Structural Engineer

Company: Mott MacDonald
Apply for the Structural Engineer
Location: Northern Ireland
Job Description:

Location/s: Belfast, UK

Recruiter contact: Will Bates

Overview of the role

Our Structures Team in the Belfast office works on a wide variety of projects in the Built Environment Sector, including the Casement Park Stadium, Strule Shared Education campus, H&W Regeneration of Shipbuilding Operations and Belfast International Airport Terminal Extension. Structural engineering resources are shared across the Belfast, Dublin, Cork, Scotland and North of England offices, and the team collaborates with other offices on projects in Transport, Water, Energy and Advisory.

As a Structural Engineer you will help deliver projects in education, transport, industrial and health sectors. Reporting to a Senior or Principal Engineer, you will contribute to the following project inputs:

  • Designing building structures using Eurocodes and a range of materials including concrete, steel, masonry, and timber
  • Working with multi‑disciplinary teams to prepare design solutions
  • Preparation of structural sketches, reports and specifications
  • Coordinating the structural design with other disciplines, with the use of BIM tools
  • Representing Mott MacDonald at design and site team meetings
  • Preparation of tender documentation
  • Undertaking site inspections and preparing the associated site reports

Candidate specification

  • BEng or MEng in structural or civil engineering
  • Experience working as a structural design engineer on multi‑disciplinary building projects
  • Experience/familiarity with Eurocodes
  • Experience with structural design software packages
  • Computer literate, MS Word and Excel
  • The ability to communicate effectively and professionally
  • Awareness of a range of BIM tools and appreciation of their relative advantages and disadvantages
  • An understanding of contractual issues and risks relating to delivery of projects
  • Ability to communicate and manage project milestones and deal with potential issues that may arise
  • Ability to work with colleagues in various locations, including remotely and overseas
  • Ability to coach and mentor junior members of the team (including newly graduated engineers and others)

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

  • Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
  • Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments.
  • Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
  • A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing programme, including access for you and your family.
  • Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

  • We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
  • Life assurance equal up to 4 × your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 × your salary.
  • Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury.
  • Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
  • As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

  • A minimum of 33‑35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
  • Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
  • Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

  • Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
  • Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
  • Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

  • Primary annual professional institution subscription.
  • A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

  • Join a wide range of groups, including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.

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Posted: July 14th, 2026