Senior Engineer - Building Structures

  • WSP
  • 23/05/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects, and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives, and experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a unique career.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join WSP as part of an expanding team delivering a variety of prestigious projects. The role will be based in our centrally located office on Chancery Lane. Our newly refurbished all electric office provides a quality, flexible and dynamic working space focused on the health and wellbeing of our staff.

Role Overview

You will be joining our expanding Building Structures team, as a full time Senior Engineer, responsible for the technical design and delivery of schemes from inception through to handover of the completed scheme to the client.

Responsibilities
  • Develop innovative and sustainable designs from concept for a huge range of challenging UK and international multi disciplinary design projects, ranging from high rise, stadia/arenas, urban regeneration, healthcare, commercial & mixed use, major refurbishment, data centres, all with international, national and local architects.
  • Participate in tender bids and business development opportunities as they arise.
  • Agree fees and contribute to the management and commercial position on projects.
  • Exercise independent judgement and resolve technical issues.
  • Have access to a world leading network of industry experts.
  • Mentor and develop junior members of the team working towards their Chartership.
  • Select a mentor to assist in guiding your career.
  • Own and lead the design process, encouraging yours and wider teams to deliver the right solutions to the agreed programme; support those less experienced by technical review, mentoring and advice.
  • Manage processes to ensure technical issues and risks are resolved in a timely and cost effective manner.
  • Form strong working relationships with other WSP disciplines, external design consultants, stakeholders and clients.
  • Provide sustainable structural solutions from concept through to detailed design and construction.
  • Provide specialist advice and design solutions to our clients on sustainable design, net zero carbon, MMC & DfMA.
Qualifications & Experience
  • Degree or HNC/HND qualification in a relevant discipline.
  • Chartered or following a path to Chartership (IStructE or ICE).
  • Solid experience in structural engineering design in all materials.
  • Detailed working knowledge of national codes and standards.
  • Proven understanding of the design process and ability to demonstrate working knowledge of brief/scope documents, design concepts and experience in producing calculations.
  • Experience of working with structural design software packages such as ETABS, RAM Structural System, Tekla Structural Designer & Tedds.
  • Experience in the use of Revit, Rhino and Grasshopper beneficial.
  • Experience of working with clients and contractors with a diverse range of objectives in achieving a technical solution.
  • Enthusiasm and passion for engineering and a desire to work in an innovative and dynamic environment.
Additional Information

We have a broad and well developed client base spanning across Private and Public sectors and encompassing regional and national clientele.

Reporting to a senior member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting and high profile major multi disciplinary development projects across the UK and internationally.

Don't quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.