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Job Description

We are currently recruiting for a Principal Structural Engineer to join our Basingstoke Structures team. This particular opportunity has arisen in our Building & Places Business Unit which focusses on projects within the Built Environment.

Our Basingstoke office has an established track record of successfully delivering projects of varying scale and complexity for both private and public clients. Our modern office environment has excellent transport links, including car parking and comprises a vibrant diverse mix of sectors and disciplines including Buildings & Places, Environment, Landscape, Infrastructure and Project Management. We are now looking to enhance and grow the structures team with individuals with a sound technical background and who share our enthusiasm and determination to support our expanding workload.

The structures team workload ranges from feasibility studies to scheme designs, detailed designs, assessments, inspections and construction support on a wide range of building developments and heavy civil structural projects principally in the defence, aviation and education sectors.

A list of some of the current projects which the Basingstoke office is working on includes:

Devonport Dockyard – Having recently completed the Scheme Design for this project, we are progressing into Detailed Design of a major upgrade to a historic graving dock. The project requires seismic qualification of strengthening measures to the existing dock wall structures in support of future nuclear use of the dock.

Heathrow Terminal 2 – This is a multi-million pound project to provide a new baggage handling system into Terminal 2. This involves designing a 120m long link bridge, multiple mezzanine platforms and amendments to the existing structure. AECOM are providing a multidisciplinary team and co-ordinating with stakeholders across the Heathrow campus.

Reigate Junior School – The scheme is currently in planning but has been progressed to RIBA 4. AECOM was providing mutli-discipline from Basingstoke with Noviun Architects.

As a Principal Structural Engineer you will have the following daily responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for leading structural engineering projects.

• Engage with clients to define requirements, present proposals, discuss project progress and undertake presentation of project results.

• Contribute to business development.

• Effectively control commercial, managerial and technical aspects of projects or parts thereof for which you are responsible.

• Undertake, or lead a team of engineers and technicians in undertaking, technically challenging projects without supervision within prescribed programme constraints.

• Co-ordinate project delivery with internal and external clients.

• Undertake structural engineering projects, by performing analyses and calculations as appropriate, along with preparing design reports for client submission without supervision.

• Supervise work undertaken by others, ensuring that it is carried out to the appropriate technical standard and that it is managed to programme and budget.

• Have a desire to learn new skills and the ability to consider the wider engineering issues related to the analyses being undertaken.

Minimum Requirements:

• Demonstrable track record in the delivery of projects for clients, or the ability to demonstrate significant contribution towards project delivery

• Ability to deliver design solutions, lead teams and successfully manage projects

• A highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills

• Knowledge of construction contracts and high commercial awareness

• Ability to obtain MoD security clearance

• Degree educated or equivalent in a relevant subject such as Civil or Structural Engineering.

• A strong background in the use of analysis software and a high level of technical skills. Knowledge of Tekla Structural Designer, LUSAS (or other similar general purpose finite element code) software packages would be beneficial.

• You will have a current driving license and will be willing to travel to visit sites

• Knowledge of the Eurocode Standards

• Experience of working on heavy civil structural engineering projects, and/or experience working on seismically qualified structures would be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Must be Chartered with the IStructE or IC

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10109204

Business Line: Building Engineering

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid