Structural Technician

Are you an experienced Building Structural Technician ready to take the next step in your career, leading projects and mentoring a talented team?

Stantec is seeking a Building Structural Technician to join our dynamic Engineering team in Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality technical solutions across a diverse portfolio of projects.

About the Role

As a Structural Technician, you'll be at the heart of our project delivery, managing and assisting technicians, apprentices, and trainees. You'll be instrumental in ensuring the quality, coordination, and efficiency of our technical outputs, while also contributing to team development and continuous process improvements. Reporting directly to the engineering lead, you'll have the autonomy to make a real impact on our projects and our team.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery: Produce and coordinate 2D/3D models, drawings, and schedules for a wide range of engineering projects. You'll delegate tasks effectively and ensure all project outputs meet the highest standards and deadlines.

Collaborate and Coordinate: Work closely with internal and external design professionals, managing document control and ensuring seamless coordination throughout all project phases.

Develop Practical Solutions: Assist with engineering inspections, surveys, and reports, verifying construction works against design, and recommending practical, buildable solutions that improve design outcomes.

Mentor and Manage: Plan and manage your workload and that of the technician team members, providing guidance and mentorship to support their professional development. You'll also assist with fee calculations and contribute to project fee proposals.

Drive Innovation: Collaborate with internal task groups to improve workflows, share knowledge, and support efforts to enhance technical standards and efficiency across the business.

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrable experience as a Structural Technician, coupled with Engineering Technician (EngTech) or equivalent experience
• Proven ability to lead the production and coordination of detailed structural engineering models and drawings
• Strong understanding of project stages, health and safety implications, and quality assurance procedures
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a track record of working effectively with diverse project teams and stakeholders
• Experience in delegating tasks, managing workloads, and mentoring junior team members would be preferable.
• A proactive approach to continuous professional development, with the attainment or maintenance of EngTech status preferable

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients' vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today's challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.