Senior Design Engineer

Vacancy Summary

This role can be based at our Lostock, Dalton, or Mansfield sites, depending on your location and preference. At Severfield, we’re creating better ways to build for a world of changing demands. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Design Engineer, to be based out of Dalton, Lostock or Mansfield offices. This position is available at both our Lostock and Dalton sites.

Our competitive advantage is our people, and we’re always looking for talented individuals to join us as we continue to transform skylines across the UK & Europe. A career at Severfield presents the opportunity for you to develop, grow, and to feel part of something special, after all, we are all in it together! Our Commercial & Industrial division designs, fabricates and constructs structural steelwork for a variety of different sectors including commercial offices, stadia & leisure, industrial & distribution, data centres, retail and health and education.

The division has manufacturing sites in three locations:
Dalton, Lostock, and Enniskillen. Each has full-service capabilities and modern manufacturing processes enabling us to provide a high-quality product to a variety of different sectors. Each of our sites has its own strong reputation in the market and between them cover a wider geographical area, including Europe. They continue to set the bar high in their highly complex market!

The purpose of this role is to deliver code‑compliant, high‑quality structural steelwork solutions that meet client requirements, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget.

• Have a sound understanding of engineering principles
• Be able to work with external clients and internal stakeholders to produce practical design solutions
• Carry out structural analysis and design to produce calculations for building regulations submission
• Produce detailed design sketches to convey to draughtsperson with due regard to buildability and health & safety
• Liaise with internal and external design teams to ensure that the design brief is clear, and a compliant design is produced
• Assess, design and clearly define temporary works requirements
• Ensure compliance with the company operating procedures, quality assurance, statutory safety legislation and our contractual responsibilities
• Take responsibility for all technical aspects of a project and provide assistance to junior engineers

• Extensive knowledge of structural steelwork design including complex solutions and temporary works solutions
• Experience in Design Management
• A good understanding of buildability issues on major construction sites as well as in the fabrication shop.

• Degree or Masters Degree in civil / structural engineering
• Preferably Chartered Structural Engineer MIStructE

At Severfield, we’re all about doing the right thing, so as you’d expect, we offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits packages.

We are an equal opportunities employer and actively encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets to apply. We value the unique perspectives that come from different life experiences and are committed to building an inclusive environment. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, religion, or faith. At Severfield, we believe that a diverse team drives innovation and success, and we are eager to hear from all who want to contribute to our dynamic workplace.

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

Recruitment agencies – Please note that we kindly request no contact from recruitment agencies or third-party providers regarding this role. We genuinely appreciate your interest but are currently managing our hiring process in-house.

Severfield is the largest structural steelwork Group in the UK and among the biggest in Europe. We have been involved in the UK’s highest profile structural steel projects and we have the design and engineering capabilities to deliver the UK’s largest, most complex projects. Today, with multiple sites in the UK, Europe, and our joint venture in India, we have an annual capacity to produce around 300,000 tonnes of fabricated steelwork.

Acting on behalf of our clients, our project portfolio includes world‑class stadia, bridges, national infrastructure, as well as shaping city skylines across the UK and further afield.

• 25 days holiday
• 7% employer pension contributions
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• Employee benefits scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Save as you earn
• Free onsite parking (role specific)
• Business health insurance