Principal Structural Engineer

Job Description

Are you an innovative structural engineer, trusted by clients to lead their structural design, a team player, coordinator, and proactive motivator to get things done? Are you looking for an opportunity to influence a more sustainable future, through designing buildings that are efficient in form and function, use materials wisely, minimise embodied carbon and delight their users? Are you looking for a workplace with a strong culture that values the individual development, that celebrates diversity, delivers through collective skill and expertise, where excellence is our benchmark?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Building Structures team in Birmingham as our new Principal Engineer and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role

Your key responsibilities will be:

Lead the structural engineering design of projects in diverse sectors and scale form £5M to £100M.

Ensure our designs are technically accurate, efficient in form and materials to reduce embodied carbon to a minimum.

Encourage and celebrate innovative design, ensuring the best service and holistic building outcomes for our clients.

Manage a team of engineers and technicians locally and nationally to deliver your projects to programme, to an excellent standard and within budget.

Contribute to development of our technical skills and processes, assisting the training and development of your immediate team and implementing new processes and techniques developed by our Technical Excellence team.

Delight our existing clients by building and maintaining excellent relationships through clear proactive communication and engagement at all project stages.

You will join our Building Structures department

As our new Principal Structural Engineer, you will be part of our Birmingham office which has doubled in number to approximately 130 in three years. Our buildings team includes structural, civil, building services, Facades and Acoustics, working alongside colleagues in Environmental and Health and Infrastructure, collaboratively sharing skills and services that deliver a one-stop engineering design service to our clients.

Our Civil & Structural team is approximately 30 strong and growing. We are delivering exciting landmark local and national projects. We work in all market sectors including Sci-Tech and Hi-tech industrial, commercial, schools and higher education, sports and arenas, residential, commercial and the creative arts. Our delivery is streamlined through effective processes so that you have space to explore. You will have the best tools and encouraged to promote digital innovation, to be multi-disciplined in your approach and be creative. Sustainable design is at the heart of our values. You will explore with our clients how sustainable design adds value to their business. We operate a fun and inquisitive office environment and actively encourage design flair; we are recognised for our bold innovative approach, that is underpinned by our Scandinavian design heritage and foundation ownership.

About you

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. Whilst we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

These include:

You will be Chartered Structural Engineer with at least 12years experience.

Educated to a degree level or equivalent in structural / civil engineering.

Relevant experience and insight in a variety of sectors such as schools, higher education, residential, commercial, or industrial development.

Demonstrable experience of delivering accurate and innovative designs through collaboration and management of other engineers and technicians.

Demonstrate ability to be responsible for projects.

An ability to design conceptually, with an appreciation of multi-discipline coordination and known for delighting architects through capture and development of their ideas.

Be an effective communicator, both written, and verbally and through digital media.

Be experienced at planning and monitoring the commercial performance of an engineering consultancy as a business including contract management.

What we can offer you

A competitive salary

A flexible work environment

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Matched pension contributions

Private medical cover and life assurance

Investment in your development

Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles

Be valued for the unique person you are

Never be short of inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects

The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company

Work at the heart of sustainable change

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realise their full potential.