Senior Structures Engineer

Senior Structural Engineer

Location: Leicester (Hybrid - minimum 3 days per week in office)
Rate: £40-£50 per hour
Contract Length: Ongoing contract opportunity
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Are you a Senior Structural Engineer looking for your next contract opportunity?

We're working with an established building structures consultancy that is looking to strengthen its design team with an experienced Senior Structural Engineer in Leicester.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong engineer who can hit the ground running and take responsibility for delivering structural design projects from day one. You will be working on a varied portfolio of building projects, providing detailed design solutions across residential, commercial and mixed-use developments.

The role requires regular office presence, with a minimum of three days per week in the Leicester office, supporting collaboration with the wider engineering team, design coordination and project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

·Deliver structural engineering designs from concept through to detailed design stages.
·Undertake calculations and technical design work for foundations, steel, reinforced concrete, timber and masonry structures.
·Prepare technical reports, specifications and design documentation.
·Review drawings, models and technical information to ensure compliance with design standards.
·Coordinate with architects, contractors, clients and other engineering disciplines.
·Manage own workload, programmes and technical deliverables across multiple projects.
·Provide technical input and support to junior engineers where required.
·Ensure designs are delivered in line with current standards, CDM requirements and best practice.

About You

·Experienced Senior Structural Engineer with 10+ years' experience within a building structures environment.
·Strong background delivering structural design projects across a range of sectors.
·Confident working independently and able to make an immediate contribution to an established team.
·Good knowledge of structural design principles, construction methods and foundation design.
·Experience designing structures using steel, reinforced concrete, timber and masonry.
·Proficient in structural design software, ideally including TEDDS and Tekla Structural Designer.
·Experience with AutoCAD and BIM-based project delivery would be advantageous.
·Strong communication skills with the ability to liaise with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior Structural Engineer to join a busy consultancy environment on an outside IR35 contract basis, delivering a varied range of building structures projects while working within a collaborative and technically focused team.

Footnote

If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the rate, location, or seniority does not suit you specifically, then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
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