Associate Structural Engineer

Overview

You’re an Associate Structural Engineer who wants to take full ownership—of projects, teams, and client relationships. You’re already leading work, but you want a broader platform to influence delivery, shape teams, and contribute to business growth. At Stantec, you’ll join a growing Structural Engineering team in Glasgow or Edinburgh, leading complex building projects across the UK. You’ll work within a multidisciplinary environment alongside Civil, MEP, Environmental, Energy and Water teams, giving you the scope to operate beyond your discipline and play a key role in integrated project delivery.

You will lead the delivery of structural engineering projects from concept through to construction, maintaining oversight of technical quality, programme, and commercial performance. You’ll ensure that design solutions are robust, coordinated, and aligned with client expectations, while driving consistency across your team’s outputs.

You’ll take responsibility for managing teams—allocating resources, overseeing performance, and supporting development—while maintaining a clear view of project delivery across multiple schemes. This includes managing change control, ensuring compliance with governance processes, and maintaining control over budgets and programme.

Alongside delivery, you’ll play an active role in client engagement and business development. You’ll manage key relationships, contribute to bids and proposals, and help ensure a consistent pipeline of work. Your role will also include contributing to wider team and business initiatives, supporting continuous improvement and innovation across the group.

You’ll influence how projects are delivered at both a technical and strategic level. From shaping design approaches to ensuring commercial performance, your role will directly impact project success across sectors including education, healthcare, residential, commercial and energy.

Internally, you’ll contribute to building team capability—developing engineers, strengthening delivery processes, and supporting a high-performing, collaborative environment. Externally, you’ll help grow the business through client relationships and work-winning, playing a key role in the continued expansion of the team in Scotland and across the UK.

• Degree qualified in Structural or Civil Engineering (BEng/MEng or equivalent)
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer with IStruct
  
  E or ICE
• Proven experience overseeing delivery of building structures across multiple sectors
• Experience managing projects from both a design and commercial perspective
• Interested in playing a broader role in team leadership and business direction

• We put people first:
  We re proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
• We are driven to achieve:
  Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world s top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.
• We do what is right:
  Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan supporting your continued development.
• We are better together: A supportive, multidisciplinary environment where collaboration is central to how we deliver projects.
• Growth:
  We re on an exciting growth journey across Scotland and the wider UK - we want you to be part of it.
• Great Benefits:
  Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and more.
• Hybrid / Flexible working:
  Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.

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