Principal Structural Engineer

Overview

As Principal Structural Engineer in our Building Structures team, you will lead mid-to-large projects from concept to handover, delivering quality on time and within budget. You’ll guide a multidisciplinary team, engage directly with clients, and apply advanced structural design and VE techniques to sustainable building schemes. This role offers growth through a global, mission-driven firm that values collaboration, innovation, and societal impact.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteer days
• well-being programs
• global, inclusive culture

Responsibilities

• Control commercial, managerial and technical aspects of projects
• Source opportunities and prepare fee proposals for clients
• Lead a team of engineers and technicians on building infrastructure schemes
• Perform structural analyses and calculations for projects
• Supervise work to meet technical standards, programme and budget
• Lead by example in value engineering and modern computational methods
• Provide high-level VE-led technical expertise for building design projects
• Ensure quality, environmental and sustainability considerations are addressed throughout delivery

Key requirements

• Chartered Engineer with extensive structural engineering experience
• Experience leading projects and dealing directly with clients
• Track record across sectors (Defence, Justice, Education, Commercial, Healthcare, etc)
• Experience from concept to completion and sustainable design delivery
• Knowledge of governing design standards (Eurocodes, Building Regulations, BS)
• UK SC clearance or ability to obtain; ideally single UK nationality
• Graduate in Structural Engineering or equivalent; Chartered status preferred

• excellent communication skills
• team player
• self-motivated and enthusiastic
• structural design, drawings, calculations
• specification writing and technical reporting
• value engineering

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