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Structural Manager
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Structural Manager
Application Deadline: 2 September 2026
Department: Engineering
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Adlington
Description
Our Business
pxFairport (pxF) is a project delivery specialist offering full turnkey EPC and OEM solutions to the bulk material handling and plant processing markets. Our services cover the aggregates, processing, tunnelling, mining, quarrying, alternative fuels, waste-to-energy, ports, and food sectors, globally. With unrivalled industry expertise, pxF manages, specifies, engineers, designs, supplies, installs, operates, and maintains market leading equipment for complex material handling needs, guaranteeing performance excellence, reliability, and optimal operating costs.
The Opportunity
We are now recruiting for a Structural Manager for our Adlington office.
The Structural Manager is to lead the Structural discipline by setting clear technical direction, ensuring strong governance, and overseeing all structural deliverables so they meet required standards of safety, code compliance, quality, and cost efficiency. The role owns the development and continual improvement of structural design processes, drives accuracy and consistency across the team. The Structural Manager ensures effective integration with other engineering functions.
You’ll be supported with personalized on-the-job training, coaching, mentoring, and twice-yearly development and performance reviews to help maintain & develop your contributions and competence.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership, support, and mentoring to Engineers and Designers.
- Ensure department outputs (calculations, reports, analytical models, 3D models, drawings, etc.) meet project specifications, relevant standards, codes, and regulatory requirements.
- Promote value engineering, standardization, risk reduction, and a right-first-time approach.
- Support Project and Bid teams with information and guidance (steel weights, configurations, engineering time, and concept designs).
- Identify variations to contractual scope and escalate to the Project team.
- Attend project model / design reviews.
- Support CAT 2 / CAT 3 checking requirements with supplementary information as required.
- Undertake site surveys and prepare reports on findings to support successful delivery of projects.
- Responsible for the rectification and implementation of long-term preventative measures resulting from any NCR raised against the department.
- Participate & contribute to any lessons learned and continuous improvement meetings.
- Lead the development of processes to improve efficiency and project delivery.
- Identify suitable sub-contractor supply chain assessing competence to perform scopes.
- Responsible for verifying sub-contractor output is correct in accordance with scope provided by Project Engineering.
- Responsible for the definition, adherence, and continual review of all ISO 9001 procedures and templates relating to discipline, supporting internal and external audits as required.
- Engage with the performance review process and take actions to address areas for improvement.
- Ensure personal objectives are completed in a timely manner and drive overall departmental/business objectives year-on-year.
- Maintain alignment with company values and vision.
- Any other ad hoc duties as may be required, and as commensurate with the grade of post.
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Minimum Requirements
- Degree qualified in a Civil or Structural engineering. (minimum BEng)
- Chartered Engineer status (preferably ICE or IStructE)
- Experience within Structural Engineering field along with experience at senior / principal level.
- Excellent knowledge of bulk material handling, conveyor systems, and associated structures (e.g. towers, trestles, gantries, silos, retaining structures).
- Structural analytical software knowledge (STAAD Pro preferred).
- Able to interpret site investigation reports and identify implications.
- Understanding of load cases and combinations, and ability to deduce that structures are behaving as intended through calculation and/or analysis.
- Understanding of the design process, and its associated documentation.
- Knowledge of structural codes, standards, and regulations.
- Understanding of structural design principles.
- Knowledge of detailing steelwork and drafting standards.
- 2D CAD software knowledge (Autodesk AutoCAD preferred).
- Knowledge of workload and project planning. (Microsoft Project preferred)
- Understanding of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA).
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes associated with heavy fabrication.
- Understanding of checking calculations, reports, analytical models, and drawings.
- Proficient at using Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to clearly communicate design ideas, both internally and externally.
- Strong attention to detail commitment to quality performance/output.
- Ability to work across multiple teams and projects/tasks.
- Ability to mentor and guide junior colleagues.
- A high attention to detail and committed to quality performance/output.
- Completed the required company induction into this role.
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What you will receive from us
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Contribution towards eye test and glasses
- Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
- Long Service Awards
- Employee recognition scheme – ELITE Awards
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Benefits Package
- Onsite parking
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.
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