Principal Structural Engineer

Aecom; Greater London, St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Day 1 onboarding at AECOM office

Job summary

AECOM is seeking an experienced Principal Structural Engineer for our London or St Albans office. The role involves leading a team on building projects valued from £500k to £50m+ across education, health, defence and commercial sectors.

You will manage budgets, influence design decisions and coordinate with clients and internal teams to ensure high-quality outcomes. Applicants should be Chartered (CEng) with strong knowledge of reinforced concrete/steel, Eurocodes, and structural analysis

Qualifications

• Capability to design in reinforced concrete and steel.
• Proficient with Eurocodes and modern analysis software.
• Experience leading a team and interfacing with clients.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.

Responsibilities

• supervise structural engineering design on complex projects.
• manage budgets, resources and programme.
• lead engineers and technicians on building schemes.
• coordinate design input/output and design reviews.
• maintain high technical quality across projects.

Skills

Structural design

Eurocodes

Client liaison

Leadership

Communication

Education

CEng

Membership: ICE/IStructE

Degree in Civil/Structural Engineering

Tools

TEKLA

SCIA

TEDDS

Job description

Job Description

AECOM is seeking an experienced Principal Structural Engineer within the Buildings & Places business unit to be based in either our London or St Albans office.

We are currently recruiting for a Principal Structural Engineer to join our established building engineering team in the London and the Southeast region. The team are currently undertaking a range of exciting new build and refurbishment projects from £500k to £50m+ in a variety of sectors including education, health, defence and commercial. We are also assisting a wide variety of national and international clients in planning to meet their carbon reduction targets as part of the national drive for Net Zero Carbon.

This is a great opportunity to play a significant part on future construction projects across the UK, and across worldwide locations.

Duties of the Principal Structural Engineer role include

• Assisting with the supervision of structural engineering design of complex Engineering projects.
• Effectively control commercial, managerial and technical aspects of projects or parts thereof for which you are responsible.
• Sourcing opportunities and preparing fee proposals for submission to client, including resources and programme.
• Leading a team of engineers and technicians designing building schemes.
• Performing work to an agreed budget and schedule with moderate supervision.
• Providing guidance to graduate engineers.
• Managing and leading junior engineers and overseeing structural designs.
• Managing and coordinating design input and output.
• Engaging with the internal design review process with one of our Lead Verifiers.
• Attending informal design workshops with other members of the design team.
• Maintaining outstanding technical quality.

Specific Requirements

• Ability to design in various common structural materials with an excellent knowledge of design in reinforced concrete and steel essential.
• Excellent working knowledge of the current Eurocodes.
• Excellent working knowledge of Structural Analysis Software, TEKLA, TEDDs, SCIA, or similar software.
• Experience in the assessment of existing structures and their justification, as well as new build designs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English).
• Interacts with Clients in a professional manner.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiating, problem solving, and analytical skills are a must.
• Able to work well under pressure.
• Detail oriented, adept at multi-tasking and prioritising workloads.

Minimum requirements

• A solid track record of having worked on a variety of structures projects, possibly as project leader on some, with experience of dealing directly with clients.
• Excellent knowledge of standard engineering practices, techniques, procedures and Structural design principles.
• Undertaking structural engineering design on complex projects, performing analyses and calculations as appropriate.
• Supervising work, ensuring that it is carried out to the appropriate technical standard and that it is managed to programme and budget.
• Ability to deliver design solutions, calculations, lead teams and successfully manage projects.
• Extensive post University experience in Building Structures across a number of market sectors and construction materials/methods.

The ability to obtain BPSS is preferable as certain projects require this.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline
• Chartered Engineer (CEng)
• Member of either the Institution of Civil Engineers and/or the Institution of Structural Engineers.

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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