Design Engineer

A well known main civils/utility contratctor is looking to recruit a Design Engineer which reports to the Design Manager as part of the Standards and Design Team headed by the Standards and Design Manager. The role requires the Design Engineer to carry out detailed design of small to medium scale projects. You will provide technical support to assist with delivery activities. The role requires the Design engineer to work with other members of the Standards and Design Team, Anglian Water (AW) Operations, Commercial Team and Delivery Team to deliver a design solution that is acceptable and deliverable by all parties and that is delivered on time and to cost and quality standards.

Key areas/ Main duties and responsibilities;
Technical design
• Preparation and checking of detailed technical designs (including calculations, drawings, risk assessments, design certificates).
• Undertake preliminary designs for pricing.
• Obtain independent checks and/or third party technical approvals (e.g. for rail works).
• Ensure design outputs meet CDM / health & safety / environmental compliance.
• Work closely with sub-contractors to come to a design solution when the expertise is not available in AW or Partner companies

Technical and administrative support
• Provision of technical information /advice.
• Propose and/or develop value engineered alternative solutions (during design or construction phases)
• Provision of detailed handover with Estimator to design team when project is awarded
• Work closely with the estimator and obtain or provide pricing for estimating purposes.

Health and safety
• Complete and comply with all operational site H&S requirements to ensure safe working practices
• Ensure Personal H&S & MTRA are completed and valid
• Ensure near misses are recorded through Good catch
• Carry out ad hoc risk assessments as necessary
• Ensure your behavioural safety and subcontractor procurement aligns with

AW H&S principles.
• Liaise with customers / suppliers / third parties as necessary to determine requirements
• Assist with promoting best practice within the IOS Structure
• Assist with promoting the company to customers

Knowledge and experience
• Previous experience in a similar role
• Knowledge and understanding of construction techniques and resource needs.
• Experience in one or more of the following; civils, water, wastewater, M&E is essential.
• Experience in the detailed design of permanent and temporary works
• Knowledge and experience of CESWI and WIMES and other related industry standards such as British Standards and Eurocodes.
• Candidate will need experience in creating designs to a deadline.
• Knowledge and experience in creating project programmes will be essential

Skills and qualifications
• Educated to Degree level in an engineering or scientific discipline
• The successful candidate will need to be familiar, and comfortable, with standard Microsoft Office software such as Microsoft Excel.

Personal qualities
• Good communicator able to communicate detailed data to a non-data literate audience
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Ability to manage/prioritise workloads
• Ability to adapt and challenge
• A confident demeanour and the ability to liaise with all levels of personnel would be an advantage as the Design Engineer will be dealing with the client at all levels.