Due to staff turnover, we have a vacancy in our Maidstone Office for a Graduate Structural Engineer.
You would be working in a small, friendly team, handling the Structural aspects of a range of projects, varying from extensions and single properties up to housing estates, schools, industrial estates and more.
Your role will be full-time office-based and will include:
- Designing in all the primary construction materials: steel, reinforced concrete, masonry and timber and learning to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the use of these materials for specific projects.
- Extensive use of AutoCAD & Revit to produce drawings & details.
- Learning to use a variety of methods of analysis and media, including traditional hand calculations and computer analysis using proprietary software, to solve structural engineering problems
- Gaining knowledge of the use and review of appropriate Eurocodes, British Standards and specifications and applying these to the structural design of projects.
- Liaising with Clients, Contractors, and other professionals.
- Undertaking site visits to projects during construction
- Undertake site visits to appraise existing structures
Essentials we are looking for:
- Eagerness to learn more about Structural Engineering
- An appropriate Engineering degree to a good standard (2.1 or better).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Basic use of AutoCAD.
- MS Office Literate
- Right to work in the UK.
- UK Driving Licence
Useful experience:
- Previous use of Structural Analysis software.
- Previous use of AutoCAD
- Previous Construction experience
What we offer:
- Competitive Salary
- First-class working environment in a rural location, close to Maidstone Town Centre
- Mentoring to progress to Chartered Engineer status
- Pension Scheme & Health Benefits
- Payment of professional fees and reasonable training costs.