Zinco GmbH — eines der weltweit führenden Unternehmen und erste Pioniere für moderne Dachbegrünungen, mit internationalen Projekten auf allen Kontinenten — sucht einen erfahrenen Bauingenieur / Tragwerksplaner (m/w/d) zur Verstärkung des Headquarter-Teams in Nürtingen, Baden-Württemberg. Dieser strategisch wichtige Engineering-Role umfasst die statische Bearbeitung konkreter nationaler und internationaler Bauprojekte — von Lastannahmen (Wind, Schnee, Eigenlasten) über die Bemessung von Stahl- und Aluminiumbauteilen bis zur Entwicklung automatisierter digitaler Auslegungstools — für innovative Systeme rund um Gründach, Solar, Retention und Biodiversität in privaten und gewerblichen Großobjekten weltweit. Fundierte Kenntnisse der einschlägigen Eurocodes und mehrjährige Berufserfahrung in der Tragwerksplanung sind erforderlich.
About Zinco GmbH — Weltpionier für Dachbegrünung
Company: Zinco GmbH — one of the world’s leading companies and first pioneers in modern green roof systems, transforming urban grey concrete landscapes into living, future-oriented ecosystems — with headquarters in Nürtingen, Baden-Württemberg, and projects on all continents
Innovation Scope: Green roofs and solar (Gründach und Solar), retention and biodiversity, urban surface sealing solutions, and integrated system developments for private residences through landmark commercial projects globally — setting the international benchmark for sustainable construction
Mission: “Helping us make the roofs of the world greener and more future-oriented” — Zinco is not merely a company but, as they describe it, the architects of the green lung of our cities, shaping the face of modern metropolises worldwide from their Nürtingen headquarters
Role: Bauingenieur / Tragwerksplaner (m/w/d) — strategic hub position in the HQ team, covering static calculations, load analysis, steel/aluminium member design, solar system dimensioning, experimental testing, and digital tool development for international green roof and solar engineering projects
Why This Bauingenieur Role at Zinco Stands Out
Global Pioneer in Sustainable Construction: Join one of the world’s most established and internationally recognised green roof system innovators — Zinco’s structural engineering work directly contributes to some of the most architecturally significant, environmentally impactful, and technically challenging sustainable rooftop projects on every continent
Full Structural Engineering Ownership: From technical enquiry through load assessment, Eurocode-compliant member design, solar system configuration, prototype testing, and digital tool automation — complete engineering project ownership across Zinco’s international project portfolio
Digital Auslegungstools Development: Develop standardised, Eurocode-compliant dimensioning rules and automate them into digital design tools — contributing to Zinco’s technical innovation infrastructure in a way that extends far beyond individual project calculations and creates lasting value for the global sales and engineering network
Outstanding Benefits Package — Nürtingen: Flexible working hours, up to two days mobile working per week, panoramic office views, company pension (betriebliche Altersvorsorge), supplemental health insurance (Krankenzusatzversicherung), Jobrad, ergonomic workplaces, and free parking — a genuinely attractive package for a senior engineering professional in Baden-Württemberg
Position Overview — Bauingenieur / Tragwerksplaner, Zinco Nürtingen
This Bauingenieur / Tragwerksplaner at Zinco’s Nürtingen headquarters processes national and international customer and construction projects statically — from technical enquiry through implementable solution in coordination with application engineering, sales, clients, architects, structural planning partners, specialist planners, and construction companies. The role assesses and evaluates relevant load assumptions (self-weight, live, snow, wind, and special loads), determines required ballast for solar systems across different roof and wind load zones, develops and optimises practical mountable and cost-efficient system solutions, designs steel and aluminium structural members and connections, performs static calculations for fall protection systems, dimensions shear-transfer systems for vegetated pitched roofs, and develops automated digital design tools from recurring project calculations.
Why This Role Matters: As Bauingenieur / Tragwerksplaner at Zinco in Nürtingen, your structural engineering work is not just keeping roofs standing — it is enabling the transformation of Europe’s and the world’s urban building stock from passive concrete surfaces into active, productive, biodiversity-supporting, climate-resilient ecological systems. When your wind load analysis correctly characterises the suction forces at the roof edge of a high-rise mixed-use development in a coastal wind exposure zone and your solar system ballasting calculation ensures that an array of 400 modules stays exactly where it was installed through a storm that generates gusts the building’s structural engineer never anticipated, your Eurocode-compliant aluminium profile dimensioning produces a solar frame section that is 15% lighter than the existing standard without compromising structural performance — and that mass reduction multiplies across thousands of installed systems globally — or your experimental test series correctly validates a new shear transfer system for a vegetated pitched roof that no existing design standard explicitly covers, you are not performing structural calculations. You are building the engineering foundations of Zinco’s global product programme, one technically rigorous calculation at a time.
Key Responsibilities — Deine Aufgaben
Statische Projektbearbeitung — National & International
- Process national and international customer and construction project statics — from technical enquiry through implementable structural solution in close coordination with Zinco’s application engineering, sales, client architects, structural planning partners (Tragwerksplaner), specialist planners, and construction companies across Germany, Europe, and all continents
- Determine and evaluate relevant load assumptions — particularly self-weight (Eigenlasten), live loads (Nutzlasten), snow loads (Schneelasten), wind loads (Windlasten), and special loads — and derive from them the required ballast for Zinco’s solar systems across different roof and wind exposure zones to Eurocode standards
- Develop and optimise practical, fit-for-use, mountable, and cost-efficient system solutions — specifying frame spacings (Rahmenabstände), module rows (Modulreihen), profiles, and system arrangements that balance structural performance with installation practicality and manufacturing cost efficiency
- Dimension steel and aluminium structural members and connections — including solar profiles, solar frames, eaves profiles (Traufprofile), and fixing elements — applying Eurocode-compliant design methodology to the specialist light-gauge aluminium and steel sections that characterise Zinco’s system product range
Geländer, Schutzysteme & Schrägdach-Schubsysteme
- Perform static calculations for fall protection systems (Arbeitsschutzsysteme) — particularly freestanding and ballast-anchored railing structures (freistehende und auflastgehaltene Geländerkonstruktionen) that must comply with occupational safety standards while being mountable without roof penetration on green and conventional flat roofs
- Dimension shear-transfer systems (schubabtragende Systeme) for vegetated pitched roofs — addressing the specific structural challenge of preventing downslope movement of substrate, drainage, and vegetation layers on inclined roof surfaces, and accompanying the constructive further development of these systems within Zinco’s product innovation programme
- Develop static designs for new systems and components around rooftop use — collaborating with Zinco’s Research & Development and Application Engineering teams on the structural dimensioning of new product developments from initial concept through production-ready specification
Versuchsaufbauten, Testing & Digitale Auslegungstools
- Plan, build, and supervise experimental test setups — independently preparing, conducting, and evaluating structural testing programmes that verify and further develop Zinco’s calculation approaches and construction details, including load testing of fixings, frame systems, and shear transfer elements
- Develop standardised, Eurocode-compliant dimensioning rules from recurring project calculations — and translate them including the required technical documentation into tables and automated digital design tools (digitale Auslegungstools) that enable Zinco’s sales and engineering teams to configure and verify systems efficiently without requiring individual bespoke calculation for every project enquiry
- Structure, describe, and technically review calculation logics for automated design tools — applying both the structural engineering rigour to ensure output correctness and the systems thinking to make the tool logic transparent, maintainable, and extendable as Zinco’s product range evolves
Qualifications & Profile — Dein Profil
Essential Requirements
- Completed university degree (Abgeschlossenes Studium) in Civil Engineering (Bauingenieurwesen) with specialisation in structural engineering (konstruktiver Ingenieurbau) — the academic foundation required for Eurocode-based structural design in a product engineering context
- Several years of relevant professional experience in structural engineering (Tragwerksplanung) and static dimensioning — with demonstrated capability in independently producing transparent, verifiable structural calculations
- Sound knowledge of the dimensioning of steel and aluminium structural members, profile cross-sections, connections, and fixing elements — and confident application of the relevant Eurocodes (particularly EC 1 wind and snow, EC 3 steel, EC 9 aluminium)
- Strong knowledge in the assessment of load assumptions — particularly wind loads (Windlasten); experience with flat roofs, solar systems, railing structures, or lightweight construction systems is advantageous
- Confident use of structural engineering software (Statiksoftware) and CAD programmes — and the ability to structure, describe, and technically review calculation logics for automated digital design tools
- Technical and practical understanding, construction site experience, and a willingness to independently prepare, conduct, and evaluate experimental test setups
- Independent and structured working style, strong communication skills — very good German (Deutsch) and good English in written and spoken form
About Zinco GmbH — Die Architekten der grünen Lunge unserer Städte
Zinco GmbH is one of the world’s leading companies and first pioneers in modern green roof systems — headquartered in Nürtingen, Baden-Württemberg, with projects across Deutschland, Europe, and all continents. Zinco’s innovative system developments provide solutions to the most urgent contemporary challenges: climate resilience through retention, biodiversity in urban spaces, the integration of green roofs and solar energy systems, and the transformation of urban sealed surfaces from environmental liabilities into ecological assets. From private residential installations to spectacular landmark projects on the world’s most prestigious buildings, Zinco is the international benchmark for sustainable construction. The Bauingenieur / Tragwerksplaner role at Zinco’s Nürtingen headquarters is the structural engineering foundation that makes all of it possible — from first calculation to installed system on a rooftop in Tokyo, Toronto, or Dubai. If you are a qualified structural engineer with Eurocode expertise, a passion for innovation, and the ambition to contribute to genuinely meaningful sustainable construction — this is your role.
Career Excellence: Statik, Eurocode, Windlasten, Solarsysteme, digitale Auslegungstools — Bauingenieur Tragwerksplaner at Zinco GmbH, Nürtingen Baden-Württemberg Germany 2026.
Who Should Apply?
- Bauingenieure / Tragwerksplaner — Stahl & Aluminium Germany: With completed Civil Engineering degrees specialising in structural engineering and multiple years of experience in Eurocode-compliant dimensioning of steel and aluminium members, connections, and fixing systems — particularly in flat roof, solar, railing, or lightweight construction contexts
- Structural Engineers — Green Roof & Solar Systems: With technical experience in rooftop structural systems — wind load analysis, solar ballasting, fall protection, or vegetated roof shear systems — seeking a role at the global market leader in green roof innovation in a position where structural engineering directly enables environmental transformation at urban scale
- Digital Design Tool Developers — Structural Engineering: With both the Eurocode structural design depth and the systematic analytical thinking to translate recurring project calculations into standardised dimensioning rules and automated digital design tools — contributing to Zinco’s technical product and sales support infrastructure
- Experimental Testing & Product Development Engineers: With hands-on structural testing experience — planning, conducting, and evaluating load test programmes for structural connections, profiles, or system components — and the practical construction understanding to work effectively between design office and test laboratory
- Baden-Württemberg Based Structural Engineers — International Scope: Seeking a Bauingenieur / Tragwerksplaner position at a globally leading, sustainability-driven specialty construction company headquartered in Nürtingen — with flexible working, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to contribute to green roof and solar system projects that are changing the face of cities on every continent
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