Senior Design Engineer (Temporary Works)

Our client is a well renowned Contractor within the Rail industry have a great opportunity for a Senior Design Engineer (Temporary Works) located in Wigan.  

An exciting opportunity for a rail, civils Senior Design Engineer to join an established and busy in-house design team specialising in Temporary Works across a portfolio of projects in the civils and rail sector.  

As Senior Design Engineer you will have the responsibility for the development of technical Temporary Works solutions across a portfolio of rail projects and frameworks, within the team’s budgetary, programme and quality requirements. Your day to day role will include:  

- Using initiative and confidence to put forward solutions based on sound engineering principles.  

- Challenging the brief, enabling innovative development of unambiguous engineering solutions from feasibility through to detailed design.  

- Design and Checking of engineering solutions.  

- Production of clear, consistent, referenced calculations, reports and sketches to current CoP and Standards.  

- Clear communication of design philosophy and requirements with other team members.  

- Being Design representative at meetings with their project team and/or external Clients and Stakeholders.  

- Appreciation of the team’s financial, quality and programme targets.  

- Promoting safe working practices in all areas.  

- Management of staff and projects.

- To excel in this role, you will have previous experience as a Civil Senior Design Engineer in a rail project environment.  

- Degree qualified Civil / Design Engineer - BSc / BEng / CEng  

- Civil engineering project design experience – i.e. bridges, structures, stations, platforms etc.  

- Significant experience in technical design for rail, civils associated Temporary Works  

- Ideally Chartered or at an advanced level of progression towards membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. ICE / IStructE) at either Chartered or Incorporated Level.  

- Candidates from a rail / civil & structural engineering design background with experience in client, contractor or consultancy organisations will be considered.