Principal Structural Engineer - Power Manchester

Baker Hicks Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or cash allowance

Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan

25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave

Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)

Family friendly policies

Employee assistance

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Structural Engineer to lead high-profile projects across various sectors including aviation and nuclear. This role requires proven experience in leading structural design teams, strong knowledge of UK codes, and commercial awareness. Candidate responsibilities involve managing project teams, producing deliverables, and innovating in structural design. The position offers attractive benefits including a company car or cash allowance and a matched pension plan.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading structural design teams on high‑profile or complex projects.
• Broad structural engineering expertise in steel, concrete, masonry, and timber.
• Strong commercial awareness, including budgeting and change management.

Responsibilities

• Leading structural design delivery across high‑profile projects.
• Managing and developing structural project teams.
• Overseeing production and approval of structural deliverables.
• Driving innovation and sustainability in design solutions.

Skills

Leading structural design teams

Understanding of UK structural design codes

High proficiency in structural analysis software

Commercial awareness

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng MIStructE or CEng MICE)

Job description

Manchester

Lead Structural Delivery on High‑Profile Projects

We’re looking for a Principal Structural Engineer to take a key leadership role across high‑profile, technically complex projects spanning aviation, nuclear, defence, industrial, rail, public sector, power and specialist infrastructure sectors, leading multiple structural design teams. If you thrive on technical authority, guiding others, and delivering complex structural solutions with confidence, this role offers real influence, autonomy, and challenge.

Reporting to an Associate Director / Associate Engineer, you’ll play a central role in shaping and assuring structural output across some of our most visible and demanding projects.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading structural design delivery across high‑profile projects or several smaller, coordinated workstreams
• Managing and developing structural project teams, ensuring the right capability, resourcing, and technical oversight
• Overseeing the production and approval of high‑quality structural deliverables, including calculations, drawings, specifications, reports, and digital models
• Acting as a technical authority for structural design, reviewing work, providing technical direction, and ensuring engineering excellence
• Developing delivery programmes, managing budgets, and maintaining robust commercial and change control
• Supporting tenders, fee proposals, and technical scopes for projects of varying scale and complexity
• Reporting project performance, risks, and insights to senior leadership
• Driving innovation, sustainability, and constructability in structural design solutionsPromoting Safe Together behaviours and contributing to Perfect Delivery standards
• Mentoring engineers and supporting the growth of capability and confidence across teams

What You’ll Bring

• Chartered Engineer (CEng MIStructE or CEng MICE)
• Proven experience leading structural design teams on high‑profile or complex projects
• Strong understanding of UK structural design codes, standards, and assurance processes
• Broad structural engineering expertise, which may include:
  • Steel, concrete, masonry, and timber building structures
  • Foundations and substructures
  • Structural analysis, assessment, and remediation
  • Site investigations
• High proficiency in structural analysis and design software, with the ability to review and validate complex models
• Strong commercial awareness, including budgeting and change management
• Experience working within fully integrated, multidisciplinary design teams
• Sound understanding of CDM responsibilities and structural safety obligations
• CSCS card, eligibility for SC clearance, and a full UK driving licence

Your Next Step

If you’re looking for a role where your structural expertise carries real weight, your leadership shapes delivery, and your work contributes to high‑profile projects with genuine impact, this could be a strong next move.

Apply today and let’s talk.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to security clearance. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by various factors. The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain security clearance for this role as required by our clients and sectors.

Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk ).

Benefits

• Company car or cash allowance
• Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
• 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
• Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)
• Family friendly policies
• Employee assistance

Equal Opportunity

BakerHicks is an equal opportunity employer. We care about creating an inclusive atmosphere and are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion throughout. BakerHicks is an inclusive organisation welcoming talent from all backgrounds. Applicants are assessed on the basis of personal merit and qualifications.