Senior Chartered Engineer

Job Details

Job Description: Chartered Senior (Structural) Engineer

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive salary: £45-60K DOE
• Flexible working - in line with the company policies.
• Varied and interesting projects across several sectors.
• Payment of professional fees
• Dedicated R&D time
• The opportunity to shape and deliver the company vision, and future of the company and help achieve common short, medium and long term goals.
• The potential to enter into shareholding agreements at a later date.

• Promote and embody the company vision and deliver personal and company goals.
• Maintain a high degree of professionalism and diligence.
• Be highly observant.
• Assist other staff wherever possible.
• Readily engage with Engineers outside of their area of specialisation.
• Carry out tasks assigned in a timely manner.
• Ask questions, and assist other staff wherever possible.
• Participate in development of the company through feedback - both raising concerns as well as making suggestions for improvement where appropriate.
• Conduct research, review and complete Technical Notes.
• Adhere to health and safety regulations at all times.
• Be on the lookout for relevant courses and other training initiatives and maintain levels of CPD.
• Analyse data and interpret results.
• Write reports, read and sign off reports of technical staff.
• Develop relationships with existing collaborators and seek out relationships with potential collaborators
• Establish professional relationships with staff.
• Engage in social activities.
• Undertake the role of assigned mentor alongside a more structured, agreed training plan for junior staff.
• Manage projects including, but not limited to:
• Lead meetings and workshops.
• Accompany other engineers to meetings and sites.
• Understand project requirements and complete all duties assigned by the Director.
• Deliver economic schemes that fulfil the brief.
• Coordinate project resourcing.
• Review project deliverables (drawing, specifications, reports, drawings etc).
• Undertake comparisons of tender returns and report findings back to clients.
• Review third party designs and drawings.
• Provide schemes compliant with temporary works requirements. Where appropriate, design these temporary works.
• Provide alternative solutions and, where appropriate within the fee agreement, value engineering.
• Assist in maintaining and developing the Business Plan. For example:
• Financial: budgets, billing targets, charge out rates
• Marketing: website, social media, networking
• Processes: policies, templates, training, technical library
• Social: internal and external events, mentoring

• A minimum of 10 years senior engineer (and therefore design, construction and project management) experience.
• Chartered status in a relevant engineering institution.
• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills.
• Excellent written, drawn and verbal communication skills.
• Superb time management and professionalism.
• A growth mindset.
• Ability and willingness to accept, and to progress from, constructive criticism.
• Excellent team working and leadership skills.
• A valid driver’s licence.

• Filling in timesheets weekly
• Load path sketch / Mark up at the start of each calculation section
• Loading, Forces & Deflection diagram for all beams & frames
• Following the calculation, drawing, filing & report writing templates and guidance
• Monthly production and review of Technical Notes.
• Increasing / improving profitability throughout the employment with a target of £150 per hour by the end of year 1.
• Delivery of agreed 90 day goals.
• Any other goals or targets to be agreed with the Director.