Senior Structural Engineer

About the Role

The Senior Structural Engineer will lead and support medium‑to‑large projects from concept through handover, ensuring quality, time and budget targets are met. The successful candidate will have a structural engineering degree, be self‑motivated, and ideally be chartered or progressing towards chartered status. The position provides exposure to a diverse range of projects and the opportunity to grow within AECOM’s global team. • Prepare specifications, schedules, drawings and contract documents through RIBA/project stages. • Manage structural design delivery from concept to completion, organizing a project team. • Represent AECOM at project and client meetings. • Produce planning, design and feasibility reports. • Ensure project work complies with the Project Management Plan and programme. • Lead by example with work‑winning, value engineering and modern computational methods. • Provide high‑level value‑engineering technical expertise for building design projects. • Identify, assess and address quality, environmental and sustainability aspects throughout delivery. • Collaborate across disciplines as a proactive team player. • Communicate effectively with stakeholders. • Develop detailed design drawings, calculations, specifications and technical reports. • Apply structural engineering experience across sectors such as defence, justice, education, commercial and healthcare. • Deliver concepts through to completion while liaising directly with clients. • Produce sustainable design solutions. • Apply governing structural design standards (Eurocodes, BS, Building Regulations). • Leverage industry‑leading technology and work on transformational projects. • Apply through the Disability Confident interview scheme if you have a disability or long‑term condition.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸design delivery
• ▸value engineering
• ▸sustainable design
• ▸design standards
• ▸tech integration
• ▸design docs

What You Bring

• Demonstrate passion for helping clients solve engineering challenges. • Obtain or be eligible for active UK Security Clearance and preferably hold single UK nationality. • Hold a relevant structural engineering degree with experience supporting chartered progression. • Achieve chartered status or possess qualifications to become chartered. • Possess justice sector experience (beneficial but not essential).

Requirements

• ▸problem solving
• ▸security clearance
• ▸structural degree
• ▸chartered status
• ▸justice experience

Benefits

Employees enjoy flexible hybrid work arrangements, allowing them to work from an AECOM office, remotely or on‑site, in a dynamic environment that values integrity, entrepreneurship and a pioneering mindset. AECOM offers a comprehensive suite of compensation, benefits and wellbeing programs, as well as industry‑leading technology and transformational work. As an Equal Opportunity and Disability Confident employer, we provide an inclusive workplace and a special interview scheme for candidates with disabilities or long‑term conditions. • Enjoy hybrid work flexibility – office, remote or client site. • Benefit from inclusive, safe and respectful workplace culture. • Access comprehensive compensation, benefits and wellbeing programs.

Work Environment

Hybrid