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Description and requirements

Skanska Technical Services (STS) provides in-house engineering design and consultancy support to a variety of Operating Units within Skanska UK and Skanska Global. STS also have a growing portfolio of work for external clients in metals, power generation and distribution and design and build sectors.

Our Bridgend Office are looking for Civil Engineers of varying grade to play a pivotal and wide-ranging technical role based in Bridgend. Reporting to the Senior Project Engineer you will be responsible for the technical and commercial delivery of a small portfolio of projects or sections of larger projects.

The Role (Grade dependent)

This exciting and challenging role represents a great opportunity for the right person to develop and showcase their technical experience and skills by joining the growing Skanska Technical Services Design team.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Technical:

• Preparation of outline & detailed design in accordance with the relevant design standards
• Preparation of clear and well-structured design calculations, reports, drawings and other deliverables

Project Management:

• Ability to plan and coordinate own work and that of others to deliver successful projects to agreed time and cost expectations.
• An understanding of the commercial aspects of project delivery.
• Ensure work is undertaken in compliance with internal quality standards and processes.

People

• Technical training/mentoring of Engineers, Graduate Engineers and Technicians.
• Briefing and coordinating the work of others including the above and technicians to ensure the timely and technically robust delivery of project scope.

Stakeholder

• Working collaboratively with clients, contractors and the supply chain to understand and develop project objectives.

We're Looking For:

• Degree in Civil Engineering or suitable alternative qualification.
• Chartered membership of an appropriate Professional body or working towards.
• Strong technical design experience on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Good motivation, influencing and people management skills
• Good working knowledge and understanding of the applicable Eurocodes, UK Industry Codes of Practice and ability to mentor others in their application
• Willingness to work in other UK offices, clients' facilities for short term assignments by agreement.
• Ability and willingness to attend site and agree buildable solutions during the design and construction phases often to tight deadlines

Individual

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following behaviours:

• Flexibility and ability to adapt to varied workload/type.
• A willingness to challenge tried and tested methods to deliver innovative, fit-for-purpose and cost-effective solutions.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.