ASSOCIATE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

PCR Talent; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PCR Talent on the Gold Coast is seeking an Associate Structural Engineer to lead a growing team and take ownership of major building projects. You will remain technically involved while guiding clients and project direction toward an Associate Director pathway.

Strong building structures experience, especially concrete and steel, and proven leadership capabilities are essential. RPEQ and Chartered status are required as you shape strategy and delivery for local and national resources.

Qualifications

• RPEQ and Chartered status are required.
• Strong building structures experience, particularly concrete and steel.
• Experience leading a local structural team.
• Ability to influence clients and delivery decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the local structural team.
• Take ownership of significant building structures projects.
• Have greater influence over clients, delivery and technical decisions.
• Manage resources, workloads, fees and project performance.
• Remain hands-on where your engineering judgement adds value.
• Help shape the growth and direction of the team.
• Draw on the resources and specialist expertise of a national consultancy.

Skills

Team leadership

Client influence

Project ownership

Hands-on engineer

Structural analysis

Job description

ASSOCIATE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER - Gold Coast

Team Leadership * Client Influence * Pathway to Associate Director

You've already proven that you can design and deliver structural projects.

The question now is: Where does that experience take you next?

An opportunity exists for an Associate Structural Engineer to take a key leadership position within a growing structural engineering team on the Gold Coast.

This isn't about moving sideways into another Associate role.

It's an opportunity to take greater ownership of people, clients and projects, while remaining technically involved, with a defined career direction towards Associate Director.

WHAT CHANGES WITH THIS MOVE?

• Lead and develop the local structural team.
• Take ownership of significant building structures projects.
• Have greater influence over clients, delivery and technical decisions.
• Manage resources, workloads, fees and project performance.
• Remain hands‑on where your engineering judgement adds value.
• Help shape the growth and direction of the team.
• Draw on the resources and specialist expertise of a national consultancy.

WHY CONSIDER THIS OPPORTUNITY?

This role sits within an established Australian multidisciplinary engineering consultancy with the scale to provide national resources and technical depth, while still offering the opportunity to make a visible impact locally.

For the right person, the attraction is not simply the Associate title.

It is what comes after it.

The pathway is towards Associate Director, with progressively greater involvement in team leadership, key clients, commercial performance and business direction.

You will bring strong building structures experience, particularly concrete and steel, together with proven client and team leadership capability.

RPEQ and Chartered status are required.

If you're already an Associate, or operating at that level without the title or recognition, it may be worth asking whether your current consultancy can genuinely offer you the same next step.

There is no obligation to move. Compare the opportunity with what you already have and decide for yourself.