Principal Structural Engineer
| Posting date: | 16 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Location: | York, North Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | SYSTRA Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Take the next step in your career as a Principal Structural Engineer with SYSTRA. We’re hiring for our Birmingham, York, Leeds or Manchester offices, offering you the chance to be part of something equally challenging and rewarding. With the award of several landmark international projects, SYSTRA’s Buildings Team is growing rapidly across the UK, Ireland, and globally. Specializing in the Transport and Energy sectors, we deliver cutting-edge projects, including passenger stations, rail depots, and energy-from-waste facilities. Join a team where your expertise will be integral to the success of this world-leading, multi-disciplinary transport design consultancy
Key Responsibilities:
Working in collaboration with our designers and contract partners, the Principal Engineer will be involved in a variety of tasks such as:
Develop design deliverables (drawings, reports, specifications).
Liaise with construction teams to ensure designs are buildable and represent value for money
Develop and maintain hazard / risk registers for allocated design packages.
Liaise with wider design team to ensure consistency and quality of deliverables across all projects.
Implement effective, value for money and innovative design solutions to meet technical and project requirements
Prepare and check technical documents and reports and assist in the preparation of expressions of interest and tenders
Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, particularly the CDM Regulations
Competent to supervise and team of Engineers and Technicians; competent to check and approve the work of others; competent to sign off design certificates on behalf of the company.
Conceptual, outline and detailed design of engineering solutions, presentation of engineering options.
Experience of construction support and resolution of site queries and disputes to successful conclusions.
Development and delivery of work to programme, budget and specification.
Training and development, mentoring of junior staff.
Client and third party liaison.
Establishment of internal design standards and/or processes to achieve a continuous improvement in quality and efficiency.
Contributing to long term technical development of the office by application of new techniques, procedures and practices.
Develop a strong focused client relationship
Effective management of and response to project related correspondence
Assist and support the Buildings team discipline lead where required
Experience/Skills:
Structural or Civil Engineering Degree
Professional registration with either IStructE or ICE at Chartered level.
Significant Structural engineering design experience with large scale infrastructure exposure
Experience of team management.
Experience working with BIM level 2, Revit. Knowledge of Robot, Tekla, Tekla Tedds analysis software beneficial.
Experience working with relevant design standards for example Eurocodes, British Standards, UK Building Regulations, and Network Rail Standard.
When required, to undertake the roles of Contractors Responsible Engineer (CRE).
Key Responsibilities:
Working in collaboration with our designers and contract partners, the Principal Engineer will be involved in a variety of tasks such as:
Develop design deliverables (drawings, reports, specifications).
Liaise with construction teams to ensure designs are buildable and represent value for money
Develop and maintain hazard / risk registers for allocated design packages.
Liaise with wider design team to ensure consistency and quality of deliverables across all projects.
Implement effective, value for money and innovative design solutions to meet technical and project requirements
Prepare and check technical documents and reports and assist in the preparation of expressions of interest and tenders
Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, particularly the CDM Regulations
Competent to supervise and team of Engineers and Technicians; competent to check and approve the work of others; competent to sign off design certificates on behalf of the company.
Conceptual, outline and detailed design of engineering solutions, presentation of engineering options.
Experience of construction support and resolution of site queries and disputes to successful conclusions.
Development and delivery of work to programme, budget and specification.
Training and development, mentoring of junior staff.
Client and third party liaison.
Establishment of internal design standards and/or processes to achieve a continuous improvement in quality and efficiency.
Contributing to long term technical development of the office by application of new techniques, procedures and practices.
Develop a strong focused client relationship
Effective management of and response to project related correspondence
Assist and support the Buildings team discipline lead where required
Experience/Skills:
Structural or Civil Engineering Degree
Professional registration with either IStructE or ICE at Chartered level.
Significant Structural engineering design experience with large scale infrastructure exposure
Experience of team management.
Experience working with BIM level 2, Revit. Knowledge of Robot, Tekla, Tekla Tedds analysis software beneficial.
Experience working with relevant design standards for example Eurocodes, British Standards, UK Building Regulations, and Network Rail Standard.
When required, to undertake the roles of Contractors Responsible Engineer (CRE).
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