Undergraduate Structural Engineer - Newcastle

at  Northrop Consulting Engineers

Engineering Civil / Structural / Design NSW Other Part-time

2/3/2024

• Join a multi-disciplinary company, that’s been in business for 45+ years
• Work directly with Senior Engineers that are owners of our business
• Undergraduate opportunity, starting from March 2024 in Newcasdtle

We’re a people business, by joining Northrop you’ll be able to build meaningful relationships with your colleagues, clients, and the community. You’ll work on a diverse range of technically challenging projects and will be exposed to advanced thinking and innovative engineering design.

WHO YOU ARE

If you are motivated, thirsty for knowledge and have a drive to succeed with Northrop then we would love to hear from you.
We are seeking bright and innovative Undergraduate applicants who are confident communicators and will embrace our values.
To succeed at Northrop, you need to be curious, motivated, and driven to make a difference to the future of our communities. You will work both independently and as part of a team, enjoy problem solving, collaborating and offer innovative and creative thinking, approaches, and solutions.

As well as completing the industrial training component of your degree, you will be working on real projects with real responsibilities. You will have the opportunity to develop to your full potential and beyond, alongside owners of the business whilst experiencing the variety and diversity of consulting engineering, alongside owners of our business.

Through this experience you will learn to do the following:

• Design of structures as part of a broader team within the Built Environment: Hospitals, Education Facilities, Sporting Facilities, Commercial Mixed Use Developments - focusing on elemental design to begin with.
• Exposure to design of structures across all materials Post-Tensioned Concrete, Steel, Timber.
• Participate in site investigations under the supervision and guidance of an experienced engineer.
• Learn the structural design process from concept all the way through to construction stage.
• Exposure to structural computational models using software such as ETABS RAPT and Spacegass.
• Learn how to carry out structural calculations, and prepare drawings providing solutions to design issues.
• Work on multi-disciplinary design projects liaising with Civil, Sustainability and Building Services teams.
• Contribute to quantifying and reducing embodied carbon in structural designs.