Steel Senior Design Engineer

Senior Design Engineer with steel experience needed in Greater Manchester.

What's the role all about?

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Senior Design Engineers to join our Engineering team, based at our Head Office in Greater Manchester.



With an ambitious order book ahead of us we are looking for individuals who can hit the ground running and support us with design knowledge of Bridges, High Rise Buildings or Connection Design from all sectors of the structural steelwork industry work including commercial, industrial, mining, nuclear projects etc.

Working 36 hours a week / Monday to Friday / 3 days in the office & 2 from home / Early afternoon finish on a Friday

As a Senior Design Engineer you will be involved in:

• Preparation and checking of Design Briefs and Connection Method Statements, including client facing approval of.


• Preparation and checking of calculations for all types of connections and joint configurations.


• Preparation and checking of all associated Calc Marking Plans.


• Preparation and checking of steel element design / analysis and design of structures.
  
  (If required)


• Preparation and checking of temporary stability member design.
  
  (If required)


• Generation and checking / input to all aspects of CDM Hazard Registers / Risk Assessments as relevant to structural design.


• Familiarity, use and understanding of design software programmes on the market for both connections and structural analysis.
  
  Eg) Masterseries, Statica, TSD, Staad etc


• Compliance with all internal documents such as Technical Guidance Notes, Work Instructions and Quality Management Systems, as well as industry standards such as NSSS.


• Responsibility for ensuring issue and approval status of calculations is maintained and managed.


• Liaison with Client's Engineer, Sub-Trades, and all internal Departments / Centres of the company as required in various locations, to assist in the co-ordination of the design process.


• Good appreciation of all processes from a fabricator's perspective, including detailing, manufacturing and erection.


• Supervision, mentoring and on the job training of other team members.


• Managing other team members, including their scope and progress.


• Managing both you're and your teams time to meet agreed programmes and schedules as the project requires.

What are we looking for?

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent with a detailed knowledge of the Steel Industry


• Good understanding/application and experience of steelwork connection design from simple connections through to bespoke connections.


• A good understanding of Eurocode is a prerequisite but AISC & CISC would be beneficial but not essential.


• Ability to work consistently and accurately, to deadlines, to meet the demands of a manufacturing business


• Confident to take the technical lead on projects and be the focal point of all aspects of the Engineering process on a project.


• Excellent Engineering judgement.


• Proactive and methodical approach to problem solving


• Influential communicator with sound interpersonal skills


• Has the ability to work on multiple projects and liaising with a cross functional team


• Be responsible for achieving objectives on own initiative, as well as part of a team


• Has the ability to adapt to previously unseen challenges & new technologies

Please apply with your most up-to-date CV.