Principal Civil Design Engineer

Reference:

R22-41 Manchester

Salary:

£/annum

Job Location:

- United Kingdom -- England -- North West England -- Greater Manchester -- Manchester

Job Type:

Permanent

Principal Civil Engineer - Flexible location

Working within our Rail Civils team allows you to work on a range of projects including ancillary civil structures, bridges, footbridges and railway assets at railway stations and depots.

Who we are & what we stand for

BWB is a multi-award-winning engineering and environmental design consultancy with a proven reputation for technical excellence and exceptional client satisfaction. We’re rated Platinum Investors In People (IIP), a prestigious accolade that demonstrates our commitment to our people and establishes us as an employer of choice. We invest in our people and ensure they have everything they need to develop a fantastic career. We extensively research, benchmark and review all salaries and benefits against others within the industry.

Join BWB and your career will not conform to the traditional models of yesterday but will be a fulfilling and challenging journey into tomorrow’s digital age; a journey that you will play an active role in defining!

At BWB you matter, and you will make a difference. A difference to the world you live in; the communities you engage with; even the development of your career and the profession.

What you’ll be doing

• Working with the Rail team to provide a comprehensive design and advisory service focused on meeting the engineering challenges involved in servicing the infrastructure requirements of renewal, enhancement and turnkey projects.
• Technical design of railway civil engineering structures including but not limited to: station platforms, station furniture, overhead line structures, signalling structures, telecoms structures and general lineside structures
• Design of Bridge Structures
• Managing and leading teams
• Developing the team including engineers and technicians
• Applying understanding of BIM
• Interfacing and considering other design disciplines such as track, electrical, mechanical, architecture etc
• Communicating with clients who include local developers through to international contractors working for public sector bodies.
• Working on projects applying previous project experience from project inception to construction

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrate previous project experience from project inception to construction
• Experience of railway design projects and general bridge design would be advantageous
• Experience using ProjectWise and Eb would be beneficial as would knowledge of Network Rail standards
• Strong IT skills and be fully conversant with our industry standard design software packages such as Tedds and STAAD.
• Ability to work independently, and manage others, to produce designs for approval and construction.
• Knowledge and experience of current health and safety legislation including CDM Regulations.
• Ability to use design standards and technical guidance to produce designs with respect to rail projects.
• Knowledge and experience working with Eurocodes and Network Rail standards.
• Appreciation of the other rail disciplines and the wider aspects of design and construction.
• Experience in the use of Microsoft software packages including Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Experience managing projects using engineering judgement.
• Knowledge of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and how it is applied.
• Degree in Civil Engineering
• Incorporated or chartered status with a relevant engineering institution (eg. ICE).
• Experience as contractors responsible engineer (CRE) under Network Rail projects would be advantageous

What we offer

• 25 days holiday (with the option to purchase more), pension, life assurance and healthcare.
• Perkbox, Cycle to Work, paid volunteering days, regular social events, rewards scheme and much more.
• Access to personalised fully funded Learning & Development opportunities including charterships and paid professional subscriptions.
• Hybrid working.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. Please contact our talent acquisition team at to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.