Principal Structural Engineer

Black & White Engineering; Paris; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Black & White Engineering is seeking a Principal Structural Engineer to lead and deliver structural design for complex projects. You will provide technical leadership, drive structural solutions and coordinate interfaces across multidisciplinary teams to ensure buildable, robust designs.

The role emphasizes mentoring, design reviews and setting technical standards while collaborating with clients and stakeholders to influence project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in structural analysis and design across steel, concrete and foundations.
• Proven track record delivering complex structural projects.
• Experience providing technical leadership and design assurance.
• Strong knowledge of constructability and multidisciplinary coordination.
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly with clients and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead structural engineering design and technical delivery across complex projects.
• Develop and review structural solutions including steel, concrete and foundation systems.
• Provide technical assurance through calculations, design reviews and engineering judgement.
• Coordinate structural requirements with civil, mechanical, electrical and architectural interfaces.
• Resolve complex structural and constructability challenges.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders on technical decisions.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical standards and best practice.

Skills

Structural analysis

Structural design

Technical leadership

Design assurance

Multidisciplinary coordination

Job description

As Principal Structural Engineer, you will take a leading technical role in developing practical, buildable structural solutions for complex engineering projects. This is an opportunity to combine deep structural expertise with design assurance, multidisciplinary coordination and mentoring.

What’s in It For You

• Technical Authority - Become a key technical voice on structural engineering decisions across complex projects.
• Challenging Engineering - Work across structural analysis, steel and concrete solutions, foundations and constructability challenges.
• Multidisciplinary Exposure - Collaborate directly with MEP, civil, BIM and project teams to resolve demanding design interfaces.
• Career Development - Strengthen your technical leadership, client engagement and project influence at Principal level.
• Mentoring - Help develop engineers through technical guidance, design review and knowledge sharing.
• Engineering Culture - Work in an environment where Accountability, Integrity, Simplicity and Supportiveness underpin practical engineering decisions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead structural engineering design and technical delivery across complex projects.
• Develop and review structural solutions including steel, concrete and foundation systems.
• Provide technical assurance through calculations, design reviews and engineering judgement.
• Coordinate structural requirements with civil, mechanical, electrical and architectural interfaces.
• Resolve complex structural and constructability challenges.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders on technical decisions.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical standards and best practice.

Essential Skills

• Strong experience in structural analysis and design.
• Proven experience delivering complex structural engineering projects.
• Experience providing technical leadership and design assurance.
• Strong knowledge of constructability and multidisciplinary design coordination.
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly with clients and project teams.

Learning & Development

You will be joining a community that focuses on learning and development through regular lunch and learn sessions and investment in accredited professional courses or educational programmes. You can set the pace for your professional development, and whatever path you choose, you will receive relevant support.

Company Overview

Black & White Engineering is a multi-award-winning engineering consultancy with offices across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. We are a leading provider of engineering design services for the data centre sector, delivering expertise across Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Civil and Structural, Power Systems, Sustainability, BIM, Design Management and wider specialist infrastructure disciplines. Our teams support projects across all areas of the construction industry, offering practical, efficient design solutions that prioritise real-world installation, maintenance and operational performance. As one of the fastest-growing consultancies in our industry, we offer genuine opportunities for progression. Many of our engineers have developed into leadership roles as the business has expanded. Joining Black & White Engineering means making a meaningful impact with clients and colleagues while receiving the recognition you deserve