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Truss Designer/Estimator Thrapston, Northamptonshire Full time, Monday to Friday Salary £30-50k DOE A fantastic opportunity is immediately available for an ambitious and driven Roof Truss Designer/Estimator, to become a leading part of a highly regarded, independent 100 year old timber family run construction business. They are looking for a talented and experienced designer to join the company in this exciting role which will combine the estimating and designing of roof trusses and engineered floor joists. In addition to producing roof truss designs for manufacture using Wolf, your role will include close liaison with your customers, responding to technical queries, producing accurate quotations and designs. You will also have strong links with the production team to ensure they are provided with the relevant information for manufacturing. You will be confident in offering technical advice and ensuring accurate and timely information is available to the manufacturing team. You must achieve sales and margin targets. Roof Truss Designer Position Requirements You have at least 2 years experience in designing roof trusses or joists You are familiar with specialist design software, ideally Wolf or similar You are strong on detail and accuracy with excellent communication and project management skills, ideally with customers such as house builders, building contractors etcIf interested, please apply directly here, or call (phone number removed) to discuss further

A fantastic opportunity is immediately available for an ambitious and driven Structural Engineering Manager, to become a leading part of a highly regarded, independent construction business. The successful applicant will play an important part in the detailing and modelling of a wide range of projects delivered across the residential, leisure, equestrian, commercial and industrial sectors. As a Structural Engineer you will be responsible for accurately working out the structural integrity of a proposed construction and ensuring it meets with regulations. You will be working largely unsupervised, so your work will need to be of a high degree of accuracy and contain the relevant information for the workshop to produce your building designs. In addition to working with your design and production colleagues, you will be liaising with individual clients, developers and mainstream house builders to ensure a smooth handover once the customer's order is confirmed. You will therefore be seeing the project through from enquiry through to completion. Responsibilities/Duties Design timber structures, detailing connections and calculating loads and stresses on structural foundations, beams and walls Play an important part in the detailing and modelling of a wide range of timber building structures Interpret architectural drawings and produce involved calculations Use computer modelling simulations to predict how structures will act under varying conditions eg high winds, floods etc Assisting in the preparation of bids for tender Analyse building behaviour over time Have the ability to undertake site surveys and liaise with construction Site Managers Liaise and coordinate projects with consulting engineers Understanding of general construction (foundations, connections, structural loading and structural principles) Aid the development of a trainee teamTo be considered for this exciting opportunity, you will need:- To have a qualification in Engineering with at least 5 years of experience in the timber industry Working knowledge of Revit or other design software used in manufacturing for construction (eg 3D AutoCAD, Mitek, Wolf Horizon, hsbCAD or similar) To be well organised and meticulous with a fantastic eye for detail This role offers a highly competitive salary and a bonus scheme, so if interested, email your CV now for immediate consideration