Principal Structural Engineer (Sponsorship / Chartership)

Ernest Gordon Recruitment; West Kirby; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training

Progression

Chartership

Flexible hours

Company bonus

Hybrid work

Job summary

Ernest Gordon Recruitment is seeking a Principal Structural Engineer in the Liverpool area with sponsorship and chartership opportunities. The role offers a leading position shaping major projects, integrating client relationships and technical standards across a diversified portfolio.

You will oversee design, lead teams, and ensure delivery from conception through to completion while enjoying flexible hours, hybrid work, and a clear path to professional progression.

Qualifications

• Lead a technical team across complex structural projects.
• Provide high-level design judgement and ensure quality control.
• Coordinate with clients and stakeholders to manage expectations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across complex structural engineering projects.
• Oversee structural analysis, calculations and design reviews.
• Mentor engineering teams and manage key client relationships, with occasional site visits.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

UK site experience

Education

Chartership sponsorship

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

CAD

BIM

Job description

Principal Structural Engineer (Sponsorship / Chartership)

£70,000 – £75,000 + £89k OTE+ Training + Progression + Chartership + Flexible Hours + Company Bonus + Hybrid Work

Liverpool

Are you a Principal Structural Engineer with UK experience, looking to take a leading role within an established consultancy, offering sponsorship opportunities, where your technical judgement will shape major projects and influence the continued development of the business?

Are you looking for a position offering the authority to lead complex schemes, develop engineering talent and strengthen key client relationships, alongside hybrid working, flexi-hours and continued professional development?

In this role, you will provide technical leadership across a diverse portfolio spanning large-scale residential developments, complex industrial facilities, historic buildings, rail infrastructure and sports stadiums. You will oversee structural design and analysis, review and approve engineering calculations, guide project teams and resolve complex technical challenges. Acting as a senior point of contact for clients and external partners, you will take responsibility for technical quality and project delivery from concept through to completion.

Established for nearly 60 years and operating across six UK offices, this respected civil and structural engineering consultancy combines a strong industry reputation with ambitious plans for growth. Joining at Principal level, you will have the opportunity to influence engineering standards, develop client relationships and help shape the practice as it expands.

This role would suit a Principal Structural Engineer seeking greater influence, technical ownership and recognition within a specialist consultancy, offering a varied project portfolio, flexibility and scope for continued career progression.

The Role:

• Provide technical leadership across complex structural engineering projects
• Oversee structural analysis, calculations and design reviews
• Mentor engineering teams and manage key client relationships, with occasional site visits
• 37.5 hours per week, with flexible hours and hybrid working

The Person:

• Principal Structural Engineer
• Leadership or project management experience
• UK site experience

Reference number: BBBH 27794a

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We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates. The salary advertised is a guideline for this position. The offered remuneration will be dependent on the extent of your experience, qualifications, and skill set.