Senior Structural Engineer – Technology & Innovation

Location: Dartford
Business Unit: Technology & Innovation
Sector Focus: Infrastructure – Transport & Power

Laing O'Rourke is recruiting a Senior Civil / Structural Engineer to join our Technology & Innovation team, supporting the continued development of offsite and product-led construction. This role will focus on product and system design, digital exploration, and applying low-carbon research to real-world construction challenges.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer who is passionate about innovation, enjoys problem solving, and wants to help shape the future of industrialised construction.

In this role, you will help enhance our product-led capability in infrastructure (transport and power), while supporting the transfer of innovation into other strategic growth areas. You will collaborate with a broad range of in-house specialists and external partners, bridging the gap between research, design and construction delivery.

You will also play a key role in championing and developing digital tools that automate design and construction processes, enabling scalable and efficient offsite manufacturing solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Design construction products and systems for infrastructure applications, with a focus on reinforced concrete and structural steel
Integrate low-carbon solutions and innovative manufacturing methods into product offerings
Develop and support design automation and configuration tools for product-led construction and manufacturing
Work closely with project and delivery teams to deploy product-led solutions across multiple sectors
Lead and contribute to research exploring new materials, technologies and construction approaches
Act as an ambassador for industrialised and offsite construction

What We Are Looking For?

Core Skills & Experience

Enthusiastic, self-driven engineer with a passion for problem solving
Strong civil and/or structural engineering design experience
Familiarity with reinforced concrete design and structural steelwork
Good understanding of construction processes, stakeholders and project workflows
Experience using modelling software (preferably SolidWorks), with a willingness to extend skills through further training
Ability to use structural analysis or simulation tools to inform design decisions
Project management experience at any scale
Strong communicator with high proficiency in written and spoken English

Desirable Skills & Experience

Strong knowledge of UK standards, Eurocodes and client requirements
Experience with parametric design, computational modelling and/or scripting
Experience in precast concrete or Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA)
Construction site or project delivery experience
Professionally qualified or chartered with a recognised UK institution

Dont match every requirement? That's absolutely fine. We value transferable skills, curiosity and a commitment to learning. If you're excited about innovation, offsite construction and product-led design, we'd love to hear from you.

About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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