Principal Structural Engineer Warwick

We’re looking for a Principal Structural Engineer to take a key leadership role across major structural projects and multiple design teams. If you thrive on technical authority, guiding others, and delivering complex structural solutions with confidence - this role gives you influence, autonomy and meaningful challenge.

You’ll report to an Associate Director/Associate Engineer and play a central role in shaping structural output across diverse, technically demanding projects.

Leading structural design delivery across large projects or several smaller coordinated workstreams

Managing and developing structural project teams, ensuring they have the right support, skills and resourcing

Overseeing high‑quality structural deliverables: calculations, drawings, reports, specifications and digital models

Acting as a technical authority — reviewing designs, providing direction, and ensuring technical excellence

Developing programmes, managing budgets and maintaining rigorous change control

Supporting tenders, fee proposals and technical scopes

Reporting performance and strategic insights to senior leadership

Driving innovation, sustainability and buildable design solutions

Promoting Safe Together behaviours and contributing to Perfect Delivery standards

Mentoring engineers and helping teams grow in capability and confidence

Chartered Engineer (CEng MIStructE or CEng MICE)

Strong capability leading structural design teams and overseeing multi‑package delivery

Excellent understanding of UK structural codes, design standards and assurance processes

Broad technical expertise, which may include: Steel, concrete, masonry and timber building structures Foundations and substructures Structural analysis and assessment Site investigations

Steel, concrete, masonry and timber building structures

Foundations and substructures

Structural analysis and assessment

Site investigations

Specialist sector experience (e.g., nuclear, seismic, defence, life sciences, public sector, rail, highways, ground improvement)

High proficiency in structural analysis tools with the ability to review and validate complex models

Strong commercial awareness, budgeting and change management experience

Proven delivery within integrated multidisciplinary environments

Understanding of CDM responsibilities and structural safety

CSCS card, eligibility for SC clearance, and full UK driving licence

If you're looking for a role where your structural expertise has weight, your leadership shapes delivery, and your influence reaches across multiple project teams - this is a strong match.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to security clearance or security assurance levels. The successful candidate must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate level of security clearance or assurance level for this role, in line with client and sector requirements.

In some cases, additional nationality or residency criteria may also apply due to specific client or national security obligations.

Further information on National security clearance levels can be found on the UK Government website: ( National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK )

We’ve been innovating in design, engineering and project delivery since 1957 and operate from 14 locations for a truly European reach. For more about our company story, see: About | BakerHicks .

BakerHicks. A Morgan Sindall Group company.