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Graduate Structural Engineer résumé example — entry level, written for United Kingdom, set in the Cambridge design
Graduate Structural Engineer résumé example, in the Cambridge design

A graduate two years into the IStructE route, with placement and design work told through the buildings it produced.

Written for United Kingdom, at entry level, in the engineering field, shown in the Cambridge design. Every name, employer, address and number below is invented.

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Isla Fairbairn — Graduate Structural Engineer

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Structural engineer two years into the graduate route to IStructE chartership, designing steel and reinforced-concrete frames for schools and residential blocks. Took a 1,400 m² teaching block from concept to construction issue, reworking the bracing to save 31 tonnes of steel against the tender scheme. Designs to the Eurocodes in Tekla Structural Designer and Revit.

Experience

Graduate Structural Engineer, Marlow Fenn Partnership · September 2024 – present

Buildings team of fourteen, working on education and residential schemes between £2m and £18m.

  • Designed the steel frame for a 1,400 m² teaching block from concept to construction issue, saving 31 tonnes of steel against the tender bracing layout.
  • Modelled and checked 60 reinforced-concrete transfer beams for a nine-storey residential scheme, clearing every one through internal review without a resubmission.
  • Set up the practice-wide Tekla-to-Revit export template, removing roughly six hours of manual remodelling per project.
  • Carried out 22 inspections on a live school extension and logged four setting-out errors before concrete was poured.

Placement Engineer, Halden Rowe Consulting · July 2022 – July 2023

Twelve-month industrial placement within the MEng programme.

  • Produced temporary-works designs for 14 excavation and propping schemes, all approved by the checking engineer first time.
  • Rebuilt the standard connection-design spreadsheets to BS EN 1993-1-8, replacing a set last revised under BS 5950.
  • Surveyed and assessed 31 masonry lintels on a Victorian mill conversion, of which 9 were found to need replacement.

Projects

  • Post-tensioned timber connections (MEng research project) — Cyclic testing of post-tensioned laminated veneer lumber beam-column joints.

Education

  • MEng Civil and Structural Engineering · University of Sheffield · September 2019 – June 2024

Skills

  • Design codes: BS EN 1990 & 1991, BS EN 1992 (concrete), BS EN 1993 (steel), BS EN 1996 (masonry), BS 5975 temporary works
  • Software: Tekla Structural Designer, Revit, AutoCAD, Robot Structural Analysis, MathCAD
  • Practice: Steel and RC frame design, Temporary works, Site inspection, Existing-structure appraisal, Contractor queries

Certifications

  • Graduate Member (GMIStructE) — Institution of Structural Engineers
  • CSCS Academically Qualified Person card — CITB
  • Temporary Works Coordinator — CITB
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