# Engineering Lead (Structures)

Job Description Our client, a well-established design-build company in high-end lightweight structures seeks to employ a Structural Engineer with proven management and project management ability. THIS IS NOT A DESIGN ROLE, BUT A MANAGERIAL POSITION ENSURING QUALITY PRODUCTS ARE DELIVERED IN TIME. Cape Town based. For the position you would be required to have: B. Eng/ B. Sc in Civil/Structural Engineering Pr. Eng would be preferable Around 10 years’ experience in structural engineering (strong steel design) Minimum of 5 years’ experience leading engineering teams Proven ability to deliver projects on time Proven ability to set up or improve engineering standards, workflows, Quality Control (QC) and manage resources accordingly SolidWorks and RFEM experience advantageous and willingness to learn more applicable software systems Responsibilities would include you to: Lead and manage the engineering team Own engineering delivery on programme, including resource and task planning in SmartSuite Prepare and own Basis of Design reports, structural design reports and reaction loads for structures by others Lead and review steel, connection and substructure design

- **Id**: 3981853
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/the-key-recruitment-engineering-lead-structures-3>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T12:47:06Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T12:47:06Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1671
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4505268
- **Name**: The Key Recruitment
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/the-key-recruitment>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T18:22:30Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 52
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.516
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: seen:0, agency, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T23:42:21Z

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