Structural Engineer - Healthcare

Overview

Ramboll is ranked a Top 10 consultant in the UK with around 2,000 professionals working across offices to deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health and Energy. The culture is friendly, open and supportive, with opportunities to develop and succeed on challenging projects.

Your new role

Join the UK team of our Global Healthcare Division as our new Structural Engineer. Work to understand, interpret and navigate complex sustainability and engineering issues, and contribute to creating sustainable change that benefits society and nature. You will be part of a growing UK Healthcare Team delivering advisory and design solutions to the healthcare sector, with opportunities to work internationally. Flexible working arrangements are offered; candidates may work from any primary office or from home. Ongoing projects include Hillerod Hospital (Denmark), Cambridge Children’s Hospital, Royal Marsden and Shrewsbury & Telford Women and Children’s Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Develop and agree structural concepts and design philosophies
• Undertake design work from concept through to detailed design, ensuring technical excellence and high levels of client service
• Work as part of a team of Structural Engineers, often collaborating with MEP, civils and geotechnical disciplines
• Carry out structural design, analysis and FEM modelling
• Support senior team colleagues in communicating designs to team members and construction sites
• Take an active role in technical groups and team meetings to support continuous improvement
• Implement best-practice procedures to enhance and maintain delivery of sustainable, zero-carbon, innovative and quality advisory and design services
• Visit sites to support development of structural engineering designs or review contract works in progress

Your new team

You will be part of an expanding and dynamic team with a rich portfolio of work. Working with leading UK and international architects, Ramboll is recognised for a bold, innovative approach underpinned by a Scandinavian design heritage and foundation ownership. The culture is supportive and collaborative with a flexible working policy. You will be part of the UK buildings team with opportunities to travel within the UK and abroad.

About You

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development. For this role, the following qualifications, skills and capabilities are identified as key to success.

• Must have demonstrable experience with UK Healthcare sector projects, such as hospital buildings
• Degree-level education or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline
• Chartered Engineer status or qualifications to support achieving Chartered Engineer status
• Excellent project management skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects of varying size/complexity
• Appreciation of project commercial and technical risks
• Experience of digital and parametric design
• Knowledge of assessment, retrofit and alteration of existing structures
• Knowledge of construction supervision, building investigation and structural testing
• Forward thinking about digital design innovation and ‘smart design’ in a digitised construction arena
• Excellent communicator capable of explaining complex technical concepts in plain language, verbally and in writing
• Able to motivate and inspire confidence across geographical borders
• Able to work autonomously on all technical aspects of the discipline

What We Can Offer You

• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Be valued for the unique person you are
• Inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• Be at the forefront of the use of digital tools
• Flexible work environment
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Matched pension contributions
• A host of subsidised benefits including private medical insurance and cycle-to-work

Work at the heart of sustainable change

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering and consultancy company. We believe that sustainable change creates a thriving world for nature and people. Our culture is open and curious, inclusive and diverse, and collaborative. We respect and foster diversity in all forms to help everyone flourish and realise their full potential.

Ready to join us?

Please submit your application and include all relevant documents including your CV. If you don’t meet every box, we encourage you to apply as passion and potential can outweigh a perfect resume, and Ramboll’s learning culture can help you grow.

Thank you for taking the time to apply. We look forward to receiving your application.

Ramboll in the United Kingdom

Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation-owned company and a top ten engineering and environmental and sustainability consultancy in the UK, with more than 1,500 employees across 16 offices. We deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health, and Energy. Our values guide a flexible, inclusive culture that values people and ideas.

An equal opportunity employer

Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to what we do. We are committed to an inclusive and supportive work environment where everyone can flourish. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds and characteristics, including those protected by the Equality Act (2010). As a Disability Confident Committed employer, Ramboll ensures opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please reach out to our recruitment team to discuss any adjustments you might require during the application process. We offer flexible work arrangements to balance where, when and how much you work.

Additional Information

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