Astute Technical Recruitment Ltd Looking for Structural Engineering Manager at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Full Time

Structural Engineering Manager

Location – Sunderland

Permanent position

Salary – Up to £60,000 dependant on experience

Astute are proudly partnered with a leading company who are highly valued in developing bulk materials processing and handling projects from concept to handover. We are currently recruiting for a Structural Engineering Manager who will be reporting to the Head of Engineering. The Structural Manager will provide technical leadership, guidance, and governance of the Structural design team.

You will also be responsible for developing and implementing tools and processes that ensure design processes are robust and outputs are in line with scope. The Structural Manager should be driven to reduce engineering lead times, improve quality and accuracy, and reduce costs without compromising on safety. You will also be responsible for effectively communicating expected deliverables to the team and working closely with stakeholders and peers to drive accountability, ownership, and measured performance.

Roles & Responsibilities

From the outset you can expect to be involved in, and not limited to, the following:

• Provide line management to Structural Engineers
• Monitor department performance using agreed KPI’s
• Ensure 100% compliance and governance with business policy and procedures
• Maintain and manage designs and processes that are compliant with current industry standards and have been suitably reviewed, checked and records maintained
• Monitor and enforce the Structural Engineering design process, that it is compliant with ISO standards 9001, 14001 and 45001, or equivalent, including the planning, preparation, and participation of external audits as required
• Accountable for ensuring all Structural Engineering is delivered in line with project budget, scope, and schedule and is resourced to do so. Where this requires external support, produce purchase specifications for any subcontracted elements of work and ensure competency of subcontractors
• Collaborate with the project team in design reviews, and that all agreed actions are followed through to completion
• Develop engineering scope from quotations and customer specifications with consideration to past designs and future development opportunities
• Support Proposals/Bids with steel target weights, engineering time and concept design
• Support the business strategy for best practice across all areas of the business, providing leadership, mentoring and guidance to the Structural team
• Drive continuous improvement strategies with the Head of Engineering and other key stakeholders: process improvement, cost reduction, standardisation of conveyors, assemblies, and parts in a standard parts library
• Where required provide client facing support on project or technical issues and be available for infrequent travel as required

Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Chartered in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Considerable experience in a technical role with experience designing steel structures including towers and gantries
• Experience in Engineering Management position
• Experience and sound knowledge of Eurocodes and British Standards relating to structural design.
• Knowledge of design requirements of CDM Regs and EN1090
• Proficient with STAAD and knowledge of Tekla software packages
• Excellent presenting skills, capable of presenting to Director level / clients Able to motivate, lead and encourage others – setting high professional standards
• Committed to driving continuous improvement, a culture of accountability and results focused against measurable KPIs

Salary & Package

What’s on offer for this exciting role:

• 25 days holiday
• Annual bonus and annual salary review

How to Apply

If you are interested in this position, please send a CV and Cover Letter to (url removed) or ring (phone number removed) and ask to speak to Lisa Parfitt who can tell you more.

Astute Technical Recruitment Limited are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK and Europe. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.