Senior Protective Design Engineer (Structural / Blast Engineering)

Overview

In this role you will join Arup’s protective design team to apply structural engineering principles to resilient, security-focused projects. You will work across advisory and engineering tasks, shaping protective solutions from concept to construction for diverse markets. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to assess threats, model blast effects, and design Hostile Vehicle Mitigation measures. This is a globally connected team that values deep technical excellence and meaningful, socially useful work.

Pay / Benefits

• Profit Share
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Flexible benefits
• Learning opportunities

Responsibilities

• Utilise mainstream structural engineering design knowledge and model structures against transient dynamic loading
• Provide technical input across the resilience, security and risk practice
• Support the preparation of threat and vulnerability risk assessments for malicious threats
• Develop risk-based security strategies and integrate protective design and/or blast engineering from concept to construction
• Carry out blast modelling using CFD and finite element methods
• Undertake structural blast engineering design for various materials
• Undertake façade blast engineering design for glazed and non-glazed systems
• Undertake the design of Hostile Vehicle Mitigation measures

Key requirements

• Masters degree in civil/structural engineering
• UK Security Clearance or eligibility to apply for clearance
• Experience in designing structures in steel, reinforced concrete, timber and/or masonry per British Standards and Eurocodes
• Experience with structural analysis software packages
• Coding skills: Python, JavaScript, C#
• Ability to use Rhino/Grasshopper
• Understanding of construction methodologies and buildability
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice and guidelines

• excellent communication
• ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment
• team collaboration
• blast engineering
• structural analysis software
• Rhino/Grasshopper

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