Senior Civil / Structural Engineer - Technology & Innovation (4941)

Are you passionate about Technology and Innovation?

Would you consider a role within one of the most vibrant and diverse areas of Laing O'Rourke?

Then we'd love to hear from you!!

The Opportunity

Laing O'Rourke's Technology + Innovation Function have an exciting new role within their Digital Bridges Team. The role sits within the Infrastructure DfMA workstream and will balance construction product development and the advancement of our digital capabilities for product-led design.

What will the role look like?

Laing O'Rourke has developed a product-led approach for bridge construction enabled by digital automation and a bridge kit-of-parts. This method is delivering strong, repeatable benefits including increased efficiency and safer construction. We are scaling our methodology to do more in the world of bridges and got further into other construction sectors.

The work will enhance our product-led capability in bridge construction and support the exploration of, and transfer of knowledge into, other strategic growth areas for the business. The role will also support the development of Digital Toolkits for design automation and configuration, and our decarbonisation strategy.

What skills & experience are we looking for?

Examples of the activities that will be required as part of this role:

• Developing new products for the modular bridge kit of parts.
• Developing new infrastructure products and methods for other sectors.
• Identifying improvements/enhancements to existing products and solutions.
• Working with project teams to deploy product-led solutions across different sectors.
• Leading research to evaluate opportunities, tackle challenges and explore new materials.
• Guiding the development of design automation and configuration software.
• Being an ambassador for modern methods of construction (MMC).
• Managing innovation projects and pitching ideas, and creating business cases.
  
  

Core Skills Required

• Civil/Structural Engineering or Product design experience.
• Familiarity with reinforced concrete design and structural steelwork.
• Good understanding of construction processes, stakeholders and workflows
• Experienced with modelling software (preferably Solidworks) and keen to extend their learning (additional training to be provided)
• Able to use structural analysis or simulation tools in design.
• Project Management experience at any scale
• Good communicator with high proficiency in written and spoken English.
  
  

Desirable Skills

• Experienced in the design and analysis of bridge/civil infrastructure with knowledge of UK standards, Eurocodes and client requirements in a relevant domain.
• Experience with parametric design and modelling tools
• Knowledge of or experience in design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA)
• Construction site / project experience
• Professionally qualified / chartered by a recognised body in the UK.
  
  

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About Us

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

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