Engineer - Structures

Role Summary

This role is to work as part of a team to support the delivery of projects. This role will be working under the supervision of a Senior or Principal Engineer to carry out the following functions

Responsibilities

• Follow in full the document control and QA processes relevant to project work, ensuring drawings, specifications, reports and correspondence are issued, and filed / archived in an appropriate manner
• Assist others in compiling design specification within given deadlines including checking compliance with the project brief through calculation and cross reference of manufacturers literature; ensuring all relevant standards and guides are used as reference with the design specification
• Organise and carry out detailed design to WSP in India and B Regulations standard ensuring CDM, QA and technical review and sign off by project leader, including complex calculations and co-ordination issues
• Organise and undertake technical calculations to industry standards in conjunction with team members; supervise the work of team members to ensure the delegated work is completed to deadlines / standard and report to the project leader any issues, risks or client changes
• Prepare elemental work for project budget costing as delegated by the senior team member, within agreed deadlines and standards
• Deal with the day to day queries from the WSP in India UK Team, ensuring that relevant information is available on time for construction activity
• Contribute to and question technical and construction issues and encourage and help the trainees to better understand the design process
• Determine appropriate software for Computer Aided Design, construct models and undertake analysis and manual checks

Key Competencies / Skills:

Mandatory Skills              

• The applicant should be actively working to the UK Chartered Engineer status or equivalent, possess a degree in Civil or Structural Engineering and possess membership to an accredited engineering body Experience: 5+ years.
•  The applicant should have successfully designed and supported in delivery of high rise buildings of RC Concrete and Steel Structures to Euro codes of practices.
• The applicant will have proven experience in the design of Building Structures with sgood experience in a similar role or demonstration of a good track record
• Able to put the optimised Structural scheme designs and manual calculations
• Good understanding/ working knowledge on Euro Codes of practices and UK Construction methodologies
• Well experienced in supporting role to deliver and handling of RC Concrete and good understanding of Steel Structures
• Good understanding of sustainability concepts
• Good presentation skills are also required
• Must be fully conversant with technical structural software, such as ETABS, SAFE, RAM Concept, Tekla Structural Designer 
• A sound understanding of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Project is essential
• Must be fluent in English with an excellent understanding of technical terminology
• Demonstrate an awareness of project risk issues, flagging potential problems to team leader
• Flag resourcing concerns to team leader and assist colleagues to ensure team timelines are met

Desired Skills

• Participate in team meetings, disseminate information within the team, and communicate with other teams in WSP

Qualifications

• The candidate should possess a degree in Civil or Structural Engineering and be working towards Membership of an accredited engineering
• Experience: 5+years. Hands on ETABS, SAFE software’s