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Engineer (Buildings and Civils)

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Engineer (Buildings and Civils)
Glasgow
Permanent
Office/Home Hybrid Working
Do you want to work on the design of buildings and civil projects? Can you prepare structural design reports? Are you experienced at delivering projects from inception? Then, shape a sustainable and liveable world with us.
Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
To work within our buildings and civil team in Glasgow, we are looking for an Engineer to join us. Working on a variety of building and civil engineering projects you’ll play a key role in the structural design and analysis of our projects.
Your key responsibilities will be:
- Delivering high-quality design work, under the supervision of our Senior Engineer while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams.
- Contributing to the successful delivery of projects from concept through to construction.
- Applying engineering principles & codes of practice to solve technical problems using a variety of structural materials including concrete, steel, masonry and timber.
- Prepare and review calculations, technical drawings, specifications, and design reports, ensuring high standards of quality and accuracy.
- Manage project tasks, coordinate with technicians to translate designs into construction drawings, and attend site visits (when required).
- Liaise with clients and stakeholders, maintaining clear communication throughout the project programme.
- Ensure all work complies to quality, safety, environmental standards and CPD.
- Working on the full project delivery process including NEC Contracts.
Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.
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On top of that, you’ll have:
- An Honours degree in Civil/Structural Engineering.
- Experience in a design office environment.
- Career focused and committed to achieving chartership status with ICE or IStructE.
- Proven ability to effectively use structural design software such as CADS, Tekla, SCIA, STRAP, TEDDS, Fastrack AUTO CAD, REVIT or other design software.
- Good working knowledge of UK design codes and standards.
- Significant base of IT skills to include word, excel, PowerPoint and MS Project.
- Strong communication skills both oral and written.
- A proactive approach with an ability to adapt to changing scenarios.
A place to work and so much more
Punch Consulting Engineers, a COWI company, was founded in Limerick in 1973 with a commitment to delivering innovative, high-quality engineering solutions. Over the past five decades, PUNCH have grown into a leading consultancy with offices across Ireland and the UK, including Dublin, Cork, Galway, Macclesfield and Glasgow.
The engineering consultancy provides a comprehensive range of services across a diverse portfolio of sectors, with expertise spanning buildings, infrastructure, energy transition, ports and marine, and health and safety.
Since May 2026, PUNCH has been part of COWI, a global engineering consultancy. Together with COWI PUNCH is shaping a future where people and societies can thrive by combining local knowledge with global expertise to provide innovative and inspiring engineering solutions that improve quality of life for people today and for generations to come.
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a more sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.


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We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.
With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK & Ireland, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.
What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.
Some of our benefits include:
- Competitive remuneration package, commensurate with experience.
- Flexible and hybrid working conditions.
- Pension scheme.
- 24 days annual leave.
- A highly valued mentoring system in one of Ireland’s most experienced consultancies.
- Training and continued professional development CPD.
- Active Sports and social and annual summer outing.
Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Sarah Murphy at vacancies@punchconsulting.com.
Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com and PUNCH Consulting Engineers – Engineering Legacies, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at Punch, a COWI company.
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COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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