Job description
PSR are recruiting for a Senior / Principal Structural Engineer for a £40m commercial development in Birmingham.
The position is to initially work on a the scheme in the centre of Birmingham but also play a key role in building a brand new design team for the Midlands region and assist with future work opportunities.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new venture within a Billion pound turnover business, they are most active in Commercial, Education, Science & Leisure sectors engaging with projects of £15m - £100m in value.
The ideal candidate should possess demonstrable experience in building structures, ideally across the education and commercial sectors and be able to communicate well and manage a team to deliver good quality construction information.
The role will focus on:- Identifying and prioritising necessary structural investigations, planning, organising, executing and reporting on investigations.
- The production of, drawings, reports, calculations and structural specifications and meet the client brief.
- Undertaking the structural engineering design for projects working with both design and construction teams.
- Working closely with designers of other disciplines to produce co-ordinated designs
- Planning and monitoring use of own time resources on projects, other engineers and technicians.
- Working within project teams, with responsibility for production of deliverables to agreed timelines.
- Attending project meetings and communicating with all staff, external design team members and clients.
- Work independently and be responsible for checking the quality and accuracy and verifying your teams output.
- Providing technical guidance and mentoring to your team.
- Ability to apply relevant codes and standards to engineering principals and judgement.
Candidate Profile- Degree qualified and/or demonstrable experience within structural engineering.
- Good communication skills.
- Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team in a design and built environment.
- Ability to work under pressure, balance priorities, and meet strict deadlines.
- Excellent planning, organisational and time management skills.
- Demonstrate a strong ability to communicate through sketching, drawing, presentations, and in writing.
- Commercial awareness and acumen.
- Excellent technical design skills and proficiency in 3D analysis and design.
- Experience of high value (£30m+) complex builds
In return our client are offering industry leading package, enrollment onto their personal development programme and a host of other benefits.