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Location

Truro, Cornwall | United Kingdom

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Job description

Our client is a design engineering consultancy based in Devon in the South West of England and they are looking for talented structural and civil engineers to join their friendly and lively team in Truro. I An excellent career opportunity exists for the right candidates who can demonstrate a desire to make a difference. Structural Engineers As a Structural Engineer ideally you will have around 5 years experience (min. 2-3) in designing building structures across the major sectors (residential, commercial, and industrial) and you are an enthusiastic and driven individual. Ideally you will be a nearing chartered status or have ambition to be chartered in the near future. Job Description: The purpose of this role is to carry out detailed structural design and checking of temporary works and minor permanent works for civil engineering and to provide technical support to assist with operational activities. Technical design:

• Prepare and check detailed technical designs (including calculations, drawings, risk assessments, design certificates)
• Undertake preliminary designs for pricing
• Obtain independent checks and/or third-party technical approvals (e.g. for rail works)
• Ensure design outputs meet CDM/health and safety/environmental compliance

Technical support:

• Provide technical information/advice
• Propose and/or develop value-engineered alternative solutions (during design or construction phases)
• Undertake a technical review of method statements for complex or unusual methods
• Undertake a review of defects or compensation events and advise on solutions

Administrative support:

• Assist with the approval of external suppliers
• Assist with the developing and maintaining processes, procedures and standards for technical design
• Obtain or provide pricing for estimating purposes

General responsibilities

• Liaise with clients/customers/suppliers/third parties as necessary
• Assist with promoting best practices internally
• Assist with promoting the Company to customers

Requirements

• Experience of 2-3 years within the structural engineering field, experience in the detailed design of structures either permanent or temporary works including the use of frame analysis software, structural design software and the use of CAD software for design purposes (not drafting)
• Ability to carry out calculations by hand or in software such as MathCAD
• Working knowledge of relevant industry specifications (Eurocodes, BS 5975 and other BS standards for structural design still used in the industry)
• Experience in structural engineering office carrying out design calculations, analysis and developing or following structural methodology
• Degree, or equivalent, in Structural Engineering
• Thorough knowledge of structural principles
• Knowledge of construction processes, methods etc
• Good team worker and able to coach others but also able to exercise own judgement and work independently and manage own time/tasks
• Effective communicator and able to assert own view
• Ability to identify structural suitability, critical load cases

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