Structures Team Leader

FM Conway Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Company bonus

Life assurance

Pension contributions

Training opportunities

Employee discounts

Job summary

FM Conway Ltd is seeking a senior Structures Team Leader for our London-based Consultancy division. You will lead a team of structural designers and inspectors, directing technical and commercial strategy while ensuring safe, timely and profitable project delivery.

You will build strong client relationships across FM Conway, including local authorities and private sector clients, and drive new business generation with a focus on sustainable profitability.

Qualifications

• Member of IStructE or ICE, or equivalent professional status.
• Significant structural engineering experience with proven leadership.
• Track record in generating new business and managing profitability.
• Experience with local government and private-sector clients; knowledge of NEC3 contracts.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and performance-manage a team of structural designers and inspectors, plan resources and promote growth.
• Build collaborative relationships with stakeholders and external providers.
• Oversee planning, design and delivery of highway structures projects within budgets and schedules.
• Own monthly programme and financial performance, forecast workloads and project margins.
• Develop client relationships and identify opportunities for repeat work and new commissions.
• Prepare reports, drawings, schedules, BOQs, cost estimates and related documents.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Client relations

Strategic planning

Education

Chartered Engineer (IStructE/ICE)

Professional membership

Tools

NEC3 contracts

Job description

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?

• 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.

Closing Date: 26/11/2026

FM Conway is required to verify the right to work in the UK for all successful candidates. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory right-to-work checks.

Please note that FM Conway is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must therefore have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship from FM Conway, either now or in the future.

FM Conway is an award‑winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life.

EDI‑Strategy

At our heart we are a business that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

We believe in people, not algorithms. That’s why every application is personally reviewed by a member of our Recruitment Team - never by AI.

We look forward to receiving your application!