Senior Design Engineer

Novax Recruitment Ltd; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Sick pay scheme

Health plan

Cycle to work scheme

Share Save scheme

Additional holidays option

Professional/technical development

Job summary

Novax Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Senior Design Engineer for a Wakefield-based role. You will develop structural engineering solutions from concept to detail, ensuring safe, practical and commercially viable outcomes in collaboration with clients and project teams.

The role emphasises design decisions that directly influence fabrication and construction, with a clear path to professional development in a growing structural steel business.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a structural design engineering role.
• Strong knowledge of structural mechanics and engineering principles.
• Proven structural design calculation experience.
• Experience designing structural steelwork.
• Ability to assess loadings, stresses and load paths.
• Experience using structural engineering software.

Responsibilities

• Design structural steel solutions from initial requirements through to detailed engineering.
• Analyse structures, applying loadings and assessing stresses and load paths.
• Develop calculations and design information using industry-standard engineering software.
• Collaborate with clients, project teams and other professionals to turn requirements into workable designs.
• Deliver solutions that consider structural integrity, buildability, compliance and cost.
• Support tenders and projects with technical input, calculations and progress reporting.

Skills

Structural design

Structural mechanics

Calculation experience

Steel design

Load analysis

Engineering software

Tools

Tekla Structural Designer

Fastrak Building Designer

Fastrak Portal Frame

STAAD Pro

Masterframe

Masterseries Connections

Job description

Senior Design Engineer

Location: Wakefield
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Competitive, based on experience

The Company

Some structural steel projects are straightforward.

Others require someone who can look beyond the drawing, understand how the structure will behave, and make sure the engineering solution works from calculation through to fabrication and construction.

This is an established structural steel business with more than 75 years of experience delivering projects across the UK and Europe. Its work ranges from standard building frames through to technically demanding structures, with the scale and capability to handle significant volumes of structural steel.

They are now looking for an experienced Senior Design Engineer to join their technical team in Wakefield.

The Role

You will be responsible for developing structural engineering solutions that are safe, practical and commercially viable, working closely with clients, engineers and wider project teams.

You will:

• Design structural steel solutions from initial requirements through to detailed engineering.
• Analyse structures, applying loadings and assessing stresses and load paths.
• Develop calculations and design information using industry-standard engineering software.
• Collaborate with clients, project teams and other professionals to turn requirements into workable designs.
• Deliver solutions that consider structural integrity, buildability, compliance and cost.
• Support tenders and projects with technical input, calculations and progress reporting.

The role will suit someone who enjoys the engineering behind structural steel and wants to be involved in projects where design decisions have a direct impact on how the structure is ultimately manufactured and built.

The Candidate

You will have substantial experience working in a structural design engineering environment and a strong understanding of structural mechanics and engineering principles.

Must Have

• Extensive experience in a structural design engineering role.
• Strong knowledge of structural mechanics and engineering principles.
• Proven structural design calculation experience.
• Experience designing structural steelwork.
• Ability to assess loadings, stresses and load paths.
• Experience using structural engineering software.

Software Experience

Experience with one or more of the following would be highly relevant:

• Tekla Structural Designer / Fastrak Building Designer
• Fastrak Portal Frame
• STAAD Pro
• Masterframe
• Masterseries Connections

Desirable

• Previous experience with structural steel connection design.
• Experience working within a structural steel contractor or specialist steelwork environment.
• Experience contributing to tenders and technical proposals.
• Experience working directly with clients and multidisciplinary project teams.

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to move beyond simply producing calculations and become part of the wider project process.

You will be working on structural steel projects where engineering needs to work in the real world - from the initial design through to fabrication and construction.

The business has the experience, capacity and project range to give a Senior Design Engineer exposure to both straightforward and technically challenging structures, while providing a stable platform for continued professional development.

Benefits

Alongside the salary, the package includes:

• Company pension
• Sick pay scheme
• Health plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Share Save scheme
• Option to purchase additional holidays
• Ongoing professional and technical development