfully manage projects.
• Extensive post-university experience in building structures across a number of market sectors and construction materials/methods.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng).
• Member of either the Institution of Civil Engineers and/or the Institution of Structural Engineers.

Additional Information

All newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.