Senior Structural Engineer in Oxford

We have an opportunity for a Project / Senior Structural Engineer (role dependant on experience) to join our Oxford team based in our Woodstock office. You will play an important role in strengthening our team.

With a varied work-stream, covering a wide range of disciplines in property and construction, you will have the opportunity to practice in many fields of structural engineering across many varied construction sectors, playing a pivotal role in the development of the built environment.

You will be responsible for providing a wide range of structural engineering services. You will be expected to work independently under the direction and support of the senior management team and will be given full opportunity to further develop managerial skills with ample opportunity for supported career development.

What you need to do to be effective in this role:

• Represent Ridge in an ‘external facing’ role, managing projects from inception to completion ensuring that deliverables are issued in accordance with the project programme, to the required quality standard and within budget and time allocation.
• Report on financial performance of projects and resourcing requirements to the senior management team and assist in the management of team resources required to implement the commercial and business direction of the team.
• Act as lead or sole designer as appropriate to the size and complexity of the project, responsible for outline scheme through to detailed design and production of technical deliverables.
• Carry out structural analysis and design in accordance with Eurocode suite of design codes, ensuring designs are economic, sustainable, efficient and buildable.
• Oversee the production of detailed design drawings.
• Undertake checking of calculation packages, drawings, specifications, reports, and other project deliverables, ensuring that our QA procedures are complied with.
• Supervise and mentor junior engineers, technicians, and apprentices within the team, playing an active role in their future development.
• Undertake surveys / inspections and produce high quality technical reports on findings, with appropriate recommendations, presenting these to the client where needed.
• Undertake existing building assessments, often including scoping intrusive investigations on site.
• Undertake site visits during construction to resolve site queries, monitor progress and provide advice to contractors.

The skills and experience you need to have for this role:

• MEng, BEng, BSc & MSc or BSc with extensive post-graduate experience in a field relevant to structural engineering, ideally recognised by the Engineering Council.
• Chartered (or near chartered) and a Member or Graduate Member of either the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) or Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
• Demonstrable and sound experience in the design of structures in concrete, steel, masonry and timber.
• Experience with use of 2D/3D structural design packages such as TEKLA Structural Designer, TEDDS, Masterseries etc.
• Experience with Finite Element Design (ideally using SCIA Engineer) beneficial, but not essential.
• Experience working with Building Information Modelling (BIM) and within a 3D environment generally.
• Experience using AutoCAD and Revit beneficial, but not essential.
• Demonstrable experience working on projects of scale and complexity with all forms of construction.
• Have an awareness of sustainability in design and implementing sustainable options in preparation of structural designs.
• Hold a current UK driving licence.

Personal Attributes:

• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English, including technical report writing skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate design concepts through clear sketches by hand and using digital tools.
• Be a collaborative, confident and ambitious team player, who is also able to work with minimal supervision and use own initiative.
• Good commercial awareness and demonstrable experience in ‘project running’.

We are Ridge, a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

Our 1,400+ people bring a vast range of skills, delivering a professional mindset, gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. They’re the foundation of our success - they drive our vision, embody our values and separate us from the competition.

Come and join us if you’re hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if you’re motivated by ingenuity and if you’re always aspiring to be the very best.

Your benefits:

• Annual leave: A healthy holiday allowance that starts at 25 days pa, plus the option to buy, carry over or sell.
• Community spirit: You can take three volunteering days each year to spend time on causes close to your heart.
• Mental health: Mental Health First Aiders are here to support you, backed up by Unum’s Help@hand app.
• Financial benefits: A path to peace of mind: life assurance, pension scheme and income protection.
• Physical wellbeing: Your health is a priority for us too, so we offer medical insurance, private GP access and discounted gym membership.
• Flexible working: Our flexible approach to hybrid working is there to suit you, your family and your team.
• Career development: A pathway at Ridge that’s focused on your professional, personal or educational aspirations.
• Extra benefits: Performance bonus, car allowance and more based on your role - and progression.

We believe that everyone performs their best when they feel like they belong and can be their true selves at work. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we will support you to ensure you have everything you need to be successful and achieve your best in your career at Ridge.