Job Description

Your new company

A leading precast concrete manufacturer with a strong reputation across the UK and Ireland is expanding its engineering capability. With a broad portfolio spanning civil infrastructure, water management, and bespoke structural solutions, the organisation is known for innovation, quality, and delivering large-scale projects for both public and private sector clients.

Your new role

As a Structural Civil Design Engineer, you will join a well-established technical team responsible for the design and development of precast concrete solutions. You will play a key role in delivering design outputs for a wide range of infrastructure and construction projects, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and client specifications.

Key responsibilities include:

Designed fibre-reinforced precast concrete elements and assessed structural performance.

Supported research projects, grant applications, manufacturing, and structural testing.

Conducted concrete testing, analysed fibre effects on strength and cracking, and reported findings.

Specified testing equipment to improve data collection and monitoring.

Developed Finite Element Models for non-linear analysis of fibre-reinforced concrete.

Automated structural calculations to improve design efficiency and reduce costs.

Created C#/.NET and VBA tools to automate CAD and Finite Element model generation.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful for this role, the candidate must have:

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Civil or Structural Engineering

Understanding of structural analysis software such as LUSAS, ANSYS or similar

Experience of CAD packages such as Tekla Structures, AutoCAD and Revit

Minimum of 2 years relevant work experience designing concrete structures

Previous experience designing and testing fibre reinforced concrete structures

Understanding of reinforced concrete design standards and theory

Methodical approach to solving challenging engineering problems

Highly motivated with the ability to work using own initiative

Possess excellent communication skills

Possess a full UK driving licence

What you'll get in return

Competitive salary package with performance-related incentives

Opportunities for career progression within a growing organisation

Exposure to major infrastructure and engineering projects

Ongoing training and professional development support

Collaborative and supportive working environment

What you need to do now

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