Senior Engineer (Civils, Structural, Architectural) within the Design Function

Vital Energi; Blackburn; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary commensurate with experience

Pension scheme

Death in service insurance

33 days holiday including BH

Flexible working hours

Office head office in Blackburn

Travel to sites across the UK

Job summary

Vital Energi is recruiting a Senior Engineer (Civils, Structural, Architectural) based at our Blackburn head office. You will develop detailed designs for energy centres, excavation, tunnelling, and foundations, coordinating across Civil/Structural/Architectural disciplines to deliver build-ready designs.

Reporting to the Principal Engineer, you will mentor staff, review documentation, and liaise with clients to ensure on-time delivery and compliance with CDM and Building Regulations.

Qualifications

• Qualified at degree level in Civil/Structural/Architectural design.
• Experience contributing to design risk reviews.
• Experience mentoring construction design staff.
• Solid understanding of steel frame, reinforced concrete and traditional construction methods.
• Fluency with current Building Regulations and NES/NBS.
• Proficient in AutoCAD (2D).
• Ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary design using BIM.

Responsibilities

• Produce detailed design for energy centres and associated infrastructure.
• Lead multi-disciplinary design coordination reviews.
• Write specifications for procurement of construction products and services.
• Liaise with internal/external design teams and clients to deliver coordinated solutions.
• Ensure CDM compliance and in-house design processes.

Skills

Chartered or working towards

Design risk reviews

Mentoring staff

Construction design principles

AutoCAD (2D)

BIM coordination

Building Regulations knowledge

NES/NBS familiarity

Strong communication

Education

Degree-level qualification in Civil/Structural/Architectural

Tools

AutoCAD 2D

BIM coordination

Job description

Senior Engineer (Civils, Structural, Architectural) within the Design Function

Vital Energi are at the forefront of the UK's low carbon energy generating systems of the future. We work in the construction industry, in a rapidly expanding market for Heat and Power Solutions from renewable energy. As a leading turnkey engineering contractor, we design, construct, install, operate and maintain environmentally friendly energy generating systems and networks.

Due to Vital Energi's continued growth, we require a Senior Engineer (Civils, Structural, Architectural), based at our Head Office in Blackburn, to work in this exciting and growing sector of the industry.

The Role:

Reporting to the Principal Engineer (CSA), this role involves a broad range of detailed design including District Heating excavation, tunnelling and support design, energy centre design, and general foundation, pipe support, builders-work design. This will include taking concept designs and producing a fully detailed design for the projects team to install. This will at times include initial project conceptual work, site investigations and surveys, client meetings and input into project submissions and presentations.

Working within a team of different grades of construction design professionals you will be responsible for delivering the construction design across multiple teams and projects including energy centre layouts, structural steel details, architectural details, and planning / building regulations submissions. Other key duties involve the writing of specifications for the procurement of construction products and services, and liaison with all other internal and external design disciplines to deliver a fully coordinated solution. Familiarity with industrial and commercial construction and refurbishment technologies is essential.

Along with project accountability, you will be responsible for staff of varying levels including Trainee, Graduate and Junior Engineers. This will include allocation of work, reviewing and checking of documentation along with ensuring all projects responsibilities are delivered on time and to programme.

Key Duties:

• Produce the design of energy centres & associated construction infrastructure up to the point of handover.
• Developing the design staff and teams with a ‘hands on’ approach to meet the quality standards and to strict deadlines.
• Appraisal and interpretation of the client’s requirements.
• Review cost implications within design, undertake lifecycle costing analysis, and value engineering.
• Effectively deal with design issues and minimise their impact.
• Liaising with internal and external designers, customers, and Vital Energi’s in-house project teams, and lead multi-disciplinary design & coordination reviews providing technical due diligence.
• Awareness and appreciation of other disciplines including mechanical and electrical.
• Fluency with BIM and the ability to coordinate multi-disciplines with our in-house CAD team.
• Be proactive and ensuring compliance with CDM requirements and our in in-house design processes.
• Conduct and contribute to HAZOP Studies, Risk Assessments, etc.
• Fluency with current Building Regulations, industry guidance such as RIBA, RICS, ICE etc, and all pertinent legislation.
• Ensuring compliance with legislation, engineering best practices in line with company procedures such as Building Safety Act, CDM 2015, Principal Designer duties, etc.
• Assistance in specifying the construction aspects for tendering works.
• Work closely with the client to further develop relationships and promote the company.
• Undertake site inspection reports and providing technical support during construction.

The Person:

The successful candidates will ideally be qualified at Degree level, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a design/ design build environment. The individuals will have:

• Be a construction industry professional (Chartered or working towards).
• Have experience in contributing to design risk reviews.
• Have experience with training and mentoring construction design staff.
• Sound understanding of design principles including steel frame, reinforced concrete and traditional construction methods.
• Fluency with current Building Regulations.
• Fluency with National Design Specifications (NES/NBS) and competent in AutoCAD (2D).
• Experience/ competence of being effective communicators, who are confident and focused, with the ability to manage their time and duties in a professional and effective way.
• Be able to demonstrate excellent technical ability and communication skills both written and verbal.
• Innovation and creativity when developing construction solutions whilst ensuring efficiency, profitability and high quality.
• Be fluent with the RIBA Plan of Work and relevant design standards and stages.
• Have good knowledge of forms of contract used within the construction industry.

The Package:

• Attractive/ Competitive Salary (depending upon experience).
• Contributory Company Pension Scheme
• Non-contributory death-in-service insurance
• 33 Days Holiday including BH
• Flexible working hours patterns
• Office based at our Head Office in Blackburn with occasional travel to sites across the UK
• Plus other benefits to be discussed.

Salary:

dependent on experience

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.

Applicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time‑limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives:

Vital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third-party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.