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Senior Design Engineer - Scotland

ABOUT THE POSITION

The main purpose of this role is to be responsible for the operation and management of a regional scaffold design department, including providing technical support to operation, preparation of all design calculations, drawings and records appertaining to site design requirements

Key Duties & Responsibilities;

• Ability to produce scaffold design drawings, calculations, and design risk assessments 
• Responsible for giving accurate advice to operations team on design solutions for construction and tenders
• Ensure client queries are professionally and accurately responded to
• Check and approve other designers work
• Attend site visits/stakeholder meetings when necessary to provide engineering assistance to internal company supervisors and/or clients. Potential overnight stays if necessary.
• Admin associated with managing the design process
• Ensure design outputs meet CDM/health and safety/environmental compliance.
• Assist with promoting best practice in scaffold design across the business.
• Promote the Company including all other services to customers and 3^rd parties where possible

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated and able to plan and organise workload
• Able to use AutoCAD 2D
• Good level of knowledge and understanding of Civil Eng. Design and practice incl using Eurocodes and industry COPs
• Knowledge of UK Health & Safety Legislation and practices
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in scaffolding, temporary works, or structural design
• Experience working in construction, industrial, petrochemical environment
• Suitable qualification in Civil, Structural or Mechanical Engineering.
• Attendance at site visits, meetings, occasional overnight stays
• Keep up to-date with new products and improvements to existing systems.
• Keep up to-date with industry standard and construction techniques.