Senior Temporary Works Design Engineer

Laing O'Rourke; NTR; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is a global engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings across the UK, Middle East and Australia. With over 150 years of experience, the group emphasizes certainty, reliability and quality in every project.

The firm participates in the Disability Confident scheme to improve interview access for candidates with long-term conditions. This position involves commercial & project management, safety & compliance, and engineering

Responsibilities

• Help ensure designs are efficient and cost-effective by applying your experience and judgement
• Manage your time (and others' where needed) effectively, including use of software and external design support
• Keep track of your workload and provide regular updates to the Lead Engineer
• Make sure all designs meet relevant health and safety legislation (CDM, LOLER, PUWER, etc.)
• Follow company safety and quality systems
• Take ownership of your designs and ensure the right level of checking is applied
• Carry out design risk assessments and clearly communicate any remaining risks
• Include key details like load limits, pour rates, and performance constraints on drawings
• Highlight any safety-critical elements and recommend inspections or tests where needed
• Provide clear construction sequence information to support site teams
• Stay up to date with safety alerts and standards, and reflect these in your work
• Carry out site visits if required to ensure designs are being followed correctly
• Develop practical, buildable, and innovative engineering solutions
• Use tools like FE analysis and 3D modelling where appropriate
• Design using industry standards across steel, concrete, and timber
• Contribute geotechnical input where needed (e.g. excavations, slopes, working platforms)
• Consider all load cases, including temporary conditions during construction
• Review and check designs from others, including junior engineers
• Communicate clearly with designers, planners, and site teams
• Support tenders with outline methods, pricing inputs, and technical advice
• Produce designs and drawings using CAD, BIM, and other available tools
• Support and mentor junior engineers on the team
• Share knowledge and help develop internal training where needed
• Keep your own skills up to date through training, learning, and professional development
• Follow quality procedures for checking and approving designs and documents
• Make sure everything is properly recorded and filed with document control teams
• Contribute ideas to improve processes and ways of working

Job description

What You'll Be Doing

Commercial & Project Management

• Help ensure designs are efficient and cost-effective by applying your experience and judgement
• Manage your time (and others' where needed) effectively, including use of software and external design support
• Keep track of your workload and provide regular updates to the Lead Engineer

Safety & Compliance

• Make sure all designs meet relevant health and safety legislation (CDM, LOLER, PUWER, etc.)
• Follow company safety and quality systems
• Take ownership of your designs and ensure the right level of checking is applied
• Carry out design risk assessments and clearly communicate any remaining risks
• Include key details like load limits, pour rates, and performance constraints on drawings
• Highlight any safety-critical elements and recommend inspections or tests where needed
• Provide clear construction sequence information to support site teams
• Stay up to date with safety alerts and standards, and reflect these in your work
• Carry out site visits if required to ensure designs are being followed correctly

Engineering & Innovation

• Develop practical, buildable, and innovative engineering solutions
• Use tools like FE analysis and 3D modelling where appropriate
• Design using industry standards across steel, concrete, and timber
• Contribute geotechnical input where needed (e.g. excavations, slopes, working platforms)
• Consider all load cases, including temporary conditions during construction
• Review and check designs from others, including junior engineers
• Communicate clearly with designers, planners, and site teams
• Support tenders with outline methods, pricing inputs, and technical advice
• Produce designs and drawings using CAD, BIM, and other available tools

Team & Development

• Support and mentor junior engineers on the team
• Share knowledge and help develop internal training where needed
• Keep your own skills up to date through training, learning, and professional development

Quality & Processes

• Follow quality procedures for checking and approving designs and documents
• Make sure everything is properly recorded and filed with document control teams
• Contribute ideas to improve processes and ways of working

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.