Associate Director Structural Engineer

TED Recruitment Ltd; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 69,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare cash back plan

WFH (3 days in office)

Life assurance

Other benefits

Job summary

TED Recruitment Ltd seeks an Associate Director Structural Engineer for our client in Hertfordshire. You will lead delivery on high-volume residential projects and other sectors, mentoring staff and acting as senior technical lead while managing programme, budget and fees.

You will coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams, oversee fee proposals, and maintain client relationships. UK project experience and a UK driving licence are essential.

Qualifications

• BSc in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering and Chartered with MICE or MIStructE.
• ~10+ years post-graduate experience with civil/structural engineers.
• Experience on UK projects; up-to-date with UK codes.
• Broad-based structural design experience.
• Volume housing experience required; healthcare, commercial, and industrial projects also relevant.
• Experience managing commercial aspects: fee monitoring, resource planning, and delivery to programme.
• Experience mentoring a small team and strong communication skills.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects within programme, budget and fee levels.
• Manage fee agreements, scope changes and cost reporting.
• Coordinate with other professional teams; manage subconsultants and team resources.
• Contribute to the preparation of fee proposals.
• Work closely with clients and build relationships.
• Provide peer reviews and technical mentoring for less senior engineers.
• Act as senior technical lead on complex/high-value projects with design oversight and QA.

Skills

Leadership & mentoring

Client relationship

Financial management

Resource planning

Communication

Driving licence

Peer reviews

Team management

Education

BSc Civil/Structural Engineering

Chartered with MICE or MIStructE

Job description

THE ROLE

We are currently seeking an ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER to join our client based in HERTFORDSHIRE.

You will work on high volume residential projects along with projects in other sectors to include healthare, commercial and industrial encompassing both new build and refurbishment.

You will work closely with a Partner helping to manage the delivery of structural engineering services and help to run the team.

You will do peer reviews and technical mentoring for less senior engineers and technicians.

You will act as the senior technical lead on complex or high value projects and you will provide design oversight and quality assurance.

You will be responsible for delivery of projects within programme, budget and fee levels.

You will manage fee agreements, scope changes and cost reporting.

You will coordinate with the other professional teams and manage subconsultant and team resources.

You will contribute to the preparation of fee proposals.

You will work closely with clients building relationships.

THE CLIENT

Our client is a successful, growing firm of consulting engineers who are working on various projects in the built environment.

They currently have three UK offices.

THE CANDIDATE

You will need to have experience of the following:-

• You must have a BSc in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering and be Chartered with MICE or MIStructE.
• You should have around ten years or more post graduate experience gained with a firm of civil / structural consulting engineers.
• It is essential that you have good structural engineering experience on U.K.projects and be up to date with U.K.codes etc.
• You will need good broad based structural engineering design experience.
• Experience of working on volume housing is required but you should also have experience of other types of projects too e.g.healthcare, commercial offices, and industrial projects.
• You need to have experience of managing the commercial aspects of projects i.e.fee monitoring, resource planning and project delivery against the programme.
• Experience of managing and mentoring a small team is required.
• You must have excellent communication skills - both written and spoken.
• A full UK driving licence is required.

Salary is negotiable from £69000 to £79000 per annum

• pension
• healthcare cash back plan
• some WFH although 3 days in the office is required
• life assurance
• a range of other benefits