Principal Structural Engineer $200k+

• Engineering
• Structural
• Sydney
• Permanent / Full Time

• Join a long-established structural engineering consultancy
• Consistently delivering exceptional, integrated projects for clients
• Well-established firm with a solid business plan.

PRINCIPAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEER - Brisbane

• Lead People. Develop Clients. Stay Technical. Progress to Associate Director.
• Some of the best structural engineers reach Principal level and then find themselves stuck between two worlds.
• Too senior to simply design projects all day – but not given enough opportunity to genuinely influence the business.
• Great salary: $230-200k depending on experience.

  
This Brisbane opportunity is different.
We are looking for an experienced Principal Structural Engineer who wants to play an increasingly important role in the development of a structural team while remaining connected to the engineering that built their career in the first place.
  
It's a position combining four important areas: projects, people, clients and business.
  
You'll take a senior role across the structural operation, helping ensure projects are technically strong, commercially well-managed and delivered in a way that keeps clients coming back.
  
Your involvement will include:

• Leading significant structural projects and project teams
• Providing technical direction across complex designs
• Remaining hands-on when projects require senior engineering input
• Managing and developing key client relationships
• Understanding client expectations and ensuring they are delivered
• Identifying opportunities within existing and new clients
• Mentoring Senior Engineers and developing future leaders
• Planning resources and balancing team workloads
• Maintaining control of programmes and deliverables
• Reviewing project quality and technical standards
• Managing fees, variations and project commercials
• Supporting proposals and business development
• Working closely with the wider leadership team

  
Ideally, you will be CPEng or working at an equivalent professional level, with strong Australian structural consultancy experience.
  

• Technical credibility is important because you'll be leading experienced engineers.
• However, this isn't a Technical Director position where you disappear into calculations and only emerge when somebody has a difficult design problem.
• We want somebody who enjoys people.
• Someone who can sit with a client and understand what they are trying to achieve, then come back to the office and give the team the direction and support required to deliver it.
• Someone who notices when a younger engineer needs help.
• Someone who understands that maintaining a client relationship doesn't begin when the next fee proposal lands – it's built through how you communicate and deliver every project.
• And somebody who still enjoys getting involved technically when their experience can make a difference.
• The opportunity beyond Principal is important.

  
Associate Director is the next step.

• You'll have the chance to demonstrate your ability across team leadership, client development, project delivery and commercial performance, positioning yourself for a broader role within the leadership of the business.
• For somebody currently at Principal level who feels they've reached a ceiling, this could provide the room to move forward.
• It could equally suit a very strong Associate or senior-level engineer who is already operating at Principal level and is ready to be recognised accordingly.
• The aim isn't simply to find somebody capable of doing today's job.
• It's to find someone who can become part of tomorrow's leadership team.

  
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Note: Only Australian / New Zealand applicants with local experience are encouraged to apply.