Senior Structural Engineer

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About Us

Our teams are putting the world’s retailers online using the cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. We provide services to partner clients globally via our innovative advanced robotics technology, known as the Ocado Smart Platform ("OSP"), this drives our highly automated, multi-million pound Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs). In our CFCs - together with the proprietary software applications - we operate a world-class online grocery business that automates the single pick of products, ready for your online delivery.

About the Role

Our Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (ASRS) teams are at the forefront of our technology engineering enterprise. We specialise in designing, manufacturing, and delivering cutting-edge products to our Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs) worldwide. Our custom electrical and mechanical development projects are advancing the frontiers of innovation and automation.

Within the ASRS department, we have our Grid development teams. These teams are dedicated to creating innovative, reliable products that align with our clients' and customers' diverse needs. As a Senior Structural Engineer, you will perform complex simulations and analysis of the ASRS’s physical storage infrastructure to predict failure modes against specific load cases. Typical types of analysis are static load, dynamic load, fatigue load, and other cases like crack and damage tolerance analysis. You will use your experience and collaboration skills to resolve or mitigate those failure modes with the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineers within the team. You will perform up-front conceptual de-risking and detailed analysis using an appropriate mix of hand calculations and FEA tools.

What you will be doing 

• Perform FE modelling in Comsol
• Develop internal modelling and analysis tools that reduce the effort for development iteration
• Work in partnership with global SMEs to quickly problem solve across a product’s load combinations and regional constraints
• Prepare reports and design changes.
• Make calculations about pressures, loads, stresses and fatigue.
• Consider the strength of construction materials and select appropriately.
• Provide technical advice on safe designs and construction.
• Analyse configurations of the basic components of a structure.
• Communicate solutions and designs to varying levels of seniority in both technical and non-technical audiences
• Quality and timely delivery of your own work
• Estimation of work and contribution to project planning
• Identify and communicate technical risks and mitigate them
• Supporting design variation studies
• Contributing to peer/design reviews
• Point of contact for structural technical queries 

About you 

• Extensive experience as a structural engineer.
• Experience as a Stress Analyst
• Ability to conduct FE Analysis in modern multiphysics tools
• Ability to identify and mitigate technical risk through calculation and simulation
• Ability to liaise with professionals from other disciplines.
• Analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work and communicate progress under pressure within tight deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to assess, challenge and identify gaps in technical requirements
• Ability to influence concepts to meet technical requirements 
• Present, demonstrate, and justify your work

What we offer you

Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we’ve ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately.

• 30 days ‘working from anywhere in the world’ policy 
• Wellbeing support through dedicated apps and an Employee Assistance Programme 
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)
• Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)
• Generous Private Medical Insurance (within the first month of joining!)
• Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary) 
• 22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete) 
• Train Ticket loan (interest-free)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station to the Hatfield offices 
• Free shuttle bus to and from Welwyn Garden City Train Station to the Welwyn Garden City offices
• Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes
• 15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees (within the first month of joining!