At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and assess building structures while collaborating with a dynamic team of engineers.
- Company: Join Tonkin, a progressive and employee-owned engineering firm in Sydney.
- Benefits: Flexible work arrangements, wellness programs, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Work in a supportive environment with excellent career growth potential.
- Why this job: Be part of impactful projects that shape communities and enhance your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: 3-8 years of local consulting experience in structural engineering.
The predicted salary is between 94500 - 115500 $ per year.
Join us at Tonkin, where you become part of a team that thrives on delivering exceptional outcomes that put people and our communities first. Founded in 1955, Tonkin is on a strong growth journey, with a creative and progressive national team working at nine offices across Australia. Proudly employee-owned, we provide imaginative and dependable engineering, environment, urban development, and construction solutions to our clients in the public and private sectors.
We are seeking a Structural Engineer to join our Sydney team of around 40 professionals, based in our CBD office - just a 2-minute stroll from the Sydney Metro Gadigal Station and well-connected by multiple transport options. 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
- Coordinating with the external design team on the projects you work on
- Maintaining client relationships on the projects you work on
About You
To be successful in this role, you will ideally possess:
- 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
- Experience in the design of a range of building structures
- Experience in undertaking condition assessments of building structures
- Ability or willingness to assist in the preparation of fee proposals
- A good knowledge of using Bluebeam, Spacegass, and RAPT
- Exposure to RAM Concept, RCB, and ETABS
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 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 offer all staff truly flexible work arrangements, access to a broad range of technical and non-technical development opportunities (including leadership development training and personal coaching for our internal leaders), 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.
Good people. Challenging projects. Caring environment. That’s Tonkin. Take your career to the next level and click ‘Apply to this Job’ to join Tonkin!
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.
Structural Engineer – Sydney employer: Tonkin
At Tonkin, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture. Our employee-owned structure ensures that every team member has a stake in our success, while our Sydney CBD office offers a vibrant environment just moments from public transport. With a strong focus on professional development and a commitment to delivering meaningful projects, we empower our employees to grow their careers while making a positive impact on communities across Australia.
