Principal Structural Engineer $200k+

PCR Services; Sydney; Presencial; AUD 200 000 - 230 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

PCR Services in Brisbane is seeking a Principal Structural Engineer to lead a growing team and stay connected to hands-on engineering. You will drive projects, mentor staff, and manage client relationships while guiding business development initiatives.

The role blends technical leadership with people management, client engagement, and commercial oversight, with a clear path to Associate Director. Australian experience is valued.

Qualificações

• CPEng or equivalent is required and strongly preferred.
• Experience leading teams and client development across complex projects.
• Ability to balance technical input with commercial delivery and business development.

Responsabilidades

• Lead significant structural projects and project teams.
• Provide technical direction across complex designs.
• Remain hands-on when projects require senior input.
• Manage and develop key client relationships.
• Understand client expectations and ensure delivery.
• Identify opportunities with existing and new clients.
• Mentor Senior Engineers and develop future leaders.
• Plan resources and balance workloads.
• Maintain programme control and project deliverables.
• Review project quality and technical standards.
• Support proposals and business development.
• Collaborate with the broader leadership team.

Conhecimentos

People leadership

Technical direction

Client relations

Project delivery

Mentoring

Formação académica

CPEng or equivalent

Descrição da oferta de emprego

PRINCIPAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEER - Brisbane

• Lead People. Develop Clients. Stay Technical. Progress to Associate Director.
• Some of the best structural engineers reach Principal level and then find themselves stuck between two worlds.
• Too senior to simply design projects all day – but not given enough opportunity to genuinely influence the business.
• Great salary: $230-200k depending on experience.

This Brisbane opportunity is different.

We are looking for an experienced Principal Structural Engineer who wants to play an increasingly important role in the development of a structural team while remaining connected to the engineering that built their career in the first place.

It's a position combining four important areas: projects, people, clients and business.

You'll take a senior role across the structural operation, helping ensure projects are technically strong, commercially well-managed and delivered in a way that keeps clients coming back.

Your involvement will include:

• Leading significant structural projects and project teams
• Providing technical direction across complex designs
• Remaining hands-on when projects require senior engineering input
• Managing and developing key client relationships
• Understanding client expectations and ensuring they are delivered
• Identifying opportunities within existing and new clients
• Mentoring Senior Engineers and developing future leaders
• Planning resources and balancing team workloads
• Maintaining control of programmes and deliverables
• Reviewing project quality and technical standards
• Managing fees, variations and project commercials
• Supporting proposals and business development
• Working closely with the wider leadership team

Ideally, you will be CPEng or working at an equivalent professional level, with strong Australian structural consultancy experience.

• Technical credibility is important because you'll be leading experienced engineers.
• However, this isn't a Technical Director position where you disappear into calculations and only emerge when somebody has a difficult design problem.
• We want somebody who enjoys people.
• Someone who can sit with a client and understand what they are trying to achieve, then come back to the office and give the team the direction and support required to deliver it.
• Someone who notices when a younger engineer needs help.
• Someone who understands that maintaining a client relationship doesn't begin when the next fee proposal lands – it's built through how you communicate and deliver every project.
• And somebody who still enjoys getting involved technically when their experience can make a difference.
• The opportunity beyond Principal is important.

Associate Director is the next step.

• You'll have the chance to demonstrate your ability across team leadership, client development, project delivery and commercial performance, positioning yourself for a broader role within the leadership of the business.
• For somebody currently at Principal level who feels they've reached a ceiling, this could provide the room to move forward.
• It could equally suit a very strong Associate or senior-level engineer who is already operating at Principal level and is ready to be recognised accordingly.
• The aim isn't simply to find somebody capable of doing today's job.
• It's to find someone who can become part of tomorrow's leadership team.

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

Additional information

• Join a long-established structural engineering consultancy
• Consistently delivering exceptional, integrated projects for clients
• Well-established firm with a solid business plan.