Graduate Structural Engineer

Vacancy

Graduate Structural Engineer

For Summer 2027 intake

Location: Edinburgh || Contract: Permanent || Salary: Competitive

Our Edinburgh office is situated in the heart of the bustling city centre, with panoramic views of the castle, gardens and Princes Street below. The office is always alive with activity as it houses a 65-strong team consisting of mechanical, electrical, civil, structural and support teams. The office’s open plan kitchen and staff break out area often plays host to our team’s socialising time, whether it’s over a morning coffee, lunch or after work unwind.

Please note - This vacancy is for a full time, 35 hours per week position.

Purpose

You will be an ambitious and enthusiastic individual who is keen to build on your engineering knowledge and develop your analytical abilities as well as your design and drawing skills as part of the structural and civil engineering team.

The position requires good communication skills and to develop and maintain good relationships with your colleagues, technicians and external parties. You will be representing Harley Haddow through direct contact with clients and other design team members on the projects you will contribute to.

Your responsibilities will include input to the delivery of the Structural Engineering designs on assigned projects by assisting department staff by developing designs, calculations, preparation of drafting work and administerial tasks.

You will learn by assisting engineers on projects and will be mentored by Principal and Senior Engineers, but will take ownership for the designs and development of your work.

You will be encouraged to attend lectures, seminars and other relevant industry functions as well as training courses with prior approval of the Departmental Director in order to progress you’re learning and career goals.

Roles and Responsibilities

A desire to gain experience and knowledge to develop your engineering and design skills

Assist in developing Structural Engineering designs for projects through various project stages under instruction from experienced staff members

Development and preparation of sketches, diagrams and drawings to communicate engineering concepts under the supervision of experienced engineers

Apply concepts and analysis techniques for the preparation of calculations of simple elements within structures, load takedowns, under the guidance and supervision of experienced engineers

Understand and apply principles of stability and develop these for proposed structures

Demonstrate the ability to break down complex structures into individual components to allow for element design

Attend internal and external reviews and meetings as required with clients and design team members

Liaise with other disciplines for projects to assist with coordination of designs

Contribute to structural engineering reports under the direction of experienced engineers

Prepare designs which consider and reduce hazard and risk. This will include the preparation of assumed sequences of construction, contribution to risk registers, highlighting risks within tender information

Conducting site visits during the construction phase of projects under the supervision of experienced engineers

Adhere to company quality, environment and H&S accredited standards as required for your role

Undertake general administrative duties as and when required

Ensure QA procedures are followed and documented

Ensure all of your work is reviewed and approved by a minimum of Senior Engineer prior to any documentation issue.

Software – Advantageous but not required

Have experience of all necessary design software not limited to those identified below

AutoCAD

Revit

Bluebeam

Tekla TEDDS

Tekla Structures

Chorus

MS Office

Role Requirements

Qualifications

Degree qualified Batchelor/Masters in Structural Engineering

Minimum Requirements

Workplace experience through degree course – advantageous but not required

Capable of working with own initiative to provide solutions to engineering and management challenges

Right to work in the UK

Hold a valid full UK Driving Licence (advantageous but not required)

Be prepared to travel to meetings and projects as necessary. Generally local to contracted office, but occasional work in other parts of UK that may necessitate an overnight stay.

Take your career to the next level and apply now!

Working in a medium-sized consultancy offers the unique opportunity to be involved in projects of all sizes from start to finish — taking part in concept design, technical development, and seeing your designs come to life through to construction and completion.

We offer an industry-leading environment of engineering experts and the chance to work on a huge range of projects and sectors throughout the UK.