Senior Structural Engineer

Conrad-Consulting; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Conrad-Consulting in Derby is seeking a Chartered Principal Structural Engineer to lead projects and a design team on varied building schemes, with strong client liaison and a commercial mindset.

You will drive detailed design, mentor junior engineers, coordinate with contractors and architects, progress toward senior management in a forward‑thinking practice with good work‑life balance. There are promotional prospects and a clear path to chartership.

Qualifications

• Chartered engineer with senior project leadership experience.
• Experience with Tedds and Tekla software.
• Strong understanding of the design process.

Responsibilities

• Detailed design and analysis duties on a variety of buildings from the property sector.
• Leading projects and a design team.
• Liaising with and providing direction to more junior members of the design team.
• Communicating with contractors and architects.
• Liaising with clients and answering queries.
• Taking on more responsibility toward senior management.

Skills

Chartered status

Project leadership

Client facing

Communication

Education

Degree in civil or structural engineering

Tools

Tedds

Tekla

Job description

Salary: GBP55000 - GBP58000 per annum

Our client is an award-winning firm of consulting engineers with a number of national offices. They take pride in their vast technical expertise and proactive approach, which ensures client retention and ongoing project wins. Their workload includes schemes ranging in size and complexity, and they focus on delivering integrated engineering in an imaginative and solution-based way.

Their Derby office is expanding and, as part of this expansion process, they are seeking a principal structural engineer.

They work on a wide variety of buildings projects, often large mixed use urban developments. They pride themselves on their interesting and varied workload and their work hard play hard office environment. It is expected that you will be Chartered and able to lead projects and project teams to success. The position is for a dynamic senior candidate with experience of managing reasonable sized projects and leading design teams. It is essential and you must have good communication skills, be proactive and client facing. You should be able to run projects and be a dynamic candidate keen to progress your career within a forward-thinking practice. Excellent promotional prospects exist within this business.

You can expect the following responsibilities:

• Detailed design and analysis duties on a variety of buildings from the property sector
• Leading projects and a design team
• Liaising with and providing direction to more junior members of the design team
• Communicating with contractors and architects
• Liaising with clients and answering queries
• Gradually taking on more responsibility while you work into a position in senior management

They need someone who is a natural technical lead either already working in a Principal role or is ready to move up into one. They have a contemporary approach to their work and there is a real focus on work/life balance and as such there is a flexible working policy along with regular staff social events.

You will ideally meet the following criteria:

• A relevant degree in civil or structural engineering
• Experience with industry standard software such as Tedds and Tekla
• Knowledge of the design process
• They are essentially looking for a commercially astute problem solver.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing structural consultancy in Derby with great prospects for personal and professional development. This practice is winning more and more work and needs talented engineers to help grow their team further.