Structures Team Leader

Fm Conway; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 70 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

25 days holiday

Company bonus

Life assurance

Pension contribution

Internal training

Discounts platform

24-hour advice lines

Mental health support

Résumé du poste

FM Conway is seeking a Structures Team Leader to join our Consultancy division in London. This senior role leads designers and inspectors focused on highway structures, setting technical and commercial direction, and driving profitable growth.

You will own performance, growth and resource planning, while developing client relationships across FM Conway and external providers to secure new commissions and repeat work.

Qualifications

• Member of IStructE or ICE Chartered Engineer status required.
• Proven track record leading, developing and performance-managing a team.
• Experience generating new business and managing budgets, forecasting and profitability.

Responsabilités

• Lead a team of structural designers and inspectors, planning resources and development.
• Own monthly programme and financial performance, including project margins and utilisation.
• Build trusted client relationships and identify opportunities for repeat work and cross-selling.
• Prepare reports, drawings and cost estimates in line with local procedures.
• Oversee delivery of highway structures projects, ensuring safety, schedules and quality.

Connaissances

Leadership

Team management

Business development

Project management

Formation

IStructE member / ICE Chartered Engineer

Outils

NEC3 contracts

Description du poste

FM Conway is seeking an experienced Structures Team Leader to join our Consultancy division. This is a senior leadership role for an established structural engineering professional who has successfully led and developed a team, generated new business and managed a profitable area of expertise. You will lead designers and inspectors focused primarily on highway structures, setting the technical and commercial direction of the service, building a strong opportunity pipeline and ensuring projects are delivered safely, successfully and profitably. You will develop relationships with clients, contractors and colleagues across FM Conway, including Term Maintenance, Structures and Lighting, and turn those relationships into sustainable growth. This is a full-time, permanent position based at our London office.

You will take ownership of the performance and growth of the structures discipline, balancing technical excellence with effective resource planning, strong project controls, new business generation and sustainable profitability.

The duties of the Structures Team Leader role will include:

• - Leading, developing and performance-managing a team of structural designers and inspectors, building capability, planning resources, supporting succession and promoting continuous improvement and professional growth
• - Developing excellent and effective collaborative relationships with key stakeholders and external providers
• - Overseeing the planning, designing, and delivery of highway structures projects, ensuring adherence to schedules, budgets, and quality standards
• - Owning monthly programme and financial performance, including workload forecasting, resource utilisation, project margins and corrective action to keep the structures discipline on plan and profitable
• - Building trusted client relationships, communicating delivery progress and identifying opportunities for repeat work, cross-selling and new commissions
• - Preparing reports, drawings, schedules, bills of quantities, cost estimates and other documents in accordance with local procedures
• - Managing the commercial performance of the discipline, with accountability for budgets, forecasting, utilisation, project margins, fee recovery and sustainable profitability
• - Working across FM Conway to identify integrated opportunities and develop compelling multidisciplinary solutions for clients

What skills and experience do you need?

We are looking for a Structures Team Leader who is a Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), or holds equivalent professional status. You will have significant structural engineering experience and a proven record of leading, developing and performance-managing a team of engineers or inspectors. You must also be able to demonstrate success in generating new business, building client relationships, leading bids or fee proposals, and managing the commercial performance of a technical discipline or portfolio, including budgets, forecasting, utilisation, project margins and profitability. Experience working with local government and private-sector clients is required, together with a good working knowledge of different contract types, including NEC3.

What benefits will you receive?

As our Structures Team Leader, we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company bonus, life assurance, pension contribution and opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines, and support from our in-house mental health first aiders.

• career and professional development
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• company bonus
• life assurance
• pension contribution
• opportunities for internal and external training
• access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform
• 24-hour advice lines
• support from our in-house mental health first aiders

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Consultancy Services Division

FM Conway is a family business with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. As a family business the heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

The Consultancy Services division offers specialist design services to several high-profile clients across London and the South East. We are a dynamic team delivering urban realm, private developer, hostile vehicle mitigation and maintenance schemes. We are continually strengthening our offer to clients, from the design and production of new surfacing materials to the use of AI in highway inspection. The Structures Team Leader will build on this platform by developing our structures capability, creating opportunities with existing and new clients, and working across FM Conway to deliver an integrated and commercially successful service.

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