Senior Structural Engineer at Arup

About this career opportunity... 

• We have an opportunity for a Professional Senior Structural Engineer to become a permanent member of our creative and friendly Property, Science, Industry and Technology team in South Africa. You will be based in Johannesburg and be a key part of our wider South African multidisciplinary, combined team. Our projects are local and global and will allow you to work and succeed in an international, multi-cultural business environment.
• The role involves inter-office working, skills development and knowledge transfer between Arup colleagues across the continent and region. You will play a part in the ever-increasing digital transformation of our business, seeking new ways to increase our efficiency through automation and to offer new services to our clients through our integrated digital approach to design.
• The candidate should have sufficient exposure on medium to large scale property projects as a structural engineer.  You should have managed a small to medium size teams and have strong technical knowledge in structural Engineering and a broad range of hands-on skills of different structural forms, construction materials, design stages and project sectors.
• The candidate should also have skills in working within a multidisciplinary engineering team and have an appreciation for the role and interactions of all engineering services to execute a project. Preference will be given to candidates who have had exposure in the healthcare and technology industry and are conversant and comfortable playing a civil lead role in addition to the structure lead role.
• At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.
• You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

We are looking for the following skills.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline with Professional registration with ECSA.
• Delivers own work, always in connection with other related work streams and broader goals of the group or project.
• Ability to plan and manage client and external relationships.
• Be conversant with design codes and guiding industry analysis and design software. 
• Have strong commercial awareness and skills of predicting, planning and managing resource requirements to achieve financial targets and to meet deadlines.