Senior Civil/Structural Engineer
KBR, Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Leatherhead • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £50,000 - £70,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- You'll become part of a highly respected team, who work across a wide range of projects and markets.
- Your role will vary depending on skills and experience, but would typically include leading the delivery of projects and providing technical oversight covering:
- Structural verification and code assessments (e.g., Eurocode, ASCE, AISC), through software and hand calculations
- Hazard assessment (e.g. seismic, blast, and fire performance modelling) and validation studies
- Concept design and feasibility analysis
- Civil/mechanical/electrical interface definition and integration
- Beyond-code assessments and safety case development
- Groundworks and geotechnical assessment
- Decommissioning and enabling works support
- Structural inspections and regulatory compliance
- Lifecycle extension studies, including degradation mechanism analysis
- Lead and shape projects, including managing projects from scoping to delivery
- Engage directly with clients to define project needs and opportunities, and develop long-term relationships
- Contribute to the direction and development of our team’s capability, including mentoring junior engineers
Requirements
- Chartership or higher with a professional institution such as ICE or IStructE or a related discipline
- Experience of working on technically challenging, safety-critical infrastructure projects
- Experience with client-facing consultancy work, with a network aligned to your specialism
- A collaborative growth mindset and willingness to work across disciplines and mentor junior team members
- Demonstrable technical experience (relative to your time in industry) in some of the following:
- Code-based assessment (e.g., Eurocode, ASCE, AISC standards)
- Use of structural tools (e.g., STAAD, ANSYS, ABAQUS, Robot)
- Seismic or dynamic structural analysis
- Impact/Blast/fire modelling and substantiation
- Hazard analysis and requirements capture
- Authoring or approval roles for safety case documentation
- Geotechnical design or site assessments
- Understanding of inspection regimes and CDM compliance
- Experience working with and delivering to NEC/RIBA contracts and drafting relevant documentation
- On-site inspections and surveys
Benefits
- Competitive salary with yearly reviews
- 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days
- Enhanced parental benefits
- Company pension scheme
- Targeted professional development
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare membership
- Bonus scheme linked into company performance
- Paid membership fees to a professional institution
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season rail ticket loan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
structural verificationcode assessmentshazard assessmentconcept designfeasibility analysisgroundworks assessmentgeotechnical assessmentlifecycle extension studiesseismic analysisdynamic structural analysis
Soft skills
leadershipclient engagementmentoringcollaborationcommunicationproject managementrelationship buildinggrowth mindsettechnical oversightproblem-solving
Certifications
ChartershipICEIStructE