🏗️ Senior Structural Engineer
📍 Leicester (Office / Hybrid + Site Support)
💰 £50,000 – £65,000 + Benefits + Progression
🌍 About the Role
I’m recruiting for a Senior Structural Engineer to join a growing civil and structural engineering contractor delivering reinforced concrete structures, infrastructure and water-sector schemes across the Midlands and wider UK.
This is a senior technical and leadership role, providing expert design input, supporting project delivery teams, and helping drive quality across a diverse portfolio of structural and civil engineering projects.
It’s ideal for someone who enjoys a mix of hands-on design, team leadership, site involvement and technical assurance.
🔧 Key Responsibilities
* Lead the structural design of reinforced concrete and steel elements, including foundations, retaining walls, frames and heavy civil structures.
* Produce and review calculations, drawings, specifications and design reports at all stages of the project.
* Provide technical leadership for junior engineers and technicians, offering mentorship and design checking.
* Support site teams with design queries, inspections, temporary works input and buildability advice.
* Manage design interfaces with civils, geotechnical, mechanical and construction colleagues.
* Ensure compliance with Eurocodes, CDM Regulations and client standards.
* Contribute to technical planning, risk reviews and project programming.
* Represent the business professionally in client meetings and design reviews.
* Assist with innovation, digital tools and continuous improvement of design workflows.
💡 About You
* Degree-qualified in Structural or Civil Engineering.
* Ideally Chartered or working toward CEng status (ICE/IStructE).
* Significant experience in structural design for reinforced concrete and steel within consultancy, contractor or design & build environments.
* Comfortable leading design packages and checking work produced by others.
* Proficient in structural analysis and modelling software, plus AutoCAD.
* Strong communicator with the ability to work closely with delivery teams and clients.
* Confident, proactive and able to manage multiple workstreams.
* Full UK driving licence.
🎁 What’s on Offer
* £50,000 – £65,000 DOE + package.
* Opportunity to take ownership of major RC and civils projects.
* Pathway into Principal/Lead Engineer positions.
* Supportive environment where engineering capability is valued.
* Exposure to water, infrastructure and specialist reinforced concrete schemes.
* Stable contractor with a strong pipeline across the Midlands.
🚀 Interested? Let’s Talk
If you’re a Senior Structural Engineer ready for a new challenge in a well-established civils & structures contractor, I’d love to speak in confidence.
📞 Sam Wakley
Recruitment Consultant – Built Environment
📧 samuel.wakley@anderselite.com
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