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Senior Structural Engineer

Job description

Senior Structural Engineer (Progression to Partner)
£50,000 - £55,000 + Progression to Partner / Associate + Paid parking + Private Healthcare + 25 days holiday + Milage covered
Newark, Lincolnshire - Hybrid working

An rare opportunity for an experienced Structural Engineer to join a long-established, multi-disciplinary design practice with a strong regional reputation and a secure pipeline of high-quality work. With succession planning firmly in place, the business is now looking to appoint a senior engineer with the ambition and capability to become the next Partner of the practice.

Are you a Structural Engineer with strong experience designing building structures? Are you looking to work across a diverse portfolio of schemes rather than being boxed into one sector? Do you want a genuine, clearly defined progression route to Partner within the next 3-5 years, supported by an established leadership team?

The practice delivers multi-disciplinary design services across commercial, residential, and local authority projects, covering both new build and refurbishment schemes up to £10-20m, with a stable workload driven by repeat clients.

In this role, you will be responsible for creating structural designs for a range of projects. You will be required to produce clearly presented calculation reports and drawings using AutoCAD. You will be the lead on projects allocating tasks to junior staff in preparation to take over a more managerial role.

This position suits a Structural Engineer with 5+ years' experience who is either chartered or actively working toward chartership. You'll have solid buildings experience, strong technical capability, and the ambition to progress into a senior leadership role in the near future.

With clear succession planning in place, this role offers a genuine pathway toward Associate and Partner level within the next five years. You'll be supported with tailored training, CPD, and exposure to management and business development activities within an open and collaborative environment.

The Role - Responsibilities

  • Delivering structural engineering projects from concept to completion
  • Producing detailed designs of works
  • Managing small project teams and allocating workloads
  • Supporting tendering and fee proposals
  • Ensuring technical quality and programme delivery


The Person - Requirements

  • Civil or Structural engineering degree
  • 5+ years' experience in Building structures design
  • Ideally has or is very close to chartership, (ICE or IStructE ) would be preferred but not essential
  • Desire to progress to Partner / Associate
  • Excellent written & verbal communication skills.

Reference Number: BBBH269542

To apply for this role or for to be considered for further roles, please click "Apply Now" or contact Zoe Cann at Rise Technical Recruitment.

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.