Principal Structural Engineer, Leicester,

ZipRecruiter; Leicester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Principal Structural Engineer

Our Opportunity

Are you a skillful and committed Senior Structural Engineer, looking to take on a new challenge in a Principal position? Are you currently working in a Principal Structural Engineering role, looking to expand your skill set within a prestigious, thriving, multi-disciplinary construction consultancy? Do you want to work on a diverse range of projects, as part of a collaborative, dynamic and supportive team? If you answered yes to the above questions, we want to hear from you!

We are Pick Everard, delivering better together for over 160 years. We deliver exceptional places for people across sectors including commercial, retail, residential, defence and more. Client focus is our strength, and culture is our passion. We are proud to work with prestigious clients on a range of projects across the built environment, helping to create a sustainable future for all.

As part of our ambitious growth strategy, we are looking to appoint a Principal Structural Engineer to be based at our Leicester office. Joining a supportive network as part of a team, you can expect to receive valuable training, guidance and genuine scope for career development.

You can expect to become involved in a wide range of projects across sectors, including commercial, education, healthcare, defence and infrastructure. Your core duties will include:

1. Ensuring high quality technical delivery of projects.
2. Ensuring commercial success of projects within their control through effective discipline project control.
3. Minimising Health and safety risks in all aspects of structural discipline and input to the wider project health and safety assessment.
4. Ensuring appropriate responsibility level to deliver projects.
5. Assisting in winning new work and maintaining existing relationships.
6. Encouraging, motivating and effectively managing personnel to enhance discipline performance, establish a positive sub-culture within the discipline, and ensure a safe, inclusive and enjoyable environment for all.
7. Enhancing Pick Everard's profile within the construction industry.
8. Managing and maintaining existing policies and procedures.
9. Developing and implementing new initiatives to improve the operation of the discipline.
10. Ensuring collaborative working within discipline, wider team and client base.
11. Undertaking line management duties and providing pastoral care to the team(s) assigned to you on a day-to-day basis.

About You

You will be committed to enhancing our positive working culture, by having a compassionate attitude and always treating others with respect. In order to be considered for this role, you must have:

1. Exceptional Structural Engineering knowledge with a deep understanding of key principles embedded in theory and practice, with a proactive approach to problem solving.
2. Excellent verbal communication.
3. An ability to communicate ideas, and effectively work with clients, members of the design team, and manage/supervise/mentor employees.
4. Experience relevant to UK practice and knowledge of UK design standards, codes of practice and methods of construction.
5. Familiarity with structural engineering modelling, analysis, and design software (Tekla Structural Designer, Tedds and STAAD Pro, Revit, Navisworks, BIM360).
6. The ability and willingness to manage/supervise/mentor employees.

In order to stand out from the crowd, it is desirable for you to have:

1. Chartered membership of ICE or IStructE.
2. The motivation to undertake relevant CPD and to increase skills and knowledge.
3. Experience in day-to-day control of resourcing, programming, planning and costs.
4. Exhibit effective team management skills.
5. A knowledge of forms of appointment and construction contracts.
6. Excellent report writing and presentation skills.

About Us

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history, we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better. We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued.

We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues. We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What we offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

1. Agile working.
2. 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave.
3. Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan.
4. Professional subscriptions.
5. Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme.
6. Stakeholder pension.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, and maternity, or religion or belief, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.

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