Associate Director - Structural Engineering

Associate 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.