Senior Structural Engineer - own the work, and the upside
Metric Engineering
is a boutique structural, civil and temporary-works consultancy delivering premium engineering for Class 1 & 2 residential, commercial and heritage projects across Sydney — plus the specialist formwork and temporary-works packages bigger firms shy away from.
We're looking for a structural engineer to run our Class 1 & 2 book — concrete, steel and timber, design basis through to certification — with the autonomy to run it properly.
Why this one is different
Uncapped origination share — 50% of the profit on new work you bring in
, on top of base. We'll be straight about this: your base pays for delivery, and we pay it whether or not you ever bring in a job. But if you have a network, the split is uncapped, and it's where the real money is.
You design; we document.
A dedicated offshore drafting team and documented house drafting standards. You will not be pushing linework.
Real ownership
— your jobs, your clients, your engineering judgement. No six-layer approval chain and no partner putting their name on your calcs.
We fund your registration.
NSW DBP design practitioner registration — fees and the PI arrangement covered, with the runway to get it done.
Premium work, selective clients.
We don't race to the bottom on fees.
Systems, not chaos.
Documented SOPs, house drafting standards, independent design checks and AI‐augmented workflows that strip the admin out of engineering.
The role




Run
Class 1 & 2 residential structural design end-to-end
— design basis, analysis, documentation, certification
Concrete, steel and timber
: raft/waffle and suspended slabs, columns and walls, transfer structures, structural steel, timber framing
Check and mark up the output of our drafting team within our design‐check regime — and grow into holding the technical bar as the practice scales
Coordinate directly with architects, builders and certifiers — you own the client relationship on your jobs
Site inspections across Sydney where your jobs need them
Hold, or obtain within 6 months,
NSW DBP design practitioner (structural) registration
.
About you
NER (Structural) or CPEng — minimum.
6+ years in Australian structural consulting
Genuinely confident across all three materials — AS ****, AS ****, AS ****, AS ****, AS ****
Class 2 experience
— you've taken apartment‐scale residential from design basis through to certification, and dealt with the certifier yourself
Structural analysis software — Space Gass, Inducta or equivalent
Post‐tensioning exposure a plus
Temporary works / formwork exposure a plus — not required, we have that covered
Permanent Shoring Design
Current driver's licence and your own transport
Explicit written communication
— your calcs, notes and emails are read by builders, certifiers and occasionally lawyers
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📌 Senior Structural Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 Metric Engineering
📍 Sydney