Principal Structural Design Engineer

FYBA Talent; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An engineering consultancy is seeking a Principal Structural Design Engineer to oversee structural engineering designs for the water industry. The role requires a minimum of 10 years’ experience, with significant expertise in regulated industries such as rail and water. The successful candidate will lead a team, ensure project quality and compliance, and work in a hybrid model, balancing office and remote work. Excellent benefits and a supportive workplace culture are offered.

Benefits

Employee benefits scheme

Workplace pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• 10 years' structural design experience at senior or principal engineering level.
• Significant structural design experience in regulated industries like Rail and Water.
• Good level IT skills required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure design team produce design deliverables satisfying safety and quality.
• Direct and develop engineers and CAD technicians.
• Approve design deliverables and ensure compliance.

Skills

Structural design experience

IT skills

Leadership and team development

Education

Graduate or HND

Chartered engineer

Job description

Overview

Principal Structural Design Engineer

Location: Hybrid working from our clients office near Trafford House, Manchester

Our Client: An engineering design consultancy working closely with a wide range of clients, across a number of disciplines within the UK Water, rail, and utilities industries.

Wellbeing is one of our company's core values - we have developed a safe, just and fair workplace, putting the mental and physical wellbeing of our team first.

We offer an excellent package for permanent staff, including an employee benefits scheme, workplace pension scheme, and training and development opportunities. For contractors, we offer a stable position outside IR35 in a positive and well-motivated team.

Role Purpose: Responsible for solutions, design deliverables and technical standards for structural engineering designs across the water industry.

Role responsibilities

• Ensure design team produce design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements.
• Approve design deliverables, DRAs, reports and specifications
• Identify appropriate and efficient design solutions from scopes and site visits and communicate these to client and project team
• Direct and develop engineers, CAD technicians and graduates.
• Guide design in compliance with relevant technical, professional and water company standards.
• Ensure project change for design packages is fully implemented and recorded.
• Ensure work is undertaken using formal processes and procedures.
• Estimate hours required for design packages
• Attend and present designs at ALM, KM meetings and similar
• Review, interpret and brief standards, procedures and changes to them
• Undertake the role of Professional Head for discipline and Responsible Engineer/CRE for specific projects
• Provide key technical guidance for projects and tenders and ensure continuous improvement of technical standards

What we require from you

• 10 years' structural design experience at senior or principal engineering level
• Significant structural design experience within one or more of the following regulated industries: Rail, Water, Oil and gas, Nuclear, Highways, Bridges,
• Graduate or HND
• Good level IT
• Chartered engineer

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in regulated water and/or rail industries
• Awareness of construction methods and materials.
• Knowledge of Engineering Drawing Practices
• Driving licence & access to vehicle

What we can offer you

We offer an excellent package for permanent staff, including an employee benefits scheme, workplace pension scheme, and training and development opportunities. For contractors, we offer a stable position outside IR35 in a positive and well-motivated team.

Location and office information

Our offices have free parking, as well as a free-to-use fully equipped Gym, showers and changing rooms. We are well situated just a 10 minute walk from Old Trafford tram stop