Overview
Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 + up to 10% bonus per annum. In addition, up to £7,500 Regional Allowance depending on location.
Working Location: Home-based, North and North East of England and surrounding areas including Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sunderland, Hull, Middlesbrough, York, Darlington, Durham, and Harrogate.
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Responsibilities
Are you a seasoned Engineer looking for a new challenge? Do you thrive in a dynamic and innovative work environment? If so, we invite you to join our team at the NHBC as a Senior Engineer. We are offering a range of exciting and diverse projects that will allow you to leverage your expertise and make a significant impact.
What you’ll be doing:
Technical Operations Engineers provide professional engineering risk management advice related to all civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering issues associated with the properties on which NHBC provides warranty cover. You’ll be an important part of a multi-disciplinary team of professional engineers and surveyors with responsibility for assessing Building Control and warranty applications on a wide variety of residential and mixed-use schemes. You’ll also work with developers, architects, and builders to provide site support, undertake forensic investigations, liaise with customers, and much more.
This is a home-based working role, and you can look forward to real flexibility and an excellent work/life balance. You will be expected (at NHBC’s expense) to travel to client sites and, from time to time, to our offices, including our head office in Milton Keynes.
Specific responsibilities will include:
* Checking submitted site investigation reports, drawings, specifications, structural calculations, and design details for compliance with Building Regulations and warranty standards.
* Providing technical advice and support on the assessment of designs for compliance with Building Regulations and warranty standards, including resolving problems with engineering aspects of any submissions.
* Negotiating with developers, builders, and their professional advisors to ensure proposals are satisfactory in relation to Building Control, warranty, and land quality and comply with relevant regulations/NHBC Standards.
* Supporting inspection staff with the provision of expert advice, inspection of high-risk/complex elements of building work, and review of progress.
* On live claims, undertaking/arranging forensic investigations, reporting on findings, preparing solutions for remedial work schemes, issuing and reviewing tenders, assessing costs, and undertaking site inspections.
* Where applicable, representing NHBC on appropriate external bodies and at seminars or industry work groups.
The ideal candidate will:
* Have, or be working towards, Chartered membership of an appropriate professional institution, e.g., ICE/IStructE.
* Have substantial relevant experience working in building/construction and a great understanding of the new housing and commercial sectors.
* Possess a broad range of knowledge and understanding of all aspects of superstructure, foundation, and geotechnical design with regard to building structures with a proven track record.
* Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing, with the ability to present information to a variety of stakeholders, including homeowners with claims.
* Be able to manage their own workload, meet service level agreement targets, and work with minimum supervision.
* Be excited by a varied and challenging role and demonstrate a drive for excellence as a strong team player.
* Require a full driving license.
Qualifications
Education and Qualifications:
* Ideally hold a Chartered membership of an appropriate professional institution or be working towards it (e.g., ICE/IStructE).
* Have a relevant Civil/Structural Engineering or Construction Degree.
Why you should join us:
At NHBC, we are proud to be unique. No other organisation in our sector combines the variety of services and scale that we offer. As the market leader, our name is synonymous with new home warranty and insurance. Our people are driven by our core purpose to raise standards in housebuilding and protect homeowners.
We are a modern, lifestyle and family-friendly employer who is in a period of rapid growth, investing in technology, data, and new ways of working. We need passionate, talented, and driven people to join us on this journey.
We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly. We don’t promise we can offer you exactly what you want, but we are always happy to talk flexible working.
Our inclusive culture:
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that encourages everyone to bring their true selves to work. We believe in the rights of all our employees and customers to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect, free from discrimination. We have active employee networks that support our colleagues and their allies, creating safe spaces for open conversations and the sharing of ideas.
If you need any adjustments or additional support with your application, please let us know at Recruitment@nhbc.co.uk
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