Title:  Principal Building Structures Engineer

Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations, and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.  

Working for us, you’ll be delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future.

Our people are driven by a set of strong values, based on safety, insight, and collaboration.   

The Opportunity

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Principal Building Structural Engineer to join our Energy Transition & Sustainability (ET&S) team within Consulting. With shared office space in Birmingham, Telford, Manchester, Stafford, Sheffield and Bristol, we welcome applications from Principal Engineers across these regions.

The role

As the Principal Building Structures Engineer you will act as a technical team leader, providing advice, guidance, and supervision as appropriate to the delivery of projects within the Built Environment Structural Engineering portfolio, operational managers, clients, and suppliers.

You will manage or influence the actions of technical teams regardless of office location, project, or account, including the multidisciplinary environment and to undertake the people manager role when required by the business.

You will work with other technical leads within the Built Environment practice to engender a quality culture in the practice with staff owning their assigned deliverables and wanting to delivery right-first time. Whilst in the role, the individual is expected to develop their technical and professional skills to a level approaching subject matter expert. Key responsibilities include:

• To function as a technical team leader, providing advice, guidance, and supervision as appropriate to technical teams, operational managers, clients, and suppliers.
• Leading the preparation and checking of designs, calculations, drawings, specifications, reports, technical papers, and other documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the overarching criteria of quality, cost and programme including compliance with regulatory and statuary.
• Contribute to the commercial success of the projects within the Built Environment Structural Engineering portfolio, monitoring budgets and managing the costs associated with the production of deliverables.
• Liaising with client and supplier representatives at peer level and higher, including presenting proposals.
• Significantly contributing to and being accountable for technical input where required for work winning function.
• Site visits on a visiting basis to assist with project delivery or work winning.
• Assuming the role of people manager when required by the business.

What you will bring to us:

• Developed experience and expertise within relevant technical fields, gained in a Senior Engineer role or equivalent.
• Incorporated or Chartered status or an equivalent professional licence, gained through the professional institution to which the individual is aligned.
• Applies engineering theory and principles to complex or ambiguous situations, where concepts need to be adapted to reach the correct outcome.
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of design and specification process with ability to manage others. Demonstrates a full understanding of the project scope and acts as Design Team Lead for both simple and complex projects.
• Experienced with relevant software and similar analytical tools. Good ability to check work produced by others and able to validate and approve the use of new tools.
• Excellent knowledge of suppliers and the services they provide, maintained through regular contact.
• Demonstrates an excellent understanding of CDM and risk assessment. Experienced in the management and communication of hazards and risks on projects and ensures appropriate risk mitigation and transference has been applied. Can function as Principal Designer Built Environment Structural Engineering projects.
• Supervisory and people manager skills. Capable of managing or influencing the actions of technical teams regardless of office location, project, or account, including the multidisciplinary environment and to undertake the people manager role.
• Excellent oral communicator, able to present arguments and ideas very well to peers, more senior colleagues, and clients. Can deliver internal training workshops and presentations to clients.

What we can offer you:

At Amey, we recognise that our biggest asset is our people. That’s why when you join us, we offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers.

Career Development –

Our dedicated progression framework identifies your career pathway and progress within the organisation, and with dedicated mentoring and support on hand to ensure you hit your career milestones. We’re huge advocates for professional development and offer a recognition bonus for those achieving professional qualifications.

Work-life Balance –

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

Wellbeing –

Health cash plan, 24 GP, support and assistance programmes, wellbeing ambassadors and Wellbeing Wednesday, dental vouchers

EDI-

At Amey we celebrate our people and all that they are. This is reflected in our Affinity Group networks, providing a community of support and connection, a safe space to share experiences, learn from one another and generate ideas – Women @ Amey, NeuroDiversity, Armed Forces, Multicultural Network, Pride, Diversability and Parents & Carers.

Social Value –

You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.

Plus, a range of other great perks and benefits including:

• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Bonus – up to 10% of base salary
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in.

Your Career at Amey Consulting

At Amey Consulting, we value collective expertise, but also the spark one person can bring. As one of us, you can really be yourself, because your individuality is an asset.

You’ll be stretched but always supported. We’ll recognise your hard work and look after your well-being too. You’ll be empowered to play your part and achieve, encouraged to fulfil your own ambition as well as the shared one.

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional application support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.