Position: Design Engineer / Design Manager

Location: North London

Salary: £38,000 - £45,000 + Car/Car allowance + Pension + Healthcare + Annual Bonus + 25 days holiday

Are you an experienced Design Engineer with experience in Structures, Steel and Concrete? This is a fantastic opportunity for a Design Engineer looking to move into a Design Management role with a Main Contractor.

The ideal candidate will be someone currently working for an in-house design house who is now looking to make the move to delivery. You will be trained up as a Design Manager and be managing a small team of Design Engineers. You will work on various projects within Rail and Civils.

Duties include:

• Manage the interface with external or in house design teams on behalf of the Project Manager.
• Represent the design department when necessary at internal and external meetings and, in the absence of the Design Engineer, to be the focal point of contact within the department.
• Liaise with other departments and project teams within the Company with respect to design requirements.
• Undertake site visits when appropriate.
• Allocate design tasks to individuals within informal internal teams whilst maintaining responsibility for the team's overall performance.
• Undertake the responsibilities of project design engineer if appointed.
• Ensure that the work in the department is carried out in accordance with Company procedures and that a high level of professionalism is maintained.
• Ensure that chargeable work is identified and evaluated including the preparation of adequate records of time spent.
• Ensure feedback on design work is collated and saved in accordance with procedures.
• Carry out staff appraisals when required and identify appropriate development activities.
• Coach individual staff members.
• Prepare conceptual designs from with a view to the preparation of safe, practical and economic designs in accordance with current legislation.
• Prepare detailed designs in accordance with current standards and codes including calculations, design risk assessments and sufficiently detailed sketches for the preparation of working drawings.
• Checking the design work of other staff members and external designers.
• Summarise quantities relating to design tasks for pricing purposes.
• Maintain responsibility for the storage, filing and archiving of documents relevant to the design tasks undertaken by yourself or your team.

About the Company:

This is an opportunity to join a growing main contractor who turn over circa £700m + a year just in the UK. A privately owned company, headquarters in London and operating globally offering a wide range of construction services who have become a leader in rail engineering and construction offering innovative solutions on single and multi-disciplinary projects. On joining this company you will be offered training and development opportunities that will allow you to progress your career.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive Basic Salary with annual salary reviews
• Fantastic career progression
• Training and Investment into you as an individual
• Car/Car allowance
• The People's Pension
• Annual Christmas Bonus based on personal and company performance
• Life Assurance
• Relevant Annual Subscriptions Subsidised
• 25 days holiday increasing up to 29 days holiday

Required Qualifications / Expertise:

• Degree, HND / HNC
• Construction Experience (5 years)
• Experience in Rail Design Assurance and Documentation requirements
• Knowledge of Design & Engineering Procedures
• Ideally academic qualification up to QVC 4 or above.
• CSCS
• Personal attributes: Proactive, Assertive and Effective use of initiative

Sound like your DREAM JOB? Submit your CV or contact Lauren Jenkins at Randstad CPE London. Not quite right for you but perfect for a mate? - Refer someone now and get £200 if we place them!

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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