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TEMPORARY WORKS DESIGN ENGINEER - Permanent Opportunity

DIVISION : Civil Engineering  LOCATION : Hillsborough, Northern Ireland

Benefits : Car Allowance; Subsidised Private Medical Cover; Life Assurance Scheme, Contributory Pension, 35 Days annual leave (Including Public Holidays)

The successful candidate will contribute to the successful delivery of a broad range of civil, structural & geotechnical temporary works designs throughout the GRAHAM business. Provide technical support and solutions for live projects and tenders, ensuring all solutions are safe, buildable and in full accordance with GRAHAM Policies and Procedures for temporary works.

We have a team of experienced professionally qualified engineers and technicians, with a wide range of technical knowledge within civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering disciplines. In addition, we also offer services such as 3D Cad, Navisworks, 3D Laser Scanning, BIM Visualisation and Vehicle Swept Path Analysis.

A Temporary Works Design Engineer must manage their own workload, maximising individual utilisation and project efficiency. It is the responsibility of the Design Engineer to maintain their own Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and to encourage and assist in the development of all staff within the GRAHAM business, maintaining relationships with peers to ensure the transfer of knowledge / skills / expertise.

Typical duties will include :

• Assisting with all aspects of temporary works design and checking for tender and construction phases of UK and Ireland Projects, above and below ground, using all materials.
• Preparing safe, buildable and efficient temporary works designs required as part of construction requirements in accordance with relevant design codes.
• Producing temporary works calculations, associated drawings (using Cad) and design risk assessments to challenging deadlines. Calculations may include : Structural Steel / Concrete / Timber Design, Piling / Crane Working Platform Design, Hoarding Design, Formwork / Falsework Design, Scaffolding Design, Slope Stability Analysis & Design of Ground Support Systems including cofferdams.
• Ensuring the design is managed in accordance with the relevant quality procedures.
• Ensure that a design brief has been established with full consultation with all relevant parties in accordance with the actual situation on site and ensuring all construction loads are considered.
• Advise the permanent works designer of any temporary conditions or loads that should be considered in the permanent works design.
• Ensure that the design, where required, is independently checked for concept, structural adequacy and compliance with the brief.
• Assisting with checking, reviewing, approving and certifying temporary works designs by others / sub-contractors.
• Ensuring full compliance with CDM requirements.
• Providing prompt advice and react to the requirements of numerous construction teams, during all site activities, safely and effectively dealing with changing design briefs / site conditions and activities.
• Assisting with supporting estimating teams to develop costs, programmes and construction sequencing.
• Provide necessary information to the Procurement Department to enable the procurement of materials and subcontractors.
• To work alongside other professionals in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Provide technical guidance where necessary to less experienced engineers including site team members.
• To attend site visits where required to inspect temporary works or to assist with resolution of buildability issues ascertained during construction works.
• Introducing improvements and innovations where appropriate.
• Working as part of a team, taking personal responsibility to deliver results with the ability to multi-task (prioritise, organise and schedule work) and to deal with change and react to changing site requirements.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by attending team meetings and contributing to the team development topics.

Our Commitment

We are proud to say that we are a committed Equal Opportunities Employer and we aim to be the first choice for people from all backgrounds. We seek to promote respect for the individual and equality of opportunities. We believe that everyone should be treated solely on the basis of personal merit and contribution throughout their GRAHAM career journey and not on the value of artificial barriers, prejudices, or preferences.

We are only able to consider applications from individuals who are eligible to live and work in the UK, as per Home Office regulations. Please check your eligibility with the regulations before applying. Individuals with a current time restricted right to work in the UK, should contact the Human Resources team in the first instance.

A basic disclosure may be requested if security clearance is required by 3rd party clients and a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position. Our Access NI / Vetting and Barring Scheme Policy and Policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders is available upon request.

GRAHAM reserves the right to carry out checks to ensure the validity of an applicant’s experience and / or qualifications and we expect all applicants to comply with any such requests for information. Failure to do so or evidence of any falsification of information will lead to either removal from the recruitment process or if already in employment potential termination of contract through the company disciplinary procedure.

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