Associate Director - Structural Engineering

Reed Specialist Recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private healthcare

25 days' annual leave

Life assurance and pension

Job summary

Reed Specialist Recruitment is recruiting for an Associate Director / Director in Structural Engineering, London. The role combines technical leadership with business development, overseeing high‑level projects and guiding fee‑earning work across remediation, refurbishment and new build schemes.

You will build client relationships, lead proposals, and manage delivery while mentoring the engineering team. Hybrid working and a competitive benefits package are offered.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer status through MIStructE or MICE.
• Significant structural engineering consultancy experience.
• Proven ability to develop client relationships and generate fee income.
• Experience preparing proposals and converting opportunities into instructions.
• Strong experience across existing buildings, refurbishment and new-build projects.
• Experience in structural investigations, defects and remediation.
• Strong technical, commercial and project leadership skills.
• Excellent report-writing, presentation and communication abilities.
• A proactive, personable and entrepreneurial approach.

Responsibilities

• Develop client relationships and generate new fee-earning work.
• Identify structural engineering opportunities across client portfolios.
• Prepare scopes, fee proposals and bids.
• Build and manage a pipeline of structural engineering work.
• Lead complex projects from initial instruction through to completion.
• Oversee structural surveys, investigations and remediation projects.
• Act as the primary client contact and provide commercially focused technical advice.
• Manage project fees, resources, quality and timescales.
• Mentor engineers and support the growth of the team.
• Promote the consultancy through networking and technical content.

Skills

Client development

Proposal & bids

Project leadership

Report writing

Communication

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

Chartered Engineer MIStructE or MICE

Job description

Associate Director / Director, Structural Engineering

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

Location: London

Working Pattern: Hybrid

The Company

Join a leading independent building consultancy in a senior role focused on growing its Structural Engineering service.

The consultancy advises developers, investors and property owners across the built environment and is known for providing high-quality technical and commercially focused advice.

The Role

This is a combined technical leadership and business development position.

You will develop relationships with existing and prospective clients, identify opportunities for structural engineering support and convert these conversations into fee-earning work. You will then oversee the technical and commercial delivery of the resulting projects.

The work will cover structural investigations, remediation, refurbishment and new-build projects, including issues arising from fire, flooding, subsidence, impact damage and structural defects.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Develop client relationships and generate new fee-earning work.
• Identify structural engineering opportunities across client property portfolios.
• Prepare scopes, fee proposals and bids.
• Build and manage a pipeline of structural engineering work.
• Lead complex projects from initial instruction through to completion.
• Oversee structural surveys, investigations and remediation projects.
• Act as the primary client contact and provide commercially focused technical advice.
• Manage project fees, resources, quality and timescales.
• Mentor engineers and support the growth of the team.
• Promote the consultancy through networking, presentations and technical content.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer status through MIStructE or MICE.
• Significant structural engineering consultancy experience.
• A proven ability to develop client relationships and generate fee income.
• Experience preparing proposals and converting opportunities into instructions.
• Strong experience across existing buildings, refurbishment and new-build projects.
• Experience in structural investigations, defects and remediation.
• Strong technical, commercial and project leadership skills.
• Excellent report‑writing, presentation and communication abilities.
• A proactive, personable and entrepreneurial approach.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Hybrid working.
• Private healthcare following the qualifying period.
• 25 days' annual leave.
• Life assurance and pension scheme.
• Career development and professional learning support.
• Cycle‑to-work scheme and interest‑free season ticket loan.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded Chartered Engineer who wants to develop client relationships, generate work and help grow a specialist structural engineering service