Principal Structural Engineer

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

AECOM are currently recruiting for a Principal Structural Engineer to join our Glasgow office.

This role is suited to an experienced Chartered Structural Engineer with a strong track record of delivering complex structural engineering projects and providing technical and project leadership.

As a Principal Structural Engineer, you will take a leading role in the delivery of major projects, providing technical direction, engineering judgement and assurance across all stages of design and construction. You will develop trusted client relationships, contribute to business development, mentor and develop engineers, and play an active role in the continued growth of our structural engineering practice.

The Glasgow Structures team works on projects across Scotland, the UK and internationally. Joining a global consultancy provides the opportunity to work on technically challenging projects alongside leading professionals across sectors including healthcare, data centres, commercial and office developments, residential, education, industrial and manufacturing, infrastructure, hospitality and public sector projects.

You will have access to:

• A diverse portfolio of local, national and international projects.
• Opportunities to provide technical leadership on major and technically challenging projects.
• A multidisciplinary environment with access to specialist expertise.
• Opportunities to develop strategic client relationships and contribute to business development.
• Opportunities to mentor and develop engineers and future technical leaders.
• Technical forums, communities of practice and global knowledge-sharing networks.
• A culture of technical excellence, collaboration, innovation and continuous learning.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Duties of the Principal Structural Engineer include:

• Lead the structural engineering delivery of major projects or significant elements of multidisciplinary projects from concept through to construction and completion.
• Provide technical leadership, direction and assurance, ensuring structural solutions are robust, efficient, economical and compliant with relevant standards and regulations.
• Develop and review structural schemes using reinforced concrete, steel, masonry and timber, as appropriate.
• Apply sound engineering judgement to resolve complex technical issues and develop innovative, practical and buildable solutions.
• Lead the preparation and review of calculations, reports, specifications, drawings, schedules and other technical deliverables.
• Provide technical oversight and review of work undertaken by engineers and technicians, ensuring quality, coordination and technical excellence.
• Manage technical risk and provide engineering input to project scope, programme, resources and commercial considerations.
• Lead coordination with architects, civil engineers, building services engineers, geotechnical specialists, contractors and other disciplines.
• Represent AECOM at client, design team and project meetings, providing authoritative technical advice.
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships and identify opportunities for repeat business and growth.
• Lead and support structural inspections, surveys, assessments and investigations of existing structures where required.
• Provide technical support during construction, including responding to complex technical queries and resolving design and construction issues.
• Contribute to the development of technical standards, guidance, best practice and innovative approaches across the structural engineering practice.

Specific Requirements:

• Excellent knowledge of structural engineering principles, particularly reinforced concrete and structural steelwork design.
• Excellent working knowledge of current Eurocodes, particularly Eurocodes 2 and 3.
• Strong experience with structural analysis and design software such as SCIA, TEKLA or similar.
• Ability to provide clear technical leadership and confidently represent AECOM with clients, contractors and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to mentor, develop and provide technical guidance to engineers and technicians.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and influence project outcomes.
• Commitment to maintaining Chartered status and continuing professional development.
• Ability to contribute to technical forums, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement initiatives.

Desirable Requirements:

• Extensive experience within a structural engineering consultancy environment.
• Proven experience leading the design and delivery of complex building structures or other relevant structural engineering projects.
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder management experience.
• Experience contributing to bids, tenders, fee proposals and business development.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of project delivery, risk and resource management.
• Experience leading and developing technical teams.
• A proactive approach to innovation, problem solving and continuous improvement.

Minimum Requirements:

• Significant experience delivering structural engineering projects within a consultancy environment.
• Demonstrable experience providing technical leadership, technical assurance and engineering judgement on complex projects.
• Proven ability to lead teams, manage project delivery and develop effective client relationships.
• Strong track record across a variety of structural projects, with significant project and/or technical leadership experience.

Come grow with us

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability requiring reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact [email protected].

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. Helping our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance is important to us, with flexible working arrangements.

As well as a competitive salary, AECOM offers a range of benefits, including 25 days' annual leave, company pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance and annual membership subscription to your preferred professional institution. You can also choose from a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle and have the opportunity to give back to communities through up to two paid CSR days each year and the AECOM Foundation.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified, or equivalent, in a relevant discipline.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng).
• Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers (MIStructE) and/or Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE).

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.