Assistant 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 project 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
• Organize and carry out detailed design to WSP and Building Regulations standard ensuring CDM, QA and technical review and sign off by project leader, including complex calculations and co-ordination issues
• Organize 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 Line Manager the WSP USA 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

• Cultural awareness, conscientious and an open mind and excellent communication skills are essential requirements for the role.
• High degree of self-motivation, passion for the subject and ability to motivate others.
• Ability to work under pressure and with minimum of supervision.

Mandatory Skills

• Raise the level of technical competence within the teams
• Contribute to the delivery and quality measurement processes
• Contribute to the technical excellence in all our projects
• Develop positive professional relationship with WSP USA Team, communicating openly about project progress
• Participate in team meetings, disseminate information within the team, and communicate with other teams in WSP
• 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
• Complete timesheet accurately ahead of weekly deadlines

Qualifications

• M.Tech (Civil - Structures)
• Applicants need to be able to demonstrate good communication and technical skills and be capable of working both within the team and independently, as dictated by workload.

Preferred skills

• Experience in analysis and design of mid to high raise building structures.
• Working knowledge on US codes of practice and US projects.
• Experties in ETABS, RAM Concept, RAM Structural System, perform 3D and SAFE.
• Understanding on seismic design of structures including performance based design.
• Wood design.
• Design of Steel Structures.
• Post-tensioned and RC slab design.
• Ability to develop spreadsheets and Automate day to day tasks.