Permanent

Principal / Associate Structural Engineer

T.E.D. (Recruitment) Ltd

Leeds, LS2 8BE

£ neg, Pension, professional fees etc.

Posted: 15 July 2026 (Today)

Closing date: 13 August 2026

Ref: TMP1314

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About the Role

The Principal / Associate Structural Engineer role in Leeds is a permanent position with a consulting engineering firm. You will lead structural design, calculations, and technical drawing production across diverse projects such as hospitals, commercial offices, schools, and industrial facilities. Responsibilities include team management, project organisation, and collaborating with multi-discipline teams to create integrated solutions. The position offers a negotiable salary, pension, and professional fees. This role requires strong technical expertise and leadership skills to oversee complex work, including waste handling and decarbonisation projects.

THE ROLE

We are currently seeking a PRINCIPAL / ASSOCIATE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER to join our client based in Leeds.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing firm of consulting engineers who offer the right candidates interesting projects to work on and good prospects for promotion.

You will be involved in doing structural engineering design, organisation and team management etc. for a wide variety of project types including Hospitals, Commercial offices, Schools, Residential, Industrial, Waste Handling and Waste Recycling Plants, Prisons plus Decarbonisation for Hospital projects.

You will be responsible for overseeing the production of technical drawings, calculations and specifications plus you will collaborate with multi-discipline teams to develop integrated design solutions.

You will also mentor less experienced engineers, deal with clients etc.

THE CLIENT

Our client is a successful, growing firm of consulting engineers with a number of UK offices.

THE CANDIDATE

You will need to have experience of the following:-

You must have a BSc in Civil or Structural Engineering.

You will be Chartered or almost chartered.

You should have around ten years'' experience as a Structural Engineer and have broad based structural design experience across a range of building structures.

You need to have gained experience of a variety of structural engineering software for structural analysis and design.

You must have excellent written and spoken English to be able to deal with clients and multi discipline consultants and contractors.

You should have good knowledge of U.K. codes and U.K. regulations.

You need to have spent several years working for a similar engineering consultants in the U.K. working on U.K. projects.

A full UK driving licence is required along with your own vehicle to enable you to attend meetings and get to sites, some of which may be fairly remote.

Salary is negotiable and there is an excellent package of company benefits.

Please email a full c.v. or give me, Toby Melling a call for an informal and confidential discussion on 020 7613 5555 or 020 8368 0025 or mobile 07740 067025.

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