Are you looking for a new opportunity to develop and achieve your potential in a thriving consultancy?
Are you feed up working on single projects year on year working for the same people with no flexibility, no variation, no prospects of development, then keep reading.
Key Purpose
- The key purpose of this role is to deliver innovative designs on Energy and Power projects. Experience in the design of electrical substations is essential.
- Design must be innovative, sustainable, and intelligent and must meet fee and client budgets whilst exceeding all stakeholder expectations.
Technical Responsibilities
- Assisting the development of internal civil engineering design capability for Energy projects by managing key client relationships
- Leading the technical delivery of civil designs including producing and checking calculations and drawing production against project scope, British and European standards and industry best practice
- Creating and updating design programmes
- Managing Design Risk Assessments and actively contributing to project hazard workshop reviews
- Coordinating with design coordination/management functions and interfacing with other design disciplines
- Inputting into civil engineering tendering processes by:
- Reviewing client ITTs
- Developing civil design strategies including producing scope of works
- Identifying key project risks and opportunities developing potential mitigation measures
- Engaging sub-consultants and other specialist suppliers through the procurement function
- Coordinating the production of tender deliverables
- Marketing
- Maintain excellent professional and friendly working relationships with colleagues, existing clients and other collaborators to secure flow or repeat work.
- Actively and positively promote the company in all work activities. Attend suitable industry events to develop connections with new clients and to help secure new, interesting and profitable work.
- Communication
- Liaise with clients and the design team to ensure that efficient and integrated structural solutions are produced on all projects which are sensitive to the design intent.
- Maintain good, clear and proactive communication with all relevant members of the design team to ensure all are aware of project progress.
- Attend design team, site and client meetings as required and keep accurate notes of all discussions.
- Training
- Share expert knowledge across the team to help develop others.
- Actively and continually update skills and technical knowledge through CPD.
- Ensure that all professional CPD requirements are met every year.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- The following are essential for successful performance in the role:
- Degree level qualification in Civil or Structural Engineering and ideally educated to MSc / MEng level or equivalent
- Bachelor or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering
- Experience working within Electrical Transmission and Distribution sectors. Comprehensive HV substation design experience
- Experience within civil design environment preferably within a consultancy environment
- Experience of work winning including risk identification and mitigation
- Knowledge and experience of Principal Contractors duties as Principal Designers under CDM Regulations 2015
- Proven ability to coach and manage employees
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal skills
- An adaptable and flexible working style with the ability to develop and foster collaborative working relationships
- The ability to confidently present ideas, opinions and solutions
- Ability to represent the company on site visits/surveys (sometimes in unsociable hours) in a professional manner
- Chartered or near-Chartered Status with ICE and/or IStructE
- Knowledge of BIM implementation on Energy Projects
- Positive, proactive attitude, willing to work to help build one of the foremost design houses in the power & energy sector.
- You will need to have a current clean driving license and be willing to travel throughout the UK to visit sites and carry out site visits from time-to-time.