Principal Structural Engineer - Defence

Mott MacDonald

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About the business unit 
The Buildings and Cities Unit (BNC) has a major presence in Mott MacDonald's regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe, providing a wide range of diverse and transferable cross-sector skills across five key Sectors; Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation and Water. We also provide local services to customers and technical leadership to the rest of the Group in these sectors. 

Overview of role:

We are looking for a talented and highly motivated chartered structural engineer with considerable defence sector experience, to lead designs and join a growing team working on government and defence sector projects.

In this role you will:

• Take a hands-on approach, lead other structural engineers and technicians within the defence sector, to deliver projects or large work packages within major programmes of work
• Liaise with clients and external consultants to understand, develop and deliver the brief. Report to clients and/or contractors on progress
• Collaborate with architects, building services engineers and other disciplines, either in a lead or contributory role
• Produce designs at all stages from Concept to Construction, leading technical delivery to produce reports, calculations, drawings and presentations as needed
• Liaise with contractors to ensure the best form of buildable designs for site and to embed safety requirements into the designs.
• Assess carbon emissions to provide information to clients and support internal carbon reduction programmes
• Help to develop and mentor junior structural engineers
• Contribute to preparing bids and developing new business in the defence sector
• Assist with negotiating and applying consultancy contracts, including terms and conditions and scope of service
• Take responsibility for internal project management including budgeting, planning and programmes and monitoring progress

For this role you will need:

• Significant experience of managing and delivering structural designs in the defence sector or for the Home Office is essential for this role
• Security Clearance or be eligible to apply
• Chartered Engineer status as a member of a relevant institution (IStructE, ICE or equivalent)
• Experience of managing and delivering designs for a contractor in the Defence sector 
• Experience with software packages commonly used in structural design such as Robot, Tekla Structural Designer, and TEDDS.
• Strong organisational, collaboration and communication skills

You will also have:

• High quality technical skills in structural engineering
• An enthusiastic and dynamic approach to work
• A strong sense of personal responsibility for your work
• A desire to expand your technical knowledge and to learn new skills
• An enthusiasm for minimising environmental impact through low carbon and sustainable designs, while maximising benefits for society

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

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Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

 Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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