Associate Structural Engineer

Overview

Lead structural design, manage projects & team, drive business growth in consulting.

Key Responsibilities

• structural design
• project delivery
• technical review
• team mentoring
• client relations
• business development

Tasks

You’ll lead project delivery across a range of structural work; commercial, institutional, and complex architectural projects - while mentoring engineers and contributing to strategy and client relationships. It’s a project leadership role in the truest sense: guiding technical outcomes, supporting your team, and helping shape the business for the long term. -Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, architects, and contractors -Ensuring projects are profitable, practical, and delivered to a high standard -Providing technical review, coaching and direction for project teams -Contributing to business planning and development activities -Leading structural design and delivery across multiple projects

Requirements

• chartered
• structural engineer
• leadership
• commercially aware
• mentor
• consulting

What You Bring

This role is for an experienced structural engineer who’s ready to step into broader leadership, to take full commercial and technical ownership of projects, people within a well-regarded consulting practice. You’ve built a reputation as someone who’s dependable under pressure, commercially aware, and a genuine mentor to younger engineers. You’re a Chartered (or nearly Chartered) Structural Engineer with solid consulting experience, ideally someone who’s already managing a small project team or major projects. You're in a similar role now, in SA, NSW, WA, QLD or Vic (maybe NT?) and want more for your career. We are looking to appoint a Senior or Associate Structural Engineer in Adelaide, someone who can bring experience, sound judgment, and a steady hand to a growing team.

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Benefits

This is a consultancy that values great engineering, not just as a business, but as a craft. The culture is grounded, professional and ambitious. You’ll work alongside capable peers, in an environment that supports autonomy, mutual respect and long-term growth. -An office culture that goes hand in hand with a growing business. 9 day fortnight, suitably fun cultural chatter in the office. -A salary increase, promotion, or the recognition you've been wanting?

About Sonda Recruitment

-Born over a decade ago out of the Australian property and construction boom, Sonda carved a niche by matching engineers to projects that shape their environment. -They’ve positioned themselves as trusted connectors — with clients including top-tier engineering firms and consultancies across major cities in Australia. -Typical assignments range from civil design for land subdivisions to complex traffic modelling, hydraulic and environmental consultancy roles. -Their projects span land and urban development, transport infrastructure, water engineering and ecological design — bridging natural and built environments. -The agency’s deep sector focus means they handle everything from bridge and tunnel engineering to landscape architecture and digital drafting roles. -Sonda’s model thrives on personalised service — from early-stage candidate conversations to discreet offer negotiation and post-start support. -A standout: they maintain close ties post-placement, guiding new recruits through their first weeks to ensure smooth onboarding. -Although boutique in size, Sonda operates with confidence and reach — influencing high-impact engineering projects across Australia.

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