Principal Structural Engineer

Flexible across North Wales and the North West

Full-time, permanent

Are you a technically strong, hands-on structural engineer ready to take ownership of complex projects and help develop the engineers around you?

Caulmert is looking to appoint a Principal Structural Engineer who will remain closely involved in design while leading projects, reviewing technical output and supporting clients and colleagues.

The immediate emphasis is on rail, bridges and transportation structures, water and wastewater infrastructure, and industrial projects, with wider opportunities across UK infrastructure and development schemes.

Caulmert is a progressive multidisciplinary engineering, environmental and planning consultancy. You will work with Directors, engineers and technicians, alongside clients, contractors and specialists across rail, transportation, water, industrial, infrastructure and development projects. This is a visible technical appointment with scope to influence delivery, standards and team capability.

Technical delivery and design leadership

• Lead feasibility studies, structural appraisals and optioneering, establishing the basis of design, constraints, surveys, risks and practical structural strategies.
• Undertake and direct analysis and design in steelwork, reinforced and precast concrete, masonry and timber, including foundations and associated civil structures.
• Prepare, review and approve calculations, reports, specifications, drawings, BIM outputs and construction information.
• Remain hands-on with complex or higher-risk elements, applying sound judgement, proportionate checking and relevant UK standards.
• Support surveys, construction queries, contractor proposals, fabrication information and modifications to existing assets.

Project, client and commercial management

• Lead structural and multidisciplinary commissions from inception through construction, managing scope, fee, programme, resources, risk and change.
• Prepare fee proposals and technical bid content, and communicate confidently at client, design-team and contractor meetings.
• Build trusted client relationships, support repeat business and maintain clear project reporting and timely invoicing.

Team contribution and development

• Direct, coordinate and delegate work to engineers and technicians, providing constructive technical review and helping colleagues take greater ownership.
• Mentor colleagues towards professional registration and contribute to technical training, standards, templates, QA and lessons learned.
• Work collaboratively across Engineering, Environmental and Planning disciplines to deliver coordinated solutions.

Candidates do not need every specialism. Particularly valuable experience includes:

• Rail, bridges and transportation structures, including technical approval, independent checking and existing-asset assessment or modification.
• Water and wastewater infrastructure, including liquid-retaining or buried structures, pumping stations, chambers, treatment buildings and pipe bridges.
• Industrial, energy or waste facilities, including equipment supports, access structures, crane-loaded frames, foundations and operational-site modifications.
• Multidisciplinary and contractor-led delivery from optioneering through construction support.

Above all, we are looking for a credible Principal-level engineer who combines advanced technical capability with practical project ownership, commercial awareness and a willingness to remain hands-on.

• Degree or equivalent qualification in civil or structural engineering.
• Typically 8 to 10 years or more of relevant consultancy experience, with capability and responsibility more…