Principal Engineer, Bridges & Structures - UK Wide

Jacobs; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Global opportunities

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to lead complex structural work across major UK transport and infrastructure programmes. You’ll guide multidisciplinary teams, mentor engineers and ensure technical quality while advancing digital tools and leaner processes.

Join our Bridges & Structures team to influence asset management, renewals and detailed design for national and international projects, embracing hybrid working and collaboration across offices and sites.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in civil or structural engineering and ability to lead complex structural work.
• Strong structural analysis, design and practical problem-solving ability.
• Experience leading technical delivery and ensuring engineering quality.
• Clear communication of complex technical information to clients and teams.
• Experience mentoring engineers and managing competing priorities safely.

Responsibilities

• Lead structural analysis and design across highways, rail, aviation, energy and power projects.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams and mentor engineers while upholding quality and safety.
• Drive delivery through digital tools and leaner working practices.

Skills

Structural analysis

Project leadership

Communication

Mentoring engineers

Prioritization

Technical delivery

Education

Civil/Structural engineering degree

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Your engineering judgement will shape structural solutions across some of the UK’s most important transport and infrastructure programmes.

You will help clients solve complex challenges involving existing and new structures across highways, rail, aviation, energy and power. Whether improving the performance of an ageing asset, developing a renewal strategy or leading a technically demanding design, your work will directly influence safety, sustainability, whole-life value and project delivery.

You will bring clarity to difficult engineering decisions and provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams. You will also help develop the engineers around you, giving them the confidence, support and challenge needed to progress.

This is an opportunity to combine deep technical expertise with wider influence. You will improve how structural solutions are developed and delivered by applying digital tools, leaner processes, new technology and practical engineering insight.

About The Opportunity

Join our Bridges & Structures team and take a leading role in developing practical, technically robust solutions across highways, rail, aviation, energy and power. You’ll work on complex UK and international projects for clients including High Speed 2, National Highways, Network Rail, the Welsh Government, local authorities and national contractors. From feasibility and asset management through to detailed design and structural renewals, you’ll help clients make informed decisions that improve safety, sustainability and whole-life value.

You’ll lead structural analysis and design, guide multidisciplinary teams and mentor engineers while maintaining high standards of technical quality. Working with specialists across the UK and internationally, you’ll shape integrated solutions, strengthen client relationships and improve delivery through digital tools, new technology and leaner ways of working. We’re particularly interested in experience involving asset management, structural renewals or post-tensioned structures, but we also welcome technical leaders who can bring relevant expertise from other disciplines or industries.

Here's what you'll need

• Substantial experience in civil or structural engineering, with the technical judgement to lead complex structural work.
• Strong structural analysis, design and practical problem-solving capability.
• Experience leading technical delivery and taking responsibility for engineering quality.
• The ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to clients, project teams and other disciplines.
• Experience supporting, mentoring or guiding engineers.
• The ability to manage competing technical and project priorities without compromising quality or safety.
• A relevant civil or structural engineering degree

Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

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As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria.

We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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