Senior Design Engineer
Royal BAM Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Birmingham • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Represent the Temporary Works CoE at internal and external meetings.
- Liaise with project, bid, and divisional teams to clarify and manage design requirements.
- Act as Lead Designer when appointed, serving as the main point of contact on specific projects or bids.
- Supervise and support team members, ensuring high performance and adherence to professional and procedural standards.
- Conduct Performance & Development Reviews, provide feedback, and identify development opportunities.
- Plan and undertake site visits as needed to support design accuracy and feasibility.
- Ensure accurate time recording and cost recovery for all chargeable design work.
- Manage the preparation and review of conceptual and detailed designs, ensuring compliance with current standards, risk assessments, and drawing requirements.
- Preparing/supervising the development of detailed designs following current standards and codes, including calculations, design risk assessments and sufficiently detailed sketches for the preparation of 3D models and working drawings.
- Review design work from internal staff and external contributors, maintaining quality and consistency.
- Maintain up-to-date records in the design task database and support pricing by summarising relevant quantities.
- Drive continuous improvement through process enhancements, professional development, and delivery of training, including graduate tutorials.
Requirements
- Proven experience and expertise in civil engineering design for structures commonly required by BAM UK&I, which may include earthworks, earth retaining structures, foundations, structural steelwork, reinforced concrete, timber and formwork/falsework.
- Proven experience in construction methods and processes.
- Degree in Civil Engineering or a related subject.
- Experience and knowledge of digital construction processes.
- Chartered membership of ICE and/or IStructE or an accepted alternative professional institution or demonstrable experience and responsibility at a level at least equivalent to a Chartered Engineer.
- Construction site/project experience (desirable).
- Knowledge of modern methods of construction (e.g. DfMA etc.) (desirable).
- Experience in training and coaching (desirable).
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- A wide range of family-friendly policies
- Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
- 8 % matched pension contributions
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance
- 26 days holiday
- 2 wellbeing days
- 1 volunteering day
- Personal and professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
civil engineering designearthworksearth retaining structuresfoundationsstructural steelworkreinforced concretetimberformworkfalseworkdigital construction processes
Soft Skills
leadershipteam supervisionperformance managementfeedback provisiondevelopment opportunity identificationcommunicationcontinuous improvementtraining deliveryproject managementquality assurance
Certifications
degree in Civil EngineeringChartered membership of ICEChartered membership of IStructE