Structural Engineer Newcastle 2023

Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for it’s employees? Mott MacDonald is a global consultancy whose people do exactly that.

Your day-to-day duties would include

• Structural analysis and design of buildings including substructure, superstructure, primary and secondary elements in all major materials including steel, reinforced concrete, timber and masonry
• Undertake engineering design, including concept, scheme, and detailed design
• Environmental impact assessment of civil and structural engineering designs, including embodied carbon
• Responsible for liaising with external stakeholders and other members of the design team to produce well-co-ordinated designs which fully meet the client’s brief.
• Provide a proactive and collaborative approach to clients to ensure the best solution is offered to meet their needs
• Delivery of your own project work to agreed budgets and programmes
• Produce structural calculations using Tekla Structural Designer, Tekla Tedds, Robot, Staad Pro, Excel and other industry software packages in accordance with Eurocodes and British Standards
• Produce hand calculations, technical reports, and sketches
• Mark-up design solutions and details for technicians to produce Revit models and technical drawing deliverables. Oversee drawing production by others and check outputs
• Represent Mott MacDonald at internal and external design team meetings
• Visit site to complete structural surveys and inspections
• Ensure more senior staff are kept informed of important and relevant service/design decisions

As the successful candidate you would be working a professional chartered qualification, supported by our training scheme.

Candidate Specification

For this role you will need to align with the majority (although not necessarily all) of the following criteria:

• Degree Qualified in a suitable engineering subject such as Civil or Structural Engineering
• Experience of using analytical/design software such as Tekla Structural Designer, Robot, Etabs, Staad, Tedds and other design spreadsheets or tools
• Experience of specification preparation including the use of NBS Create or Chorus
• Experience designing building structures to Eurocodes
• Experience producing technical reports and specifications
• Experience producing sketches and mark-ups to facilitate drawing production by technicians
• Experience working with other consultants as part of a multi-disciplinary teams including architects and MEP engineers

Other desirable criteria

• Familiar with model authoring tools such as AutoCad, Revit, Civils 3D.
• Familiar with information storage, management and collaboration tools such as SharePoint, Projectwise, 4P Viewpoint, ASite, Aconex, BIM 360, Navisworks, Revizto, Dalux etc.
• Interest and experience of software packages and methods commonly used in digital delivery such as Revit, SketchUp, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Python etc.
• Experience in parametric and generative design would be a benefit
• Experience of undertaking building or infrastructure condition, defect or deterioration surveys and inspections and the preparations of reports
• Security clearance

We encourage applications from candidates looking for flexible working arrangements (including part-time) who can work from our Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester, Altrincham or Liverpool offices with agile working from home offered.

Alignment with the Mott MacDonald core values of Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, and Excellence.

Job Profile

This is an exciting opportunity for a talented and highly-motivated graduate structural engineer to join a large consultancy in a well-established yet still developing team, with the responsibility for technically delivering exciting buildings projects.
You would be part of our Northern Division as part of a 45 strong structural team who are located across Manchester, Altrincham, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, and Sheffield.

We currently have projects in the health, education, transport, commercial, high-rise residential, defence, sports and water sub-sectors ranging up to £500m in value, including the new terminal building at Leeds Bradford Airport, the new Anfield Road stand expansion for Liverpool Football Club the Albion Square mixed-use development in Hull and a major new expansion of Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax to name just a few.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can assist.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.

More about Mott MacDonald

We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities. A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence