Senior Engineer / Principal Structural Engineer

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

5/10/2025

What’s the Opportunity

We have a requirement for a Senior Structural Engineer / Principal Structural Engineer to join our structures team. This role is ideal for someone with extensive structural engineering experience and be chartered / near chartered.

In this role you will be responsible for assisting in the provision of a wide range of engineering services to a variety of projects including new build schools, retirement villages, car manufacturing plants and residential tower blocks.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

• Production of structural engineering work packages relating to medium to large development projects from initial concept through to completion.
• Production of calculations packages for Building Control submission.
• Undertake survey inspections and produce written reports in good English on findings, set out in a logical manner with appropriate recommendations.
• Work closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Represent the company at external meetings with clients, contractors, and fellow professionals.
• Be responsible for delivering work to a fee and to timescales agreed.
• Prepare client / project proposals.
• Agree design philosophy / design fundamentals.
• Manage individuals or groups within the team on a daily basis from both a technical and workflow perspectives.
• Assist in organising the wider team workflow in conjunction with the project billing.
• Input into the monthly team financials.
  
  

The skills and experience you need to have for this role

• Be a graduate with a good degree in structural engineering
• Member of Institution of Civil Engineers or Institution of Structural Engineers (or working towards this)
• Proven experience of working in a relevant design role which will be discussed at interview
• A good understanding of regulatory requirements
• Proficiency in use of design software such as Tekla, Tedds, SCIA