Senior Design Engineer - Inside IR35

NES Fircroft Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering staffing provider is looking for a Senior Design Engineer for a hybrid role based in Birmingham. You will coordinate the design team, manage project budgets, and ensure safe and optimal designs. The ideal candidate has experience in large budget projects and a background in electrical engineering. This role offers a contract with monthly meet-ups and support for travel expenses.

Benefits

Travelling Expenses

Market-leading benefits packages

Qualifications

• Experience with large budget projects of £100m+.
• Strong understanding of transmission and distribution systems (400kV to 11 kV).
• Excellent analytical and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support the design team during project phases.
• Manage engineering budgets and provide cost forecasts.
• Chair design and hazard reviews.

Skills

Large budget project experience

Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution practices

Good teamwork

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Ability to work to tight time scales

Education

HNC/HND in electrical engineering or equivalent

Job description

Senior Design Engineer
Hybrid- Office is Birmingham- Monthly Meet ups
Inside IR35
12 Months Initial contract
Travelling Expenses.


Role Outline
To coordinate and support the design team during project design and execution phases, and to support the tendering team to ensure that safe, robust, and optimal designs and documentation are produced.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Large budget Project experience £100m+
Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution practices (400kV to 11 kV)
HNC/HND in electrical engineering or equivalent
Good team work, Analytical and communication skills
Capable of working to tight time scales

Job Role
To coordinate the design team across all disciplines.
To liaise with project management on engineering budgets and to provide forecast cost to complete estimates and associated justification to changes in expenditure.
To manage the programme and to interface with the planning engineers for design.
Providing forecasts for completion and resource planning.
To approve documentation in accordance with the contractual requirements of the project.
To coordinate and chair design reviews and hazard reviews.
To identify and manage additional risks across functions that may not be apparent to individual Designers. Evaluates risks and opportunities, strategizes mitigation of the risks.
Supports the Project Manager in overall project risk and opportunity assessments and implementation of resulting actions.
To undertake the Principal Designer Representative on projects.
Works with customers to shape and deliver solutions, seeking feedback and innovating with the customer to drive and deliver improvements.
Oversees the creation of subcontracts and manages the subcontractors jointly with other involved functions, including supply chain management.
Supports the Project Manager in overall project risk and opportunity assessments and implementation of resulting actions.
To undertake the Principal Designer Representative on projects.
Works with customers to shape and deliver solutions, seeking feedback and innovating with the customer to drive and deliver improvements.
Oversees the creation of subcontracts and manages the subcontractors jointly with other involved functions, including supply chain management.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.