The Benefits of Working at Symmetrys
Holiday
- 23 Days per annum plus bank holidays.
- After 1 year service you earn an additional 1 day per year holiday to a maximum of 5 days over 5 years.
- If you are unable to take holiday up to 5 days can be carried over to the next calendar year.
Overtime & Flexible Working
- A maximum of 5 days holiday can be accrued through our overtime scheme.
- We offer flexible working hours, start anytime between 7.30am and 9.30am; finish between 4.30pm and 6.30pm.
- Our current policy is up to two days a week working from home
- In addition, we allow 1 week per 6 months that can be worked from a location away from your home.
- This means that employees typically ‘tag’ an extra week to a holiday or to visiting family and friends overseas.
Professional Development
- Attendance of courses, lectures and webinars are planned at your target setting reviews.
- Internal CPDs are held twice a month
- All IstructE and ICE membership fees are paid along with exam fees.
- Study leave is given before all exams.
- We have IstructE and ICE mentors in the office who hold exam preparation workshops.
Health & Lifestyle
- We provide childcare help with the latest Government scheme.
- Symmetrys uses Royal London as the workplace pension scheme you will be automatically enrolled after 3 months employment.
- Symmetrys provides a 3% contribution of your gross salary into your pension.
- Symmetrys will reimburse eye tests to the value of £25.00.
- We operate a Cycle to work scheme.
- We have a shower and secure bicycle rack to encourage cycling to work.
- We offer a bonus of £2,000 for all successful new employee referrals.
Latest
vacancies
Working in a friendly and respectful environment with exciting opportunities to harness new skills and abilities, we support our team in developing their skill sets. If you are interested in becoming the latest member of the Symmetrys team, we always welcome speculative applications. Alternatively, browse the currently available positions.
Principal Structural EngineerMore
The role includes the following tasks, the list should not be considered exhaustive and you may be required to do other functions that are deemed reasonable in your role.
- Project management – Technical. Managing yours and employees technical work, managing project reviews, managing collaboration with DTM including providing alternative solutions, deliverables on time, on budget, on promise, ensuring buildability. Engage freelance engineers and subcontractors only when necessary.
- Project Management – Client, managing the relationships with clients to provide future opportunities, enhancing Symmetrys reputation within the industry. Ensuring response times for queries are reasonable.
- Project Management – Financial. Ensuring projects run profitably and smoothly, keeping costs at least 10% (unless agreed otherwise with Directors) below the level of fees, ensuring invoices are accurate and client agreed before issue. Providing accounts with information to ensure they can credit control.
- Technical Lead for the Team – First Point of call members of the team with technical queries and providing sound guidance and knowledge sharing. Assisting the associate who is responsible for the utilisation of resources within the team.
- Staff Mentoring. Providing essential role model and technical guidance to other engineers. Bringing and encouraging engineers to take Part 3 and guiding Engineers on their path to Senior engineer.
- Fee Proposals. Assisting the Associate and Managing Director with fee proposals. Writing Fee proposals where necessary.
- Billing. Assisting the Associate with the billing and forecasting of progress.
- Sales Target. As Principal you are expected to bring in projects and participate in marketing and sales activities, and promote relationships with new and existing clients in order to increase sales. Working fully under the direction of Marketing.
- Strategic activities. Assisting with resourcing decisions and growth planning.
Chartered Structural EngineerMore
The role includes the following tasks, the list should not be considered exhaustive and you may be required to do other functions that are deemed reasonable in your role.
- Project management – Technical. Managing yours and employees technical work, managing project reviews, managing collaboration with DTM including providing alternative solutions, deliverables on time, on budget, on promise, ensuring buildability. Engage freelance engineers and subcontractors only when necessary.
- Project Management – Client, managing the relationships with clients to provide future opportunities, enhancing Symmetrys reputation within the industry. Ensuring response times for queries are reasonable.
- Project Management – Financial. Ensuring projects run profitably and smoothly, keeping costs at least 10% (unless agreed otherwise with Directors) below the level of fees, ensuring invoices are accurate and client agreed before issue. Providing accounts with information to ensure they can credit control.
- Technical Lead for the Team – First Point of call members of the team with technical queries and providing sound guidance and knowledge sharing. Assisting the associate who is responsible for the utilisation of resources within the team.
- Staff Mentoring. Providing essential role model and technical guidance to other engineers. Bringing and encouraging engineers to take Part 3 and guiding Engineers on their path to Senior engineer.
- Fee Proposals. Assisting the Associate and Managing Director with fee proposals. Writing Fee proposals where necessary.
- Billing. Assisting the Associate with the billing and forecasting of progress.
- Sales Target. As Principal you are expected to bring in projects and participate in marketing and sales activities, and promote relationships with new and existing clients in order to increase sales. Working fully under the direction of Marketing.
- Strategic activities. Assisting with resourcing decisions and growth planning.