Senior Design Engineer - Primary

Job Title

Senior Design Engineer – Primary

Reporting to:
Principle Design Engineer / Head of Design / Section Lead

The Senior Design Engineer will:

• Be responsible for managing and leading projects with a thorough understanding of managing project delivery to quality, cost and programme deliverables.

• Manage and deliver single- and/or multi-disciplinary projects to cost, schedule and quality criteria.

• Lead aspects of infrastructure design work as lead designer on a range of project sizes, appropriate to their experience.

• Generating Primary designs and working with other Omexom Engineers in converting these designs into working drawings as part of a wider design team.

• Have knowledge and experience of legislation required in this industry and implement it as required.

• Works to own initiative and will be required to supervise design and graduate engineers and trainees. The Senior Design Engineer will provide appropriate levels of Primary design to a range of different Primary elements as required by the BUGM and their reports.

• To be responsible for input into IET training scheme as required and to support graduates.

• Will contribute to the development and mentoring of junior staff.

Including but not limited to the following:

• Day to day management of a design team

• Ensure design deliverables are met and to report on performance to principle engineers or their associates.

• Promote safe by design and consider sustainability and low carbon options.

• Responsible and to lead detailed design and calculations in accordance with the relevant standards and procedures, under the direction of a principle designer or their associates.

• Good level of understanding of relevant British Standards and Eurocodes with regard to Primary, design and specification.

• Work closely with other members of the design team to deliver safe, efficient and buildable solutions.

• Collaborate with engineers and technicians from other disciplines, including external consultants where necessary.

• Coordinate with site construction teams, principal designers (2015 CDM) and temporary works coordinators and support constructability reviews.

• Support tender and tender preparation for projects of all varying sizes including fee estimates.

• Provide support to CAD staff and trainees in their professional development.

• Ensure thorough checking and accuracy of deliverables.

• Manage and keep records in accordance with company QA procedures.

• Have responsibility for maintaining calculation and drawing records.

• Participate in lessons Learnt and knowledge share workshops and share across the organisation and design team.

• Attend in-house design courses and seminars and feedback to the rest of the department if required.

• Keep up to date with IET / IMechE CPD requirements.

• Report to management team as required.

• Excellent team ethic, and ability to work extended hours on occasions when required.

• Represent Omexom – Design in external project technical meetings if required.

• Represent Omexom – Design in external events and site visits if required.

• Develop positive relationships with customers through good professional conduct.

• Review specialist subcontractors/suppliers production calculations and drawings for technical compliance with design intent.

• Ability to work accurately and methodically under pressure and strict deadlines, including the ability to manage multiple tasks.

• Excellent time and cost management skills to ensure cost effective and accurate delivery.

• Effectively manage own time, and others within small teams across multiple projects and prioritise workload.

• Good communication style and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work accurately and methodically under pressure and to strict deadlines, including the ability to manage multiple tasks.

• Ability to work well within a team of other professionals in delivering designs to satisfy the agreed brief. (e.g: Primary Engineers, OHL, Kelvin Power, Temp works designers)

• Strong communication style and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate internally and within a team.

• Supervision, Technical mentoring and staff development skills.

• Complete Codex timesheets accurately and in good time.

• Keep an…