Senior Structural Engineer

Want to work with the most sought‑after minds and most‑talked about projects? Your structural engineering design experience might just make you our new Senior Structural Engineer. This role is suited to a candidate from a structural engineering design background looking for an opportunity to pursue industry leading structural designs within a vibrant multi‑disciplinary practice.

Responsibilities

• Work independently and as part of a team offering creative structural design solutions.
• Produce calculations, models, reports, and presentations to an excellent standard, on time and to budget.
• Share your work for review by senior colleagues and review the work of others for quality assurance.
• Present your designs at internal workshops and chair external meetings with clients when required.
• Lead teams by making timely decisions and corrective action whilst creating an atmosphere that delivers excellent work.
• Collaborate with external clients and harness opportunities to engage other internal discipline designers.
• Inform colleagues of design decisions to ensure the objectives of the company and the client are achieved.
• Prepare fee proposals or bids and competition designs whilst working alongside senior colleagues.
• Coordinate your work with other members of the project team and contribute to internal technical development following strategy.
• Mentor and assist graduates and less experienced engineers whilst maintaining your continued professional development.
• Actively maintain an external and internal network.

Skills & Experience

• Extensive building structures design experience.
• Experience as a lead structural engineer on major projects, including on multi‑disciplinary design teams.
• Broad design knowledge, from working on a wide range of projects and using British, US and European codes of practice.
• Experience using common analysis software (including or similar to CSC Fastrak, TEDDS, ROBOT, ETABS and SAFE) and willingness to quickly learn new analysis packages as required.
• Experience using common BIM and modelling software (including or similar to Revit, Rhino and Grasshopper) and willingness to quickly learn new packages as required.
• Be a Chartered Member of the ICE or IStructE with the Engineering Council UK or equivalent body.
• Bachelor’s degree BEng / BSc or Master’s degree MEng / MSc in a relevant discipline.
• Ability to provide pastoral care to more junior team members as a line manager, alongside a willingness to be an active part of an inclusive and fun‑filled team, respecting others and supporting your colleagues.

What We Offer

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance, income protection and private medical cover.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• Three‑pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development with a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you at any career stage.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities.
• Supportive and inclusive environment with social and outreach activities and mentoring.
• International culture that keeps you close to exceptional projects worldwide.

Diversity & Inclusion

Buro Happold values an individual’s flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers. Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry and are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment.