Job Description:

Technical Manager - Structural, Civil & Temporary Works

Edinburgh

First People Solutions is working with a well-established, UK-wide multidisciplinary consulting engineer with a strong reputation for delivering technically challenging projects. With a network of offices across the UK, they bring together expertise across structural and civil engineering, geotechnical, environmental, transportation, planning, water, and health & safety services.

They are now looking for an experienced Structural / Civil Engineering Technical Manager to join their Edinburgh team.

The Role

• This is a senior technical leadership position with a strong focus on temporary works and temporary structures, alongside wider civil and structural engineering
• You'll lead the technical delivery of projects from initial planning and design through to site delivery and close-out, coordinating multidisciplinary inputs and working closely with clients, contractors and internal teams
• You'll provide technical oversight across temporary structures, access arrangements, roads, car parking, drainage, water supply and earthworks, while ensuring designs are robust, compliant and delivered to a high standard

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coordinate and review structural and civil engineering outputs, particularly temporary works and temporary structures
• Oversee temporary works design, review and coordination
• Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs across structural, civil, geotechnical, transportation and other specialist teams
• Lead project reviews, client meetings and stakeholder workshops
• Carry out technical audits, risk reviews and design checks
• Manage project deliverables, budgets, proposals and invoicing
• Attend sites and provide technical support during project delivery

About You

You'll be an experienced Structural or Civil Engineer with strong technical and project leadership experience, ideally with a background in temporary works, temporary structures or specialist engineering projects.

You'll ideally have:

• A degree and chartered status
• Significant civil / structural experience from a UK design engineering consultancy
• Strong experience in temporary works design, review and/or coordination
• Experience with temporary or specialist structures would be highly advantageous
• Strong knowledge of UK design standards and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication, client and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to lead and review technical work while supporting more junior engineers

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary, private healthcare, life insurance and contributory pension
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Ongoing career and professional development
• The opportunity to work on high-profile, technically challenging projects across the UK and internationally

Interested?

If you're a Chartered Structural or Civil Engineer with strong temporary works experience and are looking for a role offering greater technical responsibility, client exposure and involvement in specialist projects, I'd be keen to hear from you!

Apply now or get in touch with First People Solutions for a confidential discussion.

Equal Opportunities:

First People Solutions is committed to equal opportunities regardless of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and age.