Associate Structural Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and flexible working

Profit share scheme

EV scheme

Private health insurance

Above market leave

Free EV charging

Job summary

RGB in Cardiff is seeking an Associate Structural Engineer for a permanent role. The position leads project delivery, delivers hands-on design, and manages staff with resource planning on schemes valued in the hundreds of millions.

The role offers a salary of £63,000 to £70,000, hybrid working and a profit-sharing scheme. Chartered status with ICE or IStructE is preferred, with progression towards a director's position within a forward‑looking consultancy.

Qualifications

• Chartered engineer with ICE or IStructE.
• Strong staff management and delegation skills.
• Experience delivering large-scale projects worth hundreds of millions.

Responsibilities

• Project delivery.
• Hands-on design responsibilities.
• Managing and/or delegating to staff.
• Resource planning and scheduling.
• Output quality control.
• Assisting with recruitment/interviews.
• Project reviews and post-project analysis.

Skills

Structural Eng

Staff management

Resource planning

Project delivery

Quality service

Education

Chartered status (ICE/IStructE)

Job description

This permanent Associate Structural Engineer role in Cardiff offers £63,000 to £70,000 plus hybrid working and profit share. Joining an award-winning consultancy, the successful candidate leads project delivery, hands‑on design, staff management, delegation and resource planning across schemes valued in the hundreds of millions.

Applicants need a structural engineering background, a commitment to quality service and the drive to push a business forwards. Progression towards a director's position is available for the right person. Working pattern combines office and home days. We have fantastical 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

• - 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