Salary: £50-£60k

Location: Greater Manchester

Hamilton Woods is working with a leading provider of structural steel engineering solutions, renowned for delivering innovative and high-quality projects. They are committed to excellence and driven by a passion for innovation and quality in the construction industry.

Summary of Role:

Due to increasing demand, our client is seeking an additional experienced Temporary Works Design Engineer with a sound Structural Steel and fabrication background. The successful candidate will be responsible for heading a team, overseeing projects related to connection design, and liaising with the team in India. The candidate will work on connections for Structural Steel, ensuring projects are delivered safely, to cost, and quality specifications.

• Act as a client-facing representative alongside the Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) to develop temporary works designs in alignment with client engineers' design constraints and site conditions.

• Review design briefs prepared by the TWC for adequacy before either distributing them to temporary works designers under their supervision or conducting design assessments independently.

• Ensure all temporary works design documentation adheres to internal protocols, meticulously recording and registering each design.

• Arrange and oversee peer reviews of temporary works on projects, ensuring thorough execution.

• Supervise the timely creation of temporary works drawings according to agreed formats.

• Ensure prompt and accurate issuance of design certificates and check certificates to appropriate personnel.

• Uphold compliance with internal procedures governing the control of temporary works.

• Conduct site visits as required by the implementation risk classification of temporary works packages to verify compliance with design specifications and constraints.

• Collaborate with the TWC and Temporary Works Supervisor (TWS) to establish loading and dismantling procedures for temporary works, and conduct site inspections when necessary.

• Conduct toolbox talks with temporary works designers on safety and design procedure compliance issues as needed.

• Conduct site-based toolbox talks with site staff (Site Managers/TWS and erectors) to ensure thorough understanding of critical timings, hold points, and inspection requirements for complex areas of temporary works design.

• Manage a team of temporary works designers with varying levels of expertise, fostering collaborative efforts on large projects or independent work on less complex assignments.

Requirements:

• Qualified to HNC/HND/degree level or equivalent, with extensive knowledge of the Steel Industry.

• Broad experience across the construction industry to effectively manage potential design interfaces with temporary and permanent works responsibilities of other companies.

• Profound understanding of steelwork erection requirements and current industry practices.

• Ability to collaborate closely with site-based personnel to understand limitations when aligning proposed design solutions with design briefs.

• Solid grasp of design codes, particularly steel and temporary works codes, to fulfill responsibilities adequately.

• Ability to discuss and advise on a wide range of technical issues to deliver design solutions compliant with design brief expectations and code requirements.

• Understanding of stability principles in partially erected steel structures and fabrication limitations in steelwork design preparation.

• Proficiency in planning and coordinating design work, identifying resource needs, and effectively delegating and supervising tasks.

• Knowledgeable about current legislation, hazards, safe systems of work, and principles of risk management within construction and steel fabrication environments, applying these principles to designs.

• Clear communication skills to convey complex temporary works design requirements, applications, and limitations effectively through written, graphical, verbal, or drawing methods to design teams, site teams, and the TWC.

• Ability to accurately communicate key information in temporary works design outputs (drawings, calculations, sequencing information) to specialist personnel responsible for on-site steelwork erection, and conduct necessary toolbox talks and briefings to site staff.