Principal Civil design engineer - Derby

BALFOUR BEATTY; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company in the UK is seeking a Design Engineer responsible for planning and managing design workloads. The ideal candidate will provide technical support, manage design risks, and lead audits for assurance. You should have a professional qualification, CAD experience, and an extensive technical knowledge of design practices. The role offers smart working and generous benefits like 25 days annual leave and family-friendly policies.

Benefits

Smart working with flexible hours

25 days paid annual leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Qualifications

• Recognised professional qualification (MICE or MIStructE) required.
• Experience with CAD design tools needed.
• Up-to-date technical knowledge in temporary works design and ground engineering.
• Good working knowledge of structural and geotechnical software packages.
• Ability to perform routine and complex geotechnical calculations.
• Strong communication skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage the design workload in the office.
• Support design strategy and workload management.
• Provide expert technical support to delivery teams.
• Conduct design risk assessments.
• Lead design assurance through audits and meetings.

Skills

MICE or MIStructE qualification

CAD Design experience

Technical knowledge of temporary works design

Knowledge of structural and geotechnical software

Proficiency in geotechnical calculations

Strong interpersonal skills

Education

Recognised professional qualification

Tools

AutoCAD

BIM

Job description

About the role

Plan, manage, prioritise and report to the Chief Design Engineer on the design workload in the office in which they work. To help manage the technical function of the business, ensuring that we provide our customers with the best and safest solutions and by providing the best innovative technical support/advice available in the market. To assist the Chief Engineer and Technical Director to achieve best technical governance of our activities. To assist the Technical Director to develop technical excellence in their field of expertise.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting the Chief Design Engineer and Pre‑Construction Managers to provide input to the overall design strategy and workload management.
• Supporting the delivery teams, verifying the work of others in a timely and efficient manner, and providing expert technical support.
• Providing a temporary works design service to both tenders and project delivery team.
• Ensuring design risks are considered and prepare design risk assessments.
• Communicate residual design risks to others.
• Providing strong technical support to tenders and support the work‑winning team in identifying innovative and robust solutions.
• Leading design assurance on projects through conducting audits and regular meetings with project teams, identifying best practice, areas for improvement and areas of concern.

Who we’re looking for

• The ideal candidate will have a recognised profession qualification (MICE or MIStructE) and a valid CSCS card or equivalent work experience.
• CAD Design experience – AutoCAD or equivalent toolsets.
• An extensive up‑to‑date technical knowledge of temporary works design and ground engineering and industry best practice.
• Good working knowledge of structural and geotechnical software packages and BIM.
• Proficiency in routine and complex geotechnical calculations.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to form effective relationships with partners and delivery team members under time pressure.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities. We offer a full range of benefits and the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family‑friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth. From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi‑disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

Diversity and inclusion: At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit https://www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion. We are members of WISE, ENEI, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long‑term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/ We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail].