Structural Design Engineer

Bracken Recruitment are currently recruiting a Structural Design Engineer for a Tier 1 Contractor in West London with fantastivc reputation worldwide. Purpose of Role To assist with providing safe, practical and economic designs for internal clients to a high standard of professional competence and in compliance with Company procedures. Key Responsibilities • Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department. • Assist in the management of the interface with external or in house design teams on behalf of the Design Manager. • Liaise with other departments and project teams within the Company with respect to design requirements. • Undertake site visits when appropriate. • Allocate design tasks to individuals within informal internal teams whilst maintaining responsibility for the team’s overall performance. • Ensure that the work in the department is carried out in accordance with Company procedures and that a high level of professionalism is maintained. • Ensure that chargeable work is identified and evaluated including the preparation of adequate records of time spent. • Ensure feedback on design work is collated and saved in accordance with procedures. • Coach individual staff members. • Prepare conceptual designs from with a view to the preparation of safe, practical and economic designs in accordance with current legislation. • Assist in the preparation detailed designs in accordance with current standards and codes including calculations, design risk assessments and sufficiently detailed sketches for the preparation of working drawings. • Summarise quantities relating to design tasks for pricing purposes. • Maintain responsibility for the storage, filing and archiving of documents relevant to the design tasks undertaken by yourself or your team. Skills, experience & Qualifications • Proven construction experience • Temporary Works Design experience • Experience of working on Rail projects • Confident when dealing with figures, design issues and programmes. • Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, including Microsoft Project. Please contact Steve Lee on (phone number removed) to discuss in more detail