Description
Purpose
As Lead Civil & Structural Engineer, you will manage and deliver all civil and structural engineering activities across assigned projects - covering tender, concept, FEED, detailed design, and construction support. You’ll lead from the front on technical delivery, ensuring designs meet performance, safety, quality, and commercial targets. You'll act as a technical authority, mentor to junior engineers, and client-facing expert - ensuring stakeholder confidence in all deliverables.
As part of a highly experienced multi-discipline design team, you’ll work closely with process, mechanical, EC&I, and piping engineers, ensuring fully integrated solutions. Beyond the design, you’ll collaborate directly with EFAB’s in-house fabrication and construction teams, giving you real visibility of how designs transition from concept to reality. This connection between engineering and execution provides invaluable feedback, rapid problem-solving, and a genuine opportunity to see your work make a tangible impact on site.
Key responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Own and deliver all civil and structural design activities on projects.
- Sign off engineering deliverables including calculations, risk assessments, reports, specifications, and drawings.
- Ensure alignment with British Standards, Eurocodes, CDM Regulations, and client specifications.
- Lead structural analysis, foundation design, steelwork design, RC detailing, and equipment support structures using industry tools.
- Oversee temporary works design, shoring/excavation methods, seismic design, and geotechnical interpretations.
Project Delivery & Risk Management
- Define work scopes, estimate manhours, and support proposal development.
- Drive timely, on-budget delivery of engineering packages.
- Identify risks early; propose mitigation strategies.
- Ensure engineering activities comply with ISO 9001, ISO 45001, and relevant QA/QC processes.
- Champion safety by design and zero-defect engineering culture.
Leadership & Mentorship
- Lead and coordinate design teams, including mentoring of junior engineers.
- Review and check engineering outputs - ensuring technical integrity and constructability.
- Foster a collaborative team culture focused on delivery and continuous improvement.
Commercial & Subcontractor Management
- Lead and support technical aspects of tenders, proposals, and work-winning activities.
- Collaborate closely with Business Development and Estimating teams to define project scopes, identify risks, and shape competitive, technically robust solutions.
- Review and evaluate subcontractor bids, providing technical assessments and recommendations that support commercial decisions.
- Manage and oversee subcontractor design activities, ensuring alignment with project requirements, adherence to standards, and delivery within schedule and quality expectations.
- Contribute to contract negotiation processes, ensuring clarity of technical scope and responsibilities across interfaces.
- Maintain ongoing performance monitoring of subcontractors and drive resolution of design or delivery issues to avoid programme impacts.
Client & Stakeholder Management
- Represent the company in technical discussions, design reviews, etc.
- Build strong working relationships with clients, third parties, and across disciplines.
- Communicate complex technical matters clearly and effective.
Technical Competencies
Essential:
- Structural steel design (BS 5950 / EC3)
- Reinforced concrete design (BS 8110 / EC2)
- Foundation design, settlement, and bearing capacity checks
- Construction sequencing
- Structural analysis and load assessments (wind, seismic, fatigue)
- Pipe/equipment supports and access steelwork
- Civil works: underground drainage, groundworks, paving, and external works
- Specification writing and review
- Software: AutoCAD, Navisworks, Tekla TEDDS, STAAD.Pro / Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Pro., IDEA StatiCa
- Structural surveys, assessment, and reporting
Desirable:
- Knowledge of welding, NDE, and inspection techniques
- Temporary works
- Roads and hardstanding design
- Advanced steel modelling (Tekla Structures / Advance Steel)
- Experience with 3D laser scanning workflows
- CDM compliance and Principal Designer experience
- Offshore or high-hazard plant project experience
Knowledge, skills and experience
- Degree-qualified in Civil or Structural Engineering (MEng/BEng or MSc/BSc minimum).
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or actively working toward chartership (IStructE / ICE).
- Minimum 8–10 years’ post-graduate experience within the UK, ideally in EPC / design consultancy environments.
- Strong understanding of industry standards, Eurocodes, and UK building regulations.
- Proven record of leading within multi-disciplinary teams and delivering under pressure.
- Competent in project planning, resourcing, and cost control.
- UK driving licence and flexibility to travel across UK sites.
Behavioural Competencies
- Technically credible with a high level of personal integrity.
- Leads by example - calm under pressure, clear communicator, and strong problem-solver.
- Proactive, with a focus on quality and attention to detail.
- Promotes team spirit and knowledge sharing.
- Commercially aware and client-focused.
Additional notes
- Occasional flexible or remote working may be required.
- The role may involve UK travel and occasional overnight stays
These roles and responsibilities are issued as a guideline to help you understand the duties you are expected to undertake as part of your role. They may be subject to change from time-to-time to meet business needs, and you may be required to carry-out additional duties that are reasonably consistent with your skills and status.
