Urban Highways Design Engineer

Poutrix; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Poutrix is seeking a Design Engineer to contribute to Urban Highways and Development Infrastructure projects for clients including Transport for London and local authorities. You will work in a collaborative environment, applying CAD/BIM skills to deliver design and digital transformation initiatives.

The role offers opportunities for progression toward CEng/IEng status, with mentoring responsibilities and exposure to multi-disciplinary project teams.

Qualifications

• Engineering roles require design and design management within a project team.
• Experience in commercial, programme and quality management within a project team.
• Mentoring graduates, technicians and apprentices to develop team skills.
• Experience coordinating work with Global Excellence Centres in India.
• Contribution to tenders, proposals and client presentations.

Responsibilities

• Engineering design and design management as part of a project team.
• Commercial, programme and quality management within a project team.
• Mentoring graduates, technicians and apprentices to develop skills.
• Managing work through Global Excellence Centres in India.
• Contributing to business development via tenders, proposals and client presentations.

Skills

CAD

BIM

Communication

Project planning

Team leadership

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Role Description

Our Urban Highways Design team has an immediate requirement for a Design Engineer to assist in the delivery of Urban Highways and Development Infrastructure projects to our clients, which include the likes of Transport for London, Birmingham City Council, Edinburgh City Council, Kent County Council, London boroughs and other local authorities, HS2 and a number of private developer, architect and contractor clients.

If you are an engineering professional who is keen to work on Active Travel, Urban Highways or Public Realm projects, we can add to your experience with digital engineering tools and techniques, and provide a diverse, collaborative environment where your career can thrive.

Accountabilities

• Engineering design and design management as part of a project team.
• Commercial, programme and quality management as part of a project team, with opportunities for increased ownership and responsibility on smaller projects.
• Mentoring graduate engineers, technicians and apprentices to assist with the development of skills within the team.
• Managing work undertaken through Global Excellence Centres in India.
• Contributing to business development through assisting with tenders, proposals and client presentation (internal and external clients).

Qualifications and Experience

• Career driven to assist with succession planning. The candidate would be a well-developed Engineer showing good opportunities for a move to Senior Engineer.
• Progressing towards CEng / IEng status.
• Able to contribute to a portfolio of projects at varying stages of development and with different clients.
• CAD and 3D modelling skills in a BIM environment will be a real advantage.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Consultative thinker.
• Proven ability to plan your own time and prioritize your delivery.
• Focus on driving sustainable solutions.
• Smart presentation.
• Able to work unsupervised, yet fit well into a team.
• Digital orientation to assist with our digital transformation initiatives.
• Good coaching and staff supervision skills.
• Able to deal with people at all levels and confident in front of clients.
• Evidence of a developing commercial awareness to assist with profitable delivery of projects.
• Can clearly demonstrate sound experience of urban highway and/or development infrastructure design and design management.
• Can demonstrate sound experience of working for local authorities and/or developers and show an understanding of their objectives and key performance indicators.
• Flexibility to work part-time in other locations to suit projects.

Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.