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Structural Engineering jobs require candidates with a strong academic background as work involves designing structures to withstand the pressures they have to endure. Using mathematics to calculate the stress that could arise at each point in the structure and simulate and model possible situations, such as high winds and earth movements, structural engineers develop these initial designs before the structure is built. A full Structural Engineer job description is outlined below.

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Structural Engineer Job Description: Typical responsibilities

• designing structures to withstand pressures and forces which they have to endure, these structures may be anything from a playground-climbing frame to the tallest building
• liaising with other designers, including architects, to reach agreement about safe designs and how they may fit in with the aesthetic concept of the construction
• applying expert knowledge of the forces that act on various structures
• using computer-aided design (CAD) technology for simulation purposes
• considering the strength of different materials, e.g. concrete, steel, or wood to see how their inclusion may necessitate a change of structural design
• analysing suitable configurations of the basic structural components of a building or other structure
• once construction is underway you are often involved in inspecting the work and advising contractors

What qualifications do I need to be a Structural Engineer?

For structured engineering jobs candidates require an MEng or BEng. Most graduates with an engineering or highly numerate science degree can become structural engineers. Progression to the professional status of chartered engineer is quicker with a four-year MEng degree in any of the following: Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, General Engineering. Graduates with a three-year BEng degree in these subjects, or another engineering or highly numerate science discipline, are eligible for structural engineering jobs and may progress directly to the status of incorporated engineer but will require further academic study to reach chartered status. Without the above-mentioned qualifications it is not possible to progress towards the two professional qualifications of chartered or incorporated engineer. Graduates with an accredited MEng aiming to become chartered engineers and those with an accredited BEng seeking to become incorporated engineers can do so without any postgraduate qualifications and can gain qualification through a graduate training scheme.

Salary Details

• Salaries for new graduate trainees are in the region of £20,000 to £28,000*
• For senior level/with experience structural engineering jobs salaries typical range from £36,000 to £40,000*
• Structural engineers often enjoy additional benefits, including a company car, private health insurance and bonuses on the completion of projects
  *August 2006

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