Full job descriptionAssociate Director / Director, Structural Engineering
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Location: London
Working Pattern: Hybrid
The Company
Join a leading independent building consultancy in a senior role focused on growing its Structural Engineering service.
The consultancy advises developers, investors and property owners across the built environment and is known for providing high-quality technical and commercially focused advice.
The Role
This is a combined technical leadership and business development position.
You will develop relationships with existing and prospective clients, identify opportunities for structural engineering support and convert these conversations into fee-earning work. You will then oversee the technical and commercial delivery of the resulting projects.
The work will cover structural investigations, remediation, refurbishment and new-build projects, including issues arising from fire, flooding, subsidence, impact damage and structural defects.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
*Develop client relationships and generate new fee-earning work.
*Identify structural engineering opportunities across client property portfolios.
*Prepare scopes, fee proposals and bids.
*Build and manage a pipeline of structural engineering work.
*Lead complex projects from initial instruction through to completion.
*Oversee structural surveys, investigations and remediation projects.
*Act as the primary client contact and provide commercially focused technical advice.
*Manage project fees, resources, quality and timescales.
*Mentor engineers and support the growth of the team.
*Promote the consultancy through networking, presentations and technical content.
Required Skills & Qualifications
*Chartered Engineer status through MIStructE or MICE.
*Significant structural engineering consultancy experience.
*A proven ability to develop client relationships and generate fee income.
*Experience preparing proposals and converting opportunities into instructions.
*Strong experience across existing buildings, refurbishment and new-build projects.
*Experience in structural investigations, defects and remediation.
*Strong technical, commercial and project leadership skills.
*Excellent report-writing, presentation and communication abilities.
*A proactive, personable and entrepreneurial approach.
Benefits
*Competitive salary and benefits package.
*Hybrid working.
*Private healthcare following the qualifying period.
*25 days’ annual leave.
*Life assurance and pension scheme.
*Career development and professional learning support.
*Cycle-to-work scheme and interest-free season ticket loan.
This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded Chartered Engineer who wants to develop client relationships, generate work and help grow a specialist structural engineering service.