Principal Civil Structural Engineer

Position: Principal Civil Structural Engineer

Location: GHD Newcastle Manchester or Leeds Office.

Reports to: Team Leader

Role Purpose: Join our dynamic team at GHD as a Senior / Principal Civil/Structural Engineer. In this role you will contribute to the successful delivery of projects within budget and timescales ensuring highquality outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Civil and Structural design preparation of supporting calculations and managing the preparation of technical drawings for a wide range of projects in all usual materials and structural forms.
• Responsibility for smaller projects or elements of larger projects.
• Assisting with daytoday financial and commercial management of engineering commissions to time and budget targets.
• Supervision knowledge sharing and mentoring of less experienced team members.
• Interpretation and application of relevant client industry and GHD standards.
• Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills.
• Application of Engineering principles.
• ComputerAided Design and Modelling and Design Development.

Critical Relationships: The Principal Civil Structural Engineer reports to a Team Leader and collaborates with all stakeholders including Project Managers Design Managers Technical Leads and across disciplines to achieve the best project outcomes.

Specific Experience Skills & Knowledge:

• Experience in structural and civil engineering design across water and industrial sectors including water retaining structures above and below ground structures and buildings ideally in a variety of structural forms and materials.
• Experience in geotechnical engineering designing retaining walls and foundations.
• Experience in the preparation and checking of wellpresented design calculations notes reports and general correspondence.
• Ability to present an understanding of how other building engineering factors may influence the successful implementation of design ideas.
• Conversant with Eurocodes and leading industry analysis and design software.
• Experience in 3D Revit modelling and BIM processes.
• Understanding of multidisciplinary design processes.
• Experience in leading and managing projects.

Qualifications / Skills:

• Degree in a relevant engineering field including advanced structural analysis and design.
• Attained or close to Chartered Engineer accreditation with the IStructE or ICE.
• Experience in mentoring junior team members.
• Knowledge of practices and procedures used within the water transportation and/or industrial energy sectors is an advantage.
• Experience with structural design software such as Tekla/TEDDS Robot is essential.

KPIs:

• HSE Project Variances and PI Provisions
• Revenue Target Utilisation Targets
• Project Performance including Project Quality Control
• Direct Work Share (GHD out of region resources) management including Strengthen Internal Workshare Arrangements
• Culture and Community Standardisation
• Performance Competency and Development

Additional Information:

Our Commitment to You: Fostering diversity and acceptance of flexible working is central to the way GHD does business. We offer a professional friendly and inclusive culture based on our core values of Safety Teamwork Respect and Integrity.

In addition to a competitive salary GHD provides attractive career options including professional development via our GHD Business School additional leave and familyfriendly flexible work arrangements.

Why GHD Be a part of a highfunctioning team where everything we do is inspired by a level of passion and professional pride that comes from being employeeowned. This ownership is what sets us apart and means our people enjoy an unrivalled amount of autonomy in their roles. It helps drive our passion and accountability in how we serve our clients deliver projects and pursue new opportunities.

At GHD we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD aims to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to gender reassignment age disability religion or belief sex sexual orientation marital or civil partnership status pregnancy and maternity or race.

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