Associate Design Engineer - #2190991

Day to Day:

Insight Global is looking for an Associate Engineer to join one of our largest construction and infrastructure clients in the UK. The successful candidate will take a senior technical leadership role, leading the delivery of complex construction engineering solutions across major projects. The role will have a strong focus on temporary works design and checking, covering above and below-ground solutions across multiple materials, while understanding the interface between temporary and permanent works. They will provide technical oversight across projects, review third-party designs, resolve complex engineering and construction issues and identify opportunities for alternative designs and value engineering.

The Associate Engineer will play a key role from the tender and bid stage through to project delivery, supporting feasibility studies, outline designs and concept development while ensuring solutions are safe, buildable, efficient and commercially viable. They will act as a technical and client lead, working directly with clients, design teams, site teams and multidisciplinary engineering functions. They will lead technical and progress meetings, challenge client requirements where appropriate, develop fee proposals and oversee project performance against agreed programmes and budgets.

The role will combine technical engineering leadership, client management and people leadership. The successful candidate will oversee and contribute to calculations, drawings, engineering reports and design risk assessments while providing technical guidance and reviewing the work of other engineers. They will lead and develop engineering teams, manage workloads, mentor developing engineers and help raise technical standards across the wider engineering function. The individual will also support the development of engineering standards, design processes, calculation methods and technical best practices, while identifying opportunities to generate new and repeat engineering work.

The ideal candidate will be a Chartered Engineer, such as CEng MICE, with at least 10 years of relevant experience, or have 15 years of relevant engineering experience without chartership. A full UK driving licence is preferred.

Must Haves:

• Strong civil/structural construction engineering background with experience delivering complex engineering solutions.
• Strong temporary works design and checking experience, both above and below ground and across different materials.
• Understanding of the interface between temporary works and permanent works.
• Experience leading complex engineering/design projects and taking technical ownership from initial scope through to delivery.
• Strong client-facing experience, including acting as the lead technical representative in client and project meetings.
• Experience supporting and leading tenders/bids, including feasibility studies, concept/outline designs and fee proposals.
• Experience overseeing and contributing to calculations, drawings, engineering reports and design risk assessments.
• Experience reviewing third-party designs against technical, client and project requirements.
• Strong understanding of buildability, technical risk and value engineering.
• Ability to resolve complex construction, design, defect and engineering issues.
• Experience managing programme, budget and commercial performance across engineering projects.
• Experience leading, mentoring and managing engineers and technical staff.
• Knowledge of CDM Regulations, SHE requirements and Quality Management Systems.
• CEng MICE or equivalent + 10 years' relevant experience, OR 15 years' relevant experience.

Plusses:

• Full UK driving licence.
• Experience acting as a Lead Designer or Lead Consultant on multidisciplinary engineering projects.
• Strong track record of value engineering and alternative design solutions to improve buildability, efficiency and cost.
• Experience investigating engineering incidents, defects or failures and developing rectification/redesign solutions.
• Experience acting as a technical authority or point of escalation for other engineers.
• Experience developing engineering standards, design processes, calculation templates, assessment spreadsheets or engineering software.
• Experience delivering technical training to engineers, site teams or construction personnel.
• Experience mentoring engineers towards professional qualifications, including acting as a Supervising Civil Engineer or equivalent.
• Experience representing an organisation on professional committees, technical panels or industry groups.
• Understanding of innovation, sustainability and digital engineering within construction.
• Commercial experience identifying opportunities for new or repeat engineering business.

Sites: Leeds, Liverpool or Birmingham