PRINCIPAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

PCR Talent; Sydney; On-site; AUD 230,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Job summary

PCR Talent is seeking a Principal Structural Engineer / Branch Manager to lead the North Sydney operation. This senior role combines technical credibility with strategic and commercial influence, guiding client relationships and project delivery across multiple offices.

You will drive profitability, mentor the structural team, and shape growth strategies while remaining connected to engineering delivery. Experience in Australian building structures and a track record of leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of engineering teams and P&L responsibility
• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management
• Extensive Australian building structures experience across commercial, residential, mixed-use, industrial or institutional projects

Responsibilities

• Leadership and overall management of the North Sydney operation
• P&L, profitability and commercial performance
• Strategic planning and continued business growth
• Leadership, mentoring and development of the structural team
• Resource planning and management of project workloads
• Maintaining quality, programme and project delivery standards
• Developing and strengthening key client relationships
• Business development and identification of new opportunities
• Supporting proposals, tenders and fee negotiations
• Working closely with other offices and senior leaders across the consultancy

Skills

Leadership

Commercial acumen

Client relationship management

Job description

• Build More Than Projects. Build a Business.
• $250-230k depending on experience

Few opportunities allow an experienced Structural Engineer to combine technical credibility with genuine commercial influence and responsibility for the performance of an entire operation.

This is one of them.

An established multi-office engineering consultancy is looking for a Principal Structural Engineer / Branch Manager to take leadership of its North Sydney operation.

This is a significant appointment within the business. You will have the autonomy to influence strategy, strengthen existing client relationships, develop new opportunities, grow and mentor the team and ensure the branch continues to perform both technically and commercially.

You will remain connected to engineering and major project delivery, but at this level your value goes considerably further than producing calculations or managing individual projects.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leadership and overall management of the North Sydney operation
• P&L, profitability and commercial performance
• Strategic planning and continued business growth
• Leadership, mentoring and development of the structural team
• Resource planning and management of project workloads
• Maintaining quality, programme and project delivery standards
• Developing and strengthening key client relationships
• Business development and identification of new opportunities
• Supporting proposals, tenders and fee negotiations
• Working closely with other offices and senior leaders across the consultancy

We're looking for someone who understands how a successful engineering consultancy actually operates.

You'll be comfortable discussing a complex structural solution with an engineer one moment and sitting with a client discussing fees, programmes, commercial issues and future projects the next.

Your background will ideally include substantial Australian building structures experience across areas such as commercial, residential, mixed-use, industrial or institutional developments.

Just as importantly, you will have demonstrated leadership ability and the commercial judgement required to manage people, clients, projects and profitability.

You may already be a Principal, Associate Director or Branch Manager. Alternatively, you could be an accomplished Associate who has reached the point where you are ready to take responsibility for an operation of your own.

The package of approximately $230K–$250K + Super reflects the seniority and importance of this role and will ultimately depend on the experience and capability you bring.

For someone who has spent years building their technical and professional reputation, the next move doesn't necessarily need to be about another title.

It can be about having the authority and platform to build something of your own within the security and resources of an established consultancy.

All enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Note: Only Australian / New Zealand applicants with local experience are encouraged to apply.