Associate - Structures

The Associate - Building Structures will lead and manage the delivery of building structural engineering projects across a range of sectors in the UK. The role involves technical leadership, project management, client engagement, team development, and ensuring high-quality design outputs in line with UK standards (Eurocode standards). The Associate will act as a key link between clients, project teams, and senior leadership, driving technical excellence and commercial success.

Responsibilities:

• Lead structural design for medium to large building projects using Eurocodes and UK best practices.
• Provide high-level technical review and approval of calculations, drawings, and reports.
• Drive innovative, safe, and sustainable design solutions.
• Ensure compliance with QA/QC procedures and project standards.
• Oversee digital engineering tools (Revit, Tekla/structural BIM workflows).
• Manage full project lifecycle from concept to construction.
• Develop scopes, deliverables, programmes, and fee proposals.
• Monitor project progress, budgets, risks, and change control.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary design teams (architecture, MEP, civils).
• Ensure timely delivery of design information to clients and contractors.
• Build strong client relationships through consistent delivery and technical excellence.
• Represent the business in client meetings, presentations, design reviews, and coordination workshops.
• Identify new opportunities and support bid development and proposal writing.
• Contribute to growth of the structures team through networking and thought leadership.
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineers and graduates within the structures team.
• Lead resource planning, workload distribution, and team coordination.
• Promote technical knowledge sharing, CPD, and internal training.
• Support talent acquisition by participating in recruitment and interviews.
• Provide timely technical responses to RFIs and contractor queries.
• Attend site inspections, technical audits, and design compliance checks.
• Support resolution of construction-stage challenges and value engineering options.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong understanding of structural behaviour in steel, RC, masonry, and timber.
• Proficiency in design software (ETABS, STAAD, Robot, Tekla Structural Designer, SAFE, RAM).
• Experience working in BIM-enabled environments (Revit).
• Ability to lead technically complex projects independently.