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Position: Building Structures Engineer
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Salary: £50,000 -£60,000 Per Annum, Plus Pension, Healthcare & Benefits
A building structures engineer is required by a long established privately owned consulting firm, synonymous with engineering excellence. Our client has a reputation as a good employer with well above average levels of staff retention. This is an opportunity to work on notable, technically challenging projects for a firm that is well thought of by clients and employees alike. Demand for their services and a steadily growing order book of new commissions means the practice is steadily growing, this position provides technical interest and the prospect of swift career advancement.
Your Role: Working alongside a structural associate, you will be involved in the design and delivery of building structures, predominantly using steel and RC. You will contribute to the whole design process from inception to completion. Support, guidance and on the job training will ensure your skills build, preparing you to advance. There will be regular contact with clients, occasional site visits - predominantly in Northern Ireland- , and you will help supervise detail design production carried out by junior engineers. Whilst the company is known for it’s involvement on major projects, there will be occasions where you will work on smaller schemes where you may be required to carry out timber and masonry design.
Company Overview: One of Northern Irelands’ leading independent civil & structural consulting practices. This medium size business has a reputation for technical excellence and client care. For over thirty years they have worked across the commercial, industrial, education and leisure sectors, they’re projects are typically valued between £10 and £50 million. They are the consultant of choice for many of the busiest architects and design and build contractors, north and south of the border.
Your Profile: A degree qualified engineer with at least six years building structures design experience. Currently working at project engineer or senior engineer level with some responsibility for supervising junior engineers or technicians. Conversant with using industry standard design software such as Tekla, STAAD PRO, Tedds or MasterSeries. A working knowledge of AutoCAD. A track record of designing steel and reinforced concrete structures from concept stages through to detail design and design supervision. Ideally working towards chartership, or chartered through the ICE, IStructE or Engineers Ireland.
