Senior Structural Technician

Mott Macdonald

Senior Structural Technician

Salary Not Specified

Mott Macdonald, Altrincham, Trafford

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 18 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 7659c9fa56ed4c30904821430a11895c

Full Job Description

Our Transmission & Distribution unit are recruiting a Senior Structural Technician to join our growing team in either. The successful candidate will play a key role within the Transmission & Distribution team, working on major projects across the UK.
Role Responsibilities:

  • Assist in the delivery of projects ranging from planning to construction stage

  • Have thorough knowledge of Autodesk Revit to support the design engineers in delivering buildings projects to our clients

  • Undertake modelling, drawing and detailing of all elements of building structures.

  • Produce high quality and complex 3D models and drawings using Autodesk Revit

  • Incorporate, manipulate, and interrogate 3D point cloud data.

  • Produce structural details for steelwork / concrete / masonry and common building elements within context of building structures.

  • Work within common data environments in accordance with BIM Execution Plans and IDP

  • Liaison with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate issue resolution, 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.
    Agile working
    Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
    We offer some fantastic benefits including:
    Health and wellbeing
  • Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.

  • Health cash plan to support you with every day 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 program, 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 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x 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.

    Experience of the civil and structural engineering sectors.

  • Strong proficiency in Autodesk Revit.

  • Ability to produce 2D drawings and 3D models with minimal supervision

  • Strong interest in 3D design, modelling and creating immersive models.

  • Experience in typical structural detailing.

  • Experience in the management and control of project drawing lists and registers.

  • Ability to work closely with project structural engineers and architects

  • Enthusiasm to learn new skills and embrace new technologies and software.

  • Able to effectively manage workload in a busy and dynamic environment.

  • Willing to take ownership of issues and work autonomously to find solutions.

  • Mentor and develop junior staff


  • Preferrable but not essential, you may have:
  • Supplementary experience in Autodesk toolsets. Primarily Navisworks, Civil 3D, BIM360

  • Experience of reinforced concrete detailing.

  • Experience of having working in the Power Industry

  • Familiarity with working to industry modelling standards

  • EngTech TMICE or similar

    We're a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.

  • Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
    A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs.
    We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor's top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.
    Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.
    About the business unit:
    The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle - from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we're helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

  • 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.

  • Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.