Are you an ambitious, solutions focused and front end design oriented Structural Engineer considering what's next for you career?

Would you thrive influencing the UK's most iconic Building projects?

Then we would love to hear from you!!

We are looking for a Principal Structural Engineer to join the Technical Function at Laing O'Rourke, supporting initially across our Data Centres portfolio which currently has projects based in Slough, Dagenham and Salford. No experience of Data Centres necessary!

Laing O'Rourke also has a large portfolio of current and pipelined projects in the Healthcare, Science and Research, and Buildings within Defence and Infrastructure projects that offer scope for a varied career.

A Structures Technical Specialist has a strong technical design background, allowing them to provide targeted technical input into projects across all materials and building forms. This Structures Technical Specialist is able to provide due diligence reviews of information from consultants at key design stages and provide an analysis of level of completeness of design. They can also provide technical advice on the quality of consultants' advice and review interfaces and scope gaps. In particular, the technical specialists shall become acquainted with the most frequent interdisciplinary challenges faced on projects to supplement consultant discipline-specific knowledge.

The Structures Technical Specialist is a senior member of the Laing O'Rourke Design Job Family and Technical Function, which is there to ensure technical excellence, assurance and performance across all projects and opportunities from pre-project, early engagement and work winning through to detailed delivery. All of our designers are part of our Engineering Enterprise which aims to maximise and realise the potential of design to increase certainty on our projects.

What will the role look like?

• Providing front end design advice from a structural engineering perspective
• Supporting our project teams to direct design teams and produce the adequate information necessary for integrated design solutions that meet our clients and business needs (strategies and budgets).
• Developing knowledge of procurement, buildability and practical implications of our design solutions to supplement consultant team work.
• Reviewing design delivery to enhance quality of solutions and efficiency of design, procurement, manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and handover of total engineering excellent solutions for our clients.
• Retaining information for lessons learned, prepares technical guidance documents etc.

What skills & experience are we looking for?

• First degree in Civil / Structural Engineering Discipline. Other appropriate construction related qualification plus design related experience.
• Chartered Engineer with the IStructE or ICE
• Minimum 7 years' design consultancy experience. Different procurement routes, different sector experience. Experience end to end managing design - from concept to handover,

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

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