Principal / Associate Structural Engineer

New Step Recruitment; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

New Step Recruitment is seeking a Principal/Associate Structural Engineer to join our client in Leeds. You will lead structural design, oversee drawings and calculations, and coordinate with multi-discipline teams while mentoring engineers.

You will work on a variety of projects including Hospitals, Offices, Schools, Residential, Industrial and decarbonisation initiatives, ensuring compliance with UK codes and client requirements.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Experience with UK codes and regulations.
• Lead and mentor engineers on projects.
• Strong client liaison and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multi-discipline teams on UK projects.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production of drawings, calculations and specifications.
• Coordinate with multi-discipline teams to develop integrated designs.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and delegate tasks.
• Liaise with clients and external consultants throughout projects.
• Manage project delivery for a range of building types.
• Attend meetings at sites, some remote, requiring travel.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

BSc in Civil or Structural Engineering

Tools

UK structural analysis software

Job description

The Role

We are currently seeking a PRINCIPAL / ASSOCIATE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER to join our client based in Leeds.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing firm of consulting engineers who offer the right candidates interesting projects to work on and good prospects for promotion.

You will be involved in doing structural engineering design, organisation and team management etc. for a wide variety of project types including Hospitals, Commercial offices, Schools, Residential, Industrial, Waste Handling and Waste Recycling Plants, Prisons plus Decarbonisation for Hospital projects.

You will be responsible for overseeing the production of technical drawings, calculations and specifications plus you will collaborate with multi-discipline teams to develop integrated design solutions.

You will also mentor less experienced engineers, deal with clients etc.

The Client

Our client is a successful, growing firm of consulting engineers with a number of UK offices.

The Candidate

You will need to have experience of the following:

• You must have a BSc in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• You will be Chartered or almost chartered.
• You should have around ten years' experience as a Structural Engineer and have broad based structural design experience across a range of building structures.
• You need to have gained experience of a variety of structural engineering software for structural analysis and design.
• You must have excellent written and spoken English to be able to deal with clients and multi-discipline consultants and contractors.
• You should have good knowledge of U.K. codes and U.K. regulations.
• You need to have spent several years working for a similar engineering consultants in the U.K. working on U.K. projects.
• A full UK driving licence is required along with your own vehicle to enable you to attend meetings and get to sites, some of which may be fairly remote.

Salary is negotiable and there is an excellent package of company benefits.