Our client is a well renowned Contractor within the Rail industry have a great opportunity for a Senior Design Engineer (Temporary Works) located in Wigan. An exciting opportunity for a rail, civils Senior Design Engineer to join an established and busy in-house design team specialising in Temporary Works across a portfolio of projects in the civils and rail sector. As Senior Design Engineer you will have the responsibility for the development of technical Temporary Works solutions across a portfolio of rail projects and frameworks, within the team’s budgetary, programme and quality requirements. Your day to day role will include:
* Using initiative and confidence to put forward solutions based on sound engineering principles.
* Challenging the brief, enabling innovative development of unambiguous engineering solutions from feasibility through to detailed design.
* Design and Checking of engineering solutions.
* Production of clear, consistent, referenced calculations, reports and sketches to current CoP and Standards.
* Clear communication of design philosophy and requirements with other team members.
* Being Design representative at meetings with their project team and/or external Clients and Stakeholders.
* Appreciation of the team’s financial, quality and programme targets.
* Promoting safe working practices in all areas.
* Management of staff and projects.
Requirements
* To excel in this role, you will have previous experience as a Civil Senior Design Engineer in a rail project environment.
* Degree qualified Civil / Design Engineer - BSc / BEng / CEng
* Civil engineering project design experience – i.e. bridges, structures, stations, platforms etc.
* Significant experience in technical design for rail, civils associated Temporary Works
* Ideally Chartered or at an advanced level of progression towards membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. ICE / IStructE) at either Chartered or Incorporated Level.
* Candidates from a rail / civil & structural engineering design background with experience in client, contractor or consultancy organisations will be considered.