Mott MacDonald is a wholly independent, employee-owned company with 13,000 staff working in all sectors from transport, energy, buildings, water and the environment to health and education, industry and communications. Mott MacDonald's US$1.5 billion business spans 140 countries with 13,000 staff The business is continually winning commercial and Industry awards, including being ‘International Consultancy of the year’ (NCE/ACE) and being placed 8th in the UK’s Sunday Times ‘20 Best Big Companies to Work For’ survey.
Mott MacDonald has delivered prestigious Buildings projects world wide including the Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Vulcan House (home office building), Maze Sports Stadium-Belfast, Karachi Port Trust Tower (Pakistan) and the Dubai Marina. Along with these prestigious projects there is also huge breadth and depth to the projects that are delivered including Education/Health schemes, and mixed used multi-storey commercial/ residential developments.
The Cardiff office provides comprehensive, multi-disciplinary professional services employing around 100 technical staff servicing a wide ranging client base throughout the UK. We are looking to continue our expansion on the Structures team by appointing a Senior Structural Engineer.
Job description
If successful you will join our team of 12 professional staff dedicated to the design of building structures in which you will fulfil a key technical leadership and project management role. You will be responsible for structural engineering for a range of projects and will provide mentoring and technical guidance to other team colleagues. You will also have opportunities to interface with clients and take part in business development activities.
• Delivery of practical, economical and innovative engineering solutions
• Carrying out designs to current standards
• Checking of design work
• Carrying out structural survey work and compilation of written reports
• Financial management of projects
• Leading projects teams
• Client liaison throughout the project lifecycle, from bid preparation through to delivery and management of change
• Assessment of health and safety risks at all stages of projects
• Production, compilation and checking of studies and reports
• Other office duties as required
Candidate specification
Essential requirements:
• A degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent
• 3 years post graduate experience of working in Civil/Structural Engineering
• A working knowledge of current design codes
• The ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and external contacts
• A high level of motivation and the ability to work on your own initiative
• A high level of spoken and written English
• Full UK Driving license
Desirable criteria:
• Chartered Engineer status
• Experience in the financial management of projects
• Working knowledge of Microsoft applications
• Previous experience of working in a large multi-disciplinary, client facing organisation
• A high standard of spoken and written Welsh language |
