Reusing buildings beats replacing them. Senior structural seat, Manchester.

Company: Responsum Global
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

Overview

In this role, you lead high-impact structural projects from survey through construction in Manchester, focusing on the appraisal, retrofit and reuse of existing buildings. You will directly manage client and architect relationships and mentor junior engineers, shaping a growing studio within an established practice. You’ll bring strong judgement and pragmatic decision‑making to projects with imperfect information, while contributing to a technically first, sociable culture. This is a chance to help build a focused, market-leading team.

Pay / Benefits

  • competitive package
  • hybrid working

Responsibilities

  • Lead schemes from feasibility to construction and delivery
  • Directly manage architect and client relationships
  • Mentor and develop junior engineers on the project team
  • Apply judgement and pragmatism to existing-building projects
  • Contribute to the growth and shaping of the Manchester studio
  • Deliver high-quality technical solutions for appraisal, retrofit, and new build projects

Key requirements

  • Experience leading structural projects end-to-end
  • Ability to manage client and architect relationships directly
  • Proven mentoring and team leadership
  • Strong judgement and decision-making under imperfect information
  • Experience with appraisal or retrofit of existing buildings (preferred)
  • leadership
  • communication
  • mentoring
  • structural engineering
  • feasibility studies
  • survey-to-construction delivery

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Posted: October 1st, 2026