Senior/Principal Structural Engineer

Minerva Appointments; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy seeks a Senior/Principal Structural Engineer in Sheffield. The role involves leading projects, managing teams, and ensuring high-quality delivery while maintaining client relations. Applicants should possess an accredited degree, extensive consultancy experience, and ideally aim for Chartership.

Qualifications

• Must hold an accredited degree in structural engineering, ideally Chartered or working towards Chartership.
• Extensive experience within a consultancy and working to British Standards.
• Ambitious, commercially aware with team management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead single and multi-discipline projects.
• Manage Graduate Engineers and Trainee Technicians.
• Provide technical support and ensure project delivery.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Team management

Education

Accredited degree in structural engineering

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Senior/Principal Structural Engineer, Sheffield

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Client:

Minerva Appointments

Location:

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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4

Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Company:

Based on the West side of Leeds, this multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy works both nationally and internationally, across disciplines including civil, structural, health and safety, mechanical and electrical, waste management and sustainable energy.

Established during the 1950s as a pure Structural Engineering practice, this consultancy have grown through acquisition as well as organically and have developed a reputation as one of the largest and most successful UK engineering consultancies with 19 offices in the UK and 10 offices across Europe and the Far East.

Job Description:

As a senior member of staff, your responsibilities shall include, but shall not be limited to:

- Leading single and multi-discipline projects
- Providing technical support and managing the technical accuracy and delivery of those below you
- Managing Graduate and Assistant Engineers and Trainee Technicians and develop their training toward Chartership
- Client care and development
- Preparing project resource schedules
- Project cost control and effective management of project resources

You will be involved in all stages of building engineering projects from strategy evaluation and concept development to detailed design and contract administration.

Person Specification:

To apply for the position of a Senior/Principal Structural Engineer you must hold an accredited degree in structural engineering and should be ideally Chartered or working towards Chartership. You should have extensive experience of working within a Consultancy, working to British Standards.

You should be commercially aware, ambitious and ideally should have some experience of team management. Also contacts in the local marketplace would be advantageous.

Minerva Appointments is committed to equality in the marketplace and acts as both an employment agency and employment business.

Location: Sheffield

Employment Type: Permanent