Structural Engineer – Sydney

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At the core of Team Tonkin, is our strong, people centric culture which is founded on one of our key values of care. At Tonkin, our staff are not just a number – we care about each and every employee and their family. We focus on employing exceptional people and work with them to understand what they love to do. Together we then tailor roles and career development opportunities to match.

We offer all staff truly flexible work arrangements, access to a broad range of technical and non-technical development opportunities, a wellness allowance, monthly wellness challenges aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle, fresh fruit in our office and access to an EAP which provides an extensive range of resources including access to counselling, legal and financial advice.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a bright and motivated Structural Engineer to join our Sydney team based in our CBD office close to many transport nodes. This role provides an opportunity to work with other Engineers including Senior and Principal Engineers who are leaders in their areas of expertise.

Our ideal candidate would have 3 to 8 years' local experience in consulting structural engineering, will have worked on a variety of building structural projects, and will have a thirst to learn and grow.

We have a strong pipeline of structural design projects across residential, commercial, industrial, retail, education, health and infrastructure for a wide range of clients.

About the role:

You will work under a range of Senior and Principal engineers, and with a team of more junior engineers across a variety of projects and will be responsible for:

• Undertaking structural engineering design from concept to detailed, under supervision
• Working largely on the design of building structures, but with the opportunity to also work on maritime and civil structures
• Undertaking site visits during the design and construction phases
• Completing condition assessment and reporting on building structures
• Maintaining client relationships on the projects you work on

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will ideally possess:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (postgraduate qualifications desirable)
• Approximately 3-8 years of local consulting experience
• The ability to work and coordinate with external design team members and clients
• Time management skills and the agility to work across several projects at once to assist the whole team
• Experience in the design of a range of building structures
• Experience in undertaking condition assessments of building structures
• Developing to solid experience in the design of reinforced and post-tensioned concrete and structural steel structures.
• A good knowledge of using Bluebeam, SpaceGass, RAPT and ETABs.
• Exposure to RAM Concept, RCB, SLB

This is the ideal position for someone who is committed and passionate about furthering their structural design knowledge and growing their career in a high performing team who are recognised for technical excellence, finding creative and progressive ways to deliver value for our clients, and putting a values based human touch into crafting solutions that have wide reaching impact.

The Tonkin difference:

We know people perform at their best when they enjoy coming to work.

At Tonkin we offer you the opportunity to work with leading industry experts in a genuinely supportive and caring environment. We provide flexibility because we know work-life balance is key. Our dynamic teams are underpinned by trust; empowering you to build your skills, progress your career quickly and work the way that is best for you.

Good people. Challenging projects. Caring environment. That's Tonkin.

If you would like to join a versatile team who are nationally recognised for technical excellence, finding creative and progressive ways to deliver value for our clients, and putting a human touch into crafting engineering solutions, we look forward to hearing from you.

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For this role, you must have the right to live and work permanently in this location.

Tonkin will only consider applications submitted directly by candidates. We will not accept or consider any applications from recruiters or recruitment agencies for this position unless requested.