Job Description
Head of Civil/ Structural Engineering ***\n\nGPW Recruitment are currently looking for a Head of Civil/ Structural Engineering working with an Engineering and Projects Delivery business specialising in the design, installation, management and consultancy of bulk material handling systems across a number of sectors, with specific expertise in tunnelling, aggregates and ports.\n\nThe purpose of the Head of Civil/ Structural Engineering role is to be ultimately responsible for the delivery of Civil/ Structural engineering scope across projects, studies, and bids; this includes ensuring designs meet the highest standards with regards to safety, code compliance, scope alignment, quality, cost, and on-time delivery. In this role you will promote structural efficiency, cost optimisation, and quality of output, through resource management and acting as a business subject matter expert. This is a functional role with management and occasional customer facing responsibilities.\n\nEssential:\n\nMinimum BEng (Hons) in Engineering (preferably Civil or Structural)\n\nChartered Engineer (CEng, preferably ICE or IStructE)\n\nMinimum 12 years’ experience in a Civil/ Structural engineering field.\n\nKnowledge of the construction & process industries and applicable standards.\n\nAbility to use structural analytical software unaided (STAAD Pro or TEKLA Structures preferred).\n\nAbility to interpret Site Investigation reports and identify civil implications.\n\nUnderstanding of load cases and combinations, and ability to deduce that structures are behaving as intended through calculation or analysis.\n\nExperience of managing teams to meet expectations in a project delivery environment