Principal Structural Engineer

Delivery As a highly experienced civil and/or structural engineering designer, you will lead your team's project delivery efforts, taking responsibility for all aspects of our projects, leading the way for our engineers and technicians and promoting design innovation. You will maintain a high-level overview of your team's projects, ensuring that the design is delivered correctly and in accordance with Hydrock's quality assurance procedures and health-and-safety responsibilities. Management You will take responsibility for all aspects of management including:

• Resource planning;
• Managing staff HR issues;
• Identifying team weaknesses/issues;
• Change control/additional fees;
• Financial performance;
• Divisional task groups/design innovation;
• Contractual matters.
Business Development You will take responsibility for ensuring a sustainable stream of work through sales planning, project bids, tender interviews, client management and business networking. You will be able to contribute to marketing materials and assist with business/sales planning and financial budgeting. You will be set up for success if you have:
• MEng or BEng in civil or structural engineering.
• Chartered membership/ Associate membership of the IStructE/ ICE OR working towards Chartership.
  
  Significant experience in building structures design.
• Self-motivated team player with good people skills.
• Strong communication, analysis, technical design and drawing skills.
• Experience using analysis and design software packages.
• Ability to design through hand calculations.
• Understanding of BIM requirements up to and including Level 2.
• Developing marketing/ business development skills.
• Someone ambitious, who believes in our values and wishes to be part of Hydrock and our success.
  
  We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Principal Structural Engineer to join our highly regarded, award winning Civil & Structural team within Bristol. The role focuses on delivery and management, with increasing business development responsibilities.
We offer an excellent people-focused culture, an abundance of engaging projects and a clearly defined progression structure. As well as being part of our national Civil and Structural team (200 employees and growing,) you will have the opportunity to work alongside other successful divisions such as MEP, Nuclear and Smart Energy and Sustainability., We are a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy of over 900 staff in 21 offices across the UK. Our driving motivation is to be a 'Force for Good', as it is our aim to improve the quality of people's lives from our employees to our clients, through to the communities we work in and our planet as a whole through the work we do. From the buildings that surround you, the roads and bridges you cross, all related to the infrastructure that we create, we aim to offer the most sustainable possibilities to shape the places, communities and society that we live in through meeting our client's needs. Through the path we are on to delivering a green future, the result is something that everyone can be proud of. Named as Building's Engineering Consultant of the Year in 2023, we're known for delivering outstanding sustainable projects for our communities, planet, and society. Some of these projects have recently received industry accolades, including Cleveland Pools winning the Conservation and Regeneration category at the Construction Excellence South West Awards 2023; Bay Technology Centre named Commercial Project of the Year at the British Construction Industry Awards 2022; YGG Tan-y-Lan picked out in the Integration and Collaborative Working category at Construction Excellence Wales Awards 2022; The Deaf Academy singled out for its Universal Design at the Civic Trust Awards 2022; and Bristol's iconic waterfront Wapping Wharf Living sweeping up at the Bristol Property Awards.


• Inspiring and supportive colleagues
• Reward for progression and hard work
• An opportunity to develop your soft skills, as well your technical skills
• Competitive starting salary
• Excellent health benefits 25 days of holiday (buy/sell up to five days), accrue 1 day extra every 2 years, with bonus holidays too!
• An earlier finish on Friday (4pm!)
• An opportunity to give back: "Day off for good cause" (on a workday)
• A huge range of flexible benefits, including climate perks and an EV car leasing scheme