Building Structural Engineer

Job Description

Overview

Ready to take the next step in your career? Join our award-winning Building Structures team in Cardiff & Swansea and help deliver high-impact projects across the UK and beyond. We’re looking to appoint a Structural Engineer to support the continued growth of our Birmingham Building Structures team. You’ll be working in a variety of sectors, with technically challenging projects that are shaping the way people live and work today.

You’ll play a key role in delivering projects within our Buildings & Places practice, taking responsibility for both design and project delivery across a varied client base. Our work is underpinned by a strong commitment to innovation, sustainability, ethics, and safety, and you’ll be central to embedding these principles in everything you do. You will contribute to the design and delivery of projects while developing your technical expertise and supporting collaborative team outcomes. You’ll:

• Apply engineering knowledge across a range of building structures projects.

• Support project delivery from concept through to detailed design.

• Contribute to innovative and sustainable design solutions.

• Work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams.

• Engage with clients and stakeholders on live projects.

Your role

As a Structural Engineer, you will:

• Apply technical skills to a wide range of building structures and design scenarios.

• Develop conceptual solutions through to detailed design stages.

• Assist in delivering projects within defined programme and cost parameters.

• Contribute to the multi-disciplinary team approach on projects.

• Undertake research, data collection, and presentation of findings.

• Present results to clients under supervision of a lead designer.

• Represent AtkinsRéalis at site visits and design team meetings.

• Ensure compliance with Quality Assurance procedures.

• Work in accordance with BIM standards, Digital Plan of Work, and BIM Execution Plans.

• Support and mentor junior or less experienced team members.

• Maintain and develop a broad technical skillset.

• Demonstrate proactive commitment to self-development.

About you

You’ll bring a strong technical foundation along with a proactive and collaborative approach:

• Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.

• Graduate Member of a relevant professional body (IStructE or ICE).

• Working towards, and be close to achieving Chartered status.

• Experience designing with traditional materials (steel, concrete, timber, masonry) to Eurocodes.

• Familiarity with structural analysis software (e.g. Robot, Revit – desirable).

• Willingness to learn and adopt new tools and technologies.

• Interest in digital engineering, automation, and parametric design.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Ability to work independently and take initiative.

• Flexible attitude to work type and level of responsibility.

• Curious mindset and enthusiasm for collaboration and idea-sharing.

• Willingness to travel and work across different offices when required.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.