Structural Engineer

White Label are very excited to be working with our longstanding client who are now keen to expand their team with a Structural Engineer.

You’ll be part of a rapidly growing business with a full order book, an excellent culture, a proud history and ambitious plans. The company specialises in bulk material handling and plant processing markets, offering services across sectors such as mining, tunnelling, quarrying, oil & gas, and more.

We are recruiting for a Structural Engineer to be an integral part of the team: This role can be based in either Sunderland OR Chorley depending on the distance of the individual (TBD)

Benefits

• Competitive salary £40k - £70k DOE
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays – ops to buy more holidays
• Contribution towards eye test and glasses
• Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
• Long Service Awards
• Employee recognition scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Benefits Package
• 37 hours per week with a 1pm finish on a Friday
• Hybrid working opportunities

Your Key Responsibilities as Structural Engineer 

• Review project specifications and confirm scope of supply (including anticipated cost/ programme and the impact into the project team. 
• Prepare Civil/ Structural Basis of Design summary prior to commencing engineering works. 
• Produce analysis models to validate civil/ structural configurations, and to generate foundation loads. 
• Ensure analytical models are transferring loads as expected, and that axial forces and moments are fixed/ released as stability (& connection design) demand. 
• Produce hand calculations to validate connection design. 
• Effectively communicate design requirements to the design team. 
• Check Civil/ Structural drawing output (as required) to ensure that the information within reflects analytical models and calculations. 
•  Prepare Civil/ Structural calculation reports for inclusion into the project technical file. 
•  Deliver works in alignment with the business’ ISO 9001 processes and templates as controlled within the Quality Management System (COS). 
• Identification, and escalation, of all civil/ structural Technical Queries (TQ) that occur on the project. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum BEng (Hons) in Engineering (preferably Civil or Structural Engineering). 
• Experience in a Civil/ Structural engineering field. 
• Chartership Status 
• Knowledge of the construction & process industries and applicable standards. 
• Ability to use structural analytical software unaided - STAAD Pro or TEKLA Structures. 
• Understanding of load cases and combinations, and able to deduce structures are behaving as intended through calculation or analysis. 
• Experience of good time management in a project delivery environment. 

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, please apply and we'll be in touch.