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About the Role
AECOM is a global leader in infrastructure consulting. The Head of Structural Engineering will play a key role in business development, major pursuits, key client relationships, talent strategy, and practice-wide innovation.
Responsibilities
- Define and deliver the strategic vision for the Structural Engineering practice across the UK & Ireland.
- Lead, inspire, and develop high‑performing structural engineering teams across multiple locations.
- Align structural engineering strategy with AECOM’s wider business and growth objectives.
- Champion a culture of design excellence, technical quality, collaboration, and innovation.
- Represent the structural engineering discipline within regional and global leadership forums.
- Drive market positioning and growth across priority sectors.
- Lead major pursuits, bids, and proposal strategies in partnership with the Work Winning team.
- Develop and maintain senior‑level client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor.
- Identify and pursue new market opportunities, strategic partnerships, and frameworks.
- Provide oversight on major structural engineering and multi-disciplinary commissions, ensuring quality, risk management, compliance, and design integrity.
- Serve as Design Authority or Technical Reviewer on complex, high‑profile projects.
- Promote integrated, multi‑disciplinary working across engineering, digital, planning, and advisory teams.
- Possess Technical Capabilities to resolve complex problems and represent a focal point for technical expertise.
- Possess a degree of recognition and standing within the industry for technical proficiency in structural engineering.
- Accountable for practice‑wide financial performance, revenue forecasting, utilisation, and profitability.
- Oversee resource planning, project staffing, and capacity management.
- Implement consistent operational standards, QA/QC processes, and best practice delivery tools.
- Lead talent strategy for the Structural Engineering practice including recruitment, retention, succession planning, and early careers development.
- Foster a diverse, inclusive, supportive studio culture.
- Promote professional accreditation, CPD, and career progression pathways.
- Champion digital design tools (Revit, BIM, parametric design, digital twins).
- Embed sustainability principles aligned to AECOM’s ESG and net‑zero goals.
- Encourage research, thought leadership, and new ways of working.
Requirements
- Chartered Structural Engineer (MIStructE or FIStructE).
- Significant experience in leading structural engineering teams at a senior or director level.
- Demonstrable track record in delivering major projects and managing large multi‑disciplinary teams.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience in P&L responsibility.
- Proven business development and client relationship management experience.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and strategic leadership skills.
- Experience with BIM and digital design workflows.
- Experience working within large consultancy or multi‑disciplinary environments.
- Established reputation and network within UK structural consultancy markets.
- Experience with major complex infrastructure, defence, transportation, healthcare or large‑scale commercial/mixed‑use schemes.
- Familiarity with ISO19650, UK building regulations, government frameworks, and procurement routes.
Skills
- Structural Engineering
- Business Development
- Client Relationship Management
- Talent Strategy
- Innovation
- Design Excellence
- Technical Quality
- Collaboration
- BIM
- Digital Design Workflows
- Revit
- Parametric Design
- Digital Twins
- Sustainability
- ESG
- Net-Zero Goals
- Research
- Thought Leadership
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Strategic Leadership
- Financial Management
- Resource Planning
- Capacity Management
- QA/QC Processes
- Recruitment
- Retention
- Succession Planning
- Early Careers Development
- Professional Accreditation
- CPD
- Career Progression
- ISO19650
- UK Building Regulations
- Government Frameworks
- Procurement Routes
Location
- UK - London - Aldgate Tower
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- Director Level
Education Level
- Chartered Structural Engineer (MIStructE or FIStructE)
Benefits
- Flexibility
- Hybrid work options
- Dynamic environment
- Wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs
- Access to industry-leading technology and thinking
- Transformational work with big impact
- Work flexibility
About the Company
- AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.
- On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.
- Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.
- AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.
- We are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously.
- All newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
- We invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
- We're the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
- As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
Equal Opportunity
- As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
- We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.