Structural Engineering Expert – Building Design & AI Quality Review

Structural Engineering Expert: Building Design and Quality Review

About the Role

What if you could use your structural engineering expertise to help improve how AI systems evaluate real building projects?

We're looking for experienced structural engineers and building design professionals based in London and across the UK to review building models, construction drawings, and design documentation. You'll help assess the quality and consistency of building projects, evaluate automated quality checks, and provide expert feedback based on real engineering standards and practices.

Your expertise will help us determine whether automated systems can identify the issues that an experienced engineer would catch — from structural inconsistencies to documentation gaps and potential design concerns.

This is a fully remote, part-time contract opportunity for professionals who want to apply their engineering knowledge to an emerging area of AI development.

Position Details

Organization: Alignerr Type: Hourly Contract Location: Fully Remote Commitment: 20 hours per week

What You'll Do

Review Automated Quality Checks

Evaluate rules designed to identify issues in building models and drawings, such as unsupported elements, columns resting on beams, duplicate components, and missing or mislabelled spaces. Identify checks that are missing, overly strict, or too permissive.

Evaluate Design Documentation

Review Basis of Design documents to assess whether applicable building codes, design loads, fire and life safety strategies, egress requirements, elevator criteria, and structural design criteria are appropriate for the building type and jurisdiction — including UK Building Regulations, Approved Documents, and the Eurocodes.

Validate Completed Building Projects

Review samples of 3D building models, construction drawing sets, and design documentation to identify inconsistencies and assess whether the project is technically coherent and buildable.

Help Establish Quality Standards

Provide expert input on the criteria that distinguish basic, professional, and premium quality building projects.

Provide Actionable Technical Feedback

Explain identified issues and recommend improvements based on your professional experience and applicable engineering standards.

Who You Are

• An experienced structural engineer, civil engineer, architect, or building design professional with strong technical knowledge of building projects.

• Knowledgeable in building codes and design standards, including UK Building Regulations, Approved Documents, the Eurocodes, and ideally standards from other countries or jurisdictions.

• Experienced in writing or reviewing Basis of Design documents, design criteria, or equivalent technical documentation.

• Comfortable reviewing construction drawing sets and 3D BIM models.

• Familiar with IFC models and tools such as Revit, Solibri, BIMcollab Zoom, or BlenderBIM.

• Able to assess technical quality, identify inconsistencies, and distinguish genuine design issues from acceptable engineering decisions.

• Comfortable working independently and providing clear, well-reasoned technical feedback.

Relevant Expertise

Experience with one or more of the following areas is particularly valuable.

Building Codes and Standards