Associate Structural Engineer

RGB Recruitment Ltd; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Profit share scheme

Private health insurance

EV charging

Above market leave

Job summary

RGB Recruitment Ltd is handling a fantastic opportunity in Cardiff for an experienced structural engineer looking to move into an Associate position within an award-winning consultancy. You will deliver projects in various sectors, contribute to business growth, and work toward a director’s role.

The role covers client liaison, hands-on design, resource planning, and staff mentoring, with hybrid working, competitive salary (£63k-£70k), private health insurance, and a profit-sharing scheme.

Qualifications

• Experience moving into an Associate position from a structural background.
• Chartered status with ICE or IStructE.
• Strong delivery focus with client-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Project delivery across multiple schemes.
• Hands-on structural design work.
• Managing and/or delegating to staff.
• Resource planning and allocation.
• Output quality control of project deliverables.
• Assisting with recruitment/interviews.
• Project reviews and governance.

Skills

Project delivery

Hands-on design

Staff management

Resource planning

Quality control

Recruitment/interviews

Commercial awareness

Education

Chartered status with ICE or IStructE

Tools

Structural design software

Job description

We have fantastic new opportunity for an experienced structural engineer in Cardiff who is looking to make the move into an Associate’s position. We need someone from a structural background who is passionate about delivery and providing a quality service while contributing to driving a business forwards. This role is for an award-winning engineering consultancy in Cardiff with a skilled team covering several civil and structural engineering sectors.

Project values extend up and into the hundreds of millions and include schemes of high local significance. The successful candidate will be joining with the view to working into a director’s position.

Responsibilities would include but not limited to:

• Project delivery
• Hands on design
• Managing and/or delegating to staff
• Resource planning
• Output quality control
• Assisting with recruitment/interviews
• Project reviews

We are very much looking for a candidate who wants to contribute to the overall success of the business, someone who can add both commercial ideas and technical skills to an already successful team. Ideally candidates will enjoy working with people and posses softer skills.

This business operates across a few sectors including:

• Commercial
• Residential
• Industrial
• Education
• Retail
• Healthcare
• Leisure

This office is based in pleasant offices in a convenient location of Cardiff with free parking. Ideally candidates will hold chartered status with the ICE or IStructE. The business has a healthy ethos around work-life balance and the focus is always on their employee’s wellbeing

Benefits:

• £63,000 - £70,000
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Structures profit share scheme
• EV Scheme
• Private health insurance
• Above market rate annual leave contribution
• Free EV charging
• Hybrid working