Purpose Of The Role
As Senior Design Engineer you will be an important member of the Engineering Design Team and will be required to work with the Principal Engineer(s), Design Team, Design Manager(s) and Design Leads to deliver design to the highest quality to GT process and in compliance with the BMS and H&S Regulations. This is a technical role, engaged directly on projects, which requires competency in technical design delivery in the water and wastewater industry. The Senior Design Engineer can have line management responsibility for design engineers of the same discipline, plus non-discipline design engineers/others if required.
As well as providing direction and assisting with innovations, you will be expected to contribute to the engineering governance of your discipline design activities, ensuring that design integrates with the other discipline design production activities, providing technical support to the supply chain procurement activities and supporting site activities as required. You will also be expected to support the Discipline Manager and Principal Engineer(s) for knowledge sharing and development of the discipline engineers, including mentoring and support of early careers.
Key Accountabilities
Provide technical compliance and quality on design outputs. Default checker for design outputs to ensure technical assurance and quality control.
Operate as discipline lead for a project.
Seek optimal solutions/efficient designs that balance capital and operational cost benefits.
Design for buildability, safe construction, and operation, working alongside project delivery peers.
Assist in ensuring procedural governance is adhered to.
Working as part of the Design team to ensure scheme designs adhere to client specifications and standards.
Working as part of the Design team to ensure full compliance with relevant Health, Safety and Environmental Legislation.
Promoting innovation, value engineering and digital design.
Technical problem solving throughout the project life cycle (e.g. from concept design through to final construction support), moreover, to ensure that potential issues are identified, mitigated and or safely managed through technical governance and risk and opportunity management.
Assist with pre-contract design activities.
Provide lessons learnt on projects to the Design Team and Discipline Design Manager(s), covering good and bad to feedback to be promoted or avoided on future schemes.
Line Management of multi-disciplinary Design Engineers.
Sharing and imparting knowledge to our teams, this is essential, as is the need to mentor and develop our expanding design team.
Developing and supporting staff to encourage them towards accreditation with professional bodies (e.g., ICE, IET, IMechE, IChemE).
Person Specifics
Competent at carrying out Process Calculations, Mass Balances, Heat Balances and Hydraulic Calculations.
Competent at preparing Process Block Diagrams, PFDs and P&IDs.
Competent at developing Process Control Philosophies and Process Commissioning Plans.
HAZOP leadership experience desirable.
DSEAR experience desirable.
Educated to Degree level in Engineering or other equivalent qualification.
Preference for Chartered Member of a recognised professional Engineering body.
Competent in a contracting / consulting environment, with commercial awareness
Competent with strong experience in checking & approving discipline design packages.
Knowledge of current H&S legislation and British Standards and experience in applying them across designs.
Excellent Communication and Stakeholder management skills.
Excellent IT skills – with experience of using Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Cost / Performance management systems.
Provide leadership, direction and encouragement to the design team.
Focus to drive and deliver results.
Attention to detail.
Alignment with the Galliford Try values - Excellence, Passion, Integrity, and Collaboration.
A flexible attitude to work.
Strong problem-solving skills.
Willingness and commitment to embrace innovations to assist the business.
Ability to organise and prioritise workload to ensure that timescales are met.
Take responsibility for personal development and enable and support the learning of others.
Good negotiation and persuading skills.
Able to work collaboratively with others to form strong positive working relationships with colleagues and clients.
Able to recognise own impact on others and adapt approach where appropriate.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Demonstrate pride in work, leading by example.
What We Can Offer in Return
With an impressive order book of over £3.8 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.
Our benefits
We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.
Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
Enrolled into our car benefit scheme – which depending on the role includes company car or car allowance
Agile working policy (flexible home working arrangements)
Annual pay review and discretionary bonus
A wide range of corporate discounts
Cycle to Work schemes
Comprehensive pension plan
Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Environment business please contact Adam Wright on adam.wright@gallifordtry.co.uk.
Additional Information
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours and / or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
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