Senior Civil Design Project Engineer

Platform Resourcing are currently working with a leading engineering firm who are looking to expand theirteam by taking on a Senior Civil Design Project Engineer in Chepstow.
The successful candidate will have experience within Civil Engineering Project Management, will havemanagement experience and leadership skills, will have an understanding of project planning, civil engineering, will be qualified in an engineering related subject. They will need to have experience of managing budgets, estimating, building strong relationships with clients and will be able to understand technical drawings/ designs.
This role is mainly office based and site visits will be very infrequent.
Benefits:

• Salary of up to £60,000
• 33 days holidays
• Hours Monday to Friday 37 hours per week
• Pension/ Life Assurance Plan
• Private Medical Cover
• Income protection
• Yearly bonus scheme based on company profitability
• Long Service Awards

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure that all business is carried out ethically and complies with the companys Business Ethics andConduct Policy.
• Provide technical / engineering input into proposals and projects, including estimates of engineering hours when required.
• Review and deliver to the technical requirements of the contract negotiated by the Sales and/or Commercial teams.
• Manage and / or carry out all pre and post-order engineering requirements based on in house design rules and / or relevant design codes, all to meet the specification / client requirements as defined via the Sales team and / or as set out in the contract.
• Ensure all designs are checked either internally or externally as required by the Engineering Procedures.
• Manage and / or carry out special parts designs and arrange pre and post-order drafting work as required.
• Manage all aspects of NPD projects when required to do so, carrying out or checking designs and conducting bridge and / or component testing when appropriate.
• Ensure that all Engineering and NPD activity is carried out in a safe and controlled manner.
• Attend project / client technical meetings for tenders and / or projects as required (travel throughout the UK and overseas will be required).
• Manage and implement all aspects of Business Improvement projects as required.
• Assess Non Conformance Reports, carry out identified Non Conformance Report actions and implement any improvements or recommendations arising from these when required.
• To review, implement and act as technical approval gate for Engineering Modification Requests when required.
• Suggest areas for Value Engineering, Product Development and / or Business Improvement to the Head of Engineering.
• Input into regular reports on Engineering / NPD progress and performance, plus other engineering issues, to the Head of Engineering.

Essential Experience/Qualifications

• Project Engineering experience.
• Qualification in engineering related subject preferably Civil Engineering.
• Ability to use and demonstrate at least one of the following; LUSAS, Ansys, Superstress, Mathcad
• Ability to use latest versions of Autocad, Inventor
• Experience of being accountable for accurate provision of engineering designs and advice.
• Demonstrable experience of being responsible for delivery of Engineering tasks and NPD projects to time and budget.
• Minimum 5 years Post Graduate experience in construction design to BS5400 and/or Eurocodes.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Able to build relationships with clients, contractors, internal staff.

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