Lead Senior 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 Lead Senior Building Structures Engineer to join our Advisory team within Consulting. With shared office space in Birmingham, Telford, Manchester, Stafford, Sheffield and Bristol, we welcome applications from Senior Engineers across these regions.

The role

As the Lead Senior Building Structures Engineer you will function as a team leader, providing and overseeing the production of technically sound deliverables for projects within the Built Environment portfolio. The portfolio may be single or multi‑discipline projects.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• To lead a team, producing technically sound engineering solutions, complying with all relevant technical standards and client requirements, working unsupervised and supervising more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks.
• The preparation and checking of designs, calculations, drawings and documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the overarching criteria of quality, cost and programme.
• Overseeing the actions of more junior members of staff undertaking similar tasks and taking responsibility for their actions.
• Responsibility for the commercial success of the projects within their portfolio, controlling budgets and managing the costs associated with the production of deliverables.
• Liaising with client and supplier representatives at peer level, attending progress meetings, responding to queries etc.
• Significantly contributing to the preparation of bids and the general work winning function.
• Working on site, either on a visiting basis or in a full time but temporary role and including out of hours working.
• Assuming the role of people manager when required by the business.

What You Will Bring To Us:

• Have demonstrable building structures experience.
• Experience of managing a small team, engineers and technicians, providing technically robust engineering outputs (designs, calculations, drawings, documentation).
• Provision of technical leadership and guidance, ensuring compliance with standards and design governance including familiarity with Structural Eurocodes and Building Regulations.
• Experience of using 3D CAD software, Tekla Structural Designer and Tekla Tedds.
• Experience of managing quality and programme performance across multiple schemes.
• Professional engagement with clients and stakeholders, to support project delivery where appropriate.
• Hold Chartered status with a relevant professional institution.

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.