Senior Structural Engineer

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer within the Buildings & Places business unit to be based in either our London or St Albans office.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Structural Engineer to join our established building engineering team in the London and Southeast region. The team are currently undertaking a range of exciting new build and refurbishment projects from £500k to £50m+ in a variety of sectors including education, health, defence and commercial. We are also assisting a wide variety of national and international clients in planning to meet their carbon reduction targets as part of the national drive for Net Zero Carbon.

This is a great opportunity to play a significant part on future construction projects across the UK, and across worldwide locations.

Duties of the Senior Structural Engineer role include

• Assisting with the structural engineering design of complex Engineering projects.
• Performing work to an agreed budget and schedule with moderate supervision.
• Taking responsibility for and managing smaller projects. 
• Providing guidance to graduate engineers.

Specific Requirements

• Ability to deliver design solutions, calculations and work as part of an effective team
• A solid track record of having worked on a variety of structures projects, including steel and concrete frames, with some experience of dealing directly with external design team members and contractors
• Competent user of building engineering software packages such as Tekla, SCIA, TEDDS etc.
• Working with BIM technicians
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English)
• Engaging with the internal design review process with one of our Lead Verifiers
• Attending informal design workshops with other members of the design team
• Maintaining outstanding technical quality

Minimum requirements

• A solid track record of having worked on a variety of structures projects, possibly as project leader on some, with experience of dealing directly with clients.
• Excellent knowledge of standard engineering practices, techniques, procedures and Structural design principles.
• Undertaking structural engineering design on complex projects, performing analyses and calculations as appropriate.
• Supervising work, ensuring that it is carried out to the appropriate technical standard and that it is managed to programme and budget.
• Ability to deliver design solutions, calculations, lead teams and successfully manage projects.
• Post University experience in Building Structures across a number of market sectors and construction materials/methods.

The ability to obtain BPSS is preferable as certain projects require this. 

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline
• Chartered Engineer (CEng)
• Member of either the Institution of Civil Engineers and/or the Institution of Structural Engineers

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address  View email address on jobs.smartrecruiters.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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