Structural Engineer: Design Leadership & Project Delivery

Carrington West; City Of London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrington West is seeking a Structural Engineer to take responsibility for the quality of the technical work produced and to coordinate with engineers and technicians within the team and wider company to manage workload.

The role will work to company procedures and QA systems and support admin staff, bearing responsibility for safety, commercial and customer facing aspects, reporting against targets to the team leader and MD at agreed timescales.

Responsibilities

• Supervision of and mentoring junior engineers and technicians.
• Management of personal workload and ensuring submission dates are adhered to.
• Management of personal work quality and ensuring design checks are completed before submission.
• Structural design using proprietary design software for timber/Steel/Concrete/Masonry. Prepare calculations adequate for submission to Building Control and in line with current GSE codes of practice.
• Initiate technical design drawings (General Arrangements, sections and details) and supervise draftsperson in production of drawings.
• Checking of drawings and calculations prepared by colleagues.
• Attend Design Team meetings and interface with external stakeholders (clients and design team). In conjunction with the design team, assist in the scheme design/value engineering of each project to ensure the client requirements are met by the most viable option.
• Respond to RFI's from site and design team in agreed time frames.
• Site attendance and representation when necessary to confirm adherence to construction specifications.
• Site attendance and inspection to monitor construction progress and confirm safety standards. Understand responsibilities under CDM regulations.
• Understand role within design team and timescales available for undertaking required works.
• Understand and appreciate the role of the other members of the design team (Client, Architect, M&E Engineer, external stakeholders)
• Understand the required programme, co-ordination, communication and GSE involvement within project to ensure satisfactory delivery of a project.
• Assisting with credit control when necessary.
• Be aware of and make best endeavors to meet project deadlines and allocated time to work items.
• Promote business to existing clients and potential new clients with a view to increasing new enquiries and opportunities.
• Responding to new enquiries and completing quotes for new jobs as allocated.
• Present quotes for sign off to the MD for projects in excess of an agreed value.
• Complete time sheet by 9:30 Monday morning.
• Complete workload programming on a weekly basis in preparation for the Monday morning programming meeting and attend the same.
• Attend & contribute at company meetings on a monthly basis.
• Accurate data input into resourcing software when setting up a new job and on existing jobs.
• Ensure projects are fully closed and archived in a timely manner.
• Provide information to the QA manager as required.
• Understand and implement Quality procedures at project level.
• Assist in the issue of project documents.
• Report Non‑Conformances to the line manager and QA manager.
• Implement GSE's CDM procedures for their team.
• Attend relevant training seminars when necessary and present key points to colleagues.
• Keep up to date with changes in legislation, codes of practice, design codes and proprietary suppliers.
• Maintain and develop technical or management capability through CPD - chiefly through graduate membership of either ICE or IStructE and attendance at GSE CPDs.
• Supporting senior staff and management with quality improvement processes and other duties

Job description

Carrington West is seeking a Structural Engineer to take responsibility for the quality of the technical work produced and to coordinate with engineers and technicians within the team and wider company to manage workload.

The role will work to company procedures and QA systems and support admin staff, bearing responsibility for safety, commercial and customer facing aspects, reporting against targets to the team leader and MD at agreed timescales.