Principal Structural Engineer/Associate - Oxford

Aldwych Consulting; England; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property consultancy in the UK seeks a Principal Structural Engineer to join their Oxford team. The candidate will engage in hands-on design and leadership, run projects, manage design teams, and mentor junior staff. This role offers a hybrid working arrangement with competitive salary and benefits, including 25 days holiday and an enhanced pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days holiday increasing with length of service

Enhanced pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience with steel and concrete design.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Chartered status preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on structural design and leadership.
• Run projects, prepare fee proposals, and manage design teams.
• Mentor junior staff.

Skills

Steel design skills

Concrete design skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

Chartered or nearing chartered status

Job description

Overview

Principal Structural Engineer/Associate – Oxford – £58k-£75k

Established and well known leading property consultancy with over 300 staff throughout the UK are investing in their small in house structural design team to grow and develop this division. This is exciting times for the business with big growth plans for this sector. A new highly thought of senior Director of Engineering is already in place to steer this ship. This position would be for an experienced Structural Engineer with good steel and concrete design skills to join their Oxford team and assist with the leadership of the team. It could also be possible to work from the London office some days if desired. The Oxford structural team has 5 structural engineers currently plus technicians. It is planned to grow this team to around 20 staff in the not too distant future.

As well as doing hands on design you will be running projects and assisting with the future growth of the division. Your role will include preparing fee proposals, managing projects and design teams and mentoring more junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on structural design and leadership of the Oxford team (with potential to work from the London office some days).
• Run projects, prepare fee proposals, manage projects and design teams.
• Mentor more junior staff and support future growth of the division.
• Engage with mainly industrial and energy sector projects (datacentres, substations) with potential expansion into more mainstream buildings.

Qualifications

• Good steel and concrete design skills.
• Chartered or nearing chartered status preferred.
• Excellent communication skills.

Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangement.
• 25 days holiday increasing with length of service.
• Enhanced pension scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme and various company perks and discount schemes.

Sam Robson
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EEO and Eligibility

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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