Senior Structural Engineer in Reading
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Job Description
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Structural Engineer to join the Non-Infrastructure Civil Engineering team, focusing on water and wastewater assets.\n\nWhat you’ll be doing as a Senior Structural Engineer\n\nProvide structural design input into feasibility studies, optioneering, whole life costing and preliminary designs.\nReview and provide feedback on structural designs, reports, and proposals prepared by external consultants and contractors.\nIdentify and define optimised engineering solutions that align with business needs, safety standards, and long-term asset performance.\nAssess risks to delivery of schemes and identifying mitigation of identified risks.\nUndertake the Lead Design Engineer role on schemes as allocated.\nSpecify and oversee the commissioning of structural surveys and investigations to inform solution development and asset conditional assessments.\nContribute to the development and refinement of internal Asset Standards and procedures.\nLiaison with internal stakeholders such as capital delivery, operations, and asset management.\nSupport the Line Manager and Head of Civil Engineering in the delivery of the Critical Assets Risk Management programme.\nWorking with CAD technicians to produce drawings.\nSupport and guide junior engineers.Base location: Hybrid - Clearwater Court - RG1 8DB with frequent travel to operational and construction sites.\nWorking pattern or hours: 36 hours, Monday- Friday\nNecessary requirements for the role: A valid UK driving license\n\nWhat you should bring to the role\nTo thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:\nDegree level in civil/structural engineering with progression toward Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional qualification.\nProven experience in the design of water and wastewater treatment infrastructure (new build, extensions, and rehabilitation).\nKnowledge of UK water industry standards, Eurocodes, British Standards, and relevant specifications.\nExperience in structural design and assessment of water-retaining and general civil structures.\nAbility to provide technical assurance on structural aspects of projects, ensuring compliance with standards and best practice.\nAppreciation of buildability, with the ability to review and challenge proposed solutions in collaboration with contractors and designers.\nGood communication skills both internally and externally with ability to collaborate and influence colleagues.\nFamiliar with Health & Safety requirements.\nCapability to meet confined space entry requirements.Additional skills and experiences would be great to have:\n\nAbility to undertake design checks & inspection of bridges would be an added advantage.What’s in it for you?\n\nCompetitive salary £60,000 per annum, depending on experience.\n26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)\nPerformance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets\nGenerous Pension Scheme through AON.\nAccess to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment)\n\nWho are we?\nWe’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive.
It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.\n\nLearn more about our purpose and values\n\nWorking at Thames Water\nThames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.\n\nIf you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future , we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.\n\nReal purpose, real support, real opportunities.
Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.\n\nWe’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work.
We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.\n\nWhen a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador.
Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.\n\nDisclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment
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