Design Engineer - Structures

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Brief Description
You will be responsible for both assessments and the engineering design for projects including but not limited to footbridges, underline bridges, overline (highway) bridges, stations and ancillary civil structures. This ranges from clarification of remits to project completion so that engineering solutions are developed to best satisfy the business case.

About the role (External)
There is one permanent position available which is contractually based in London Blackfriars (Puddle Dock Office).

Vacancy Type: 35 hours per week, plus the option for hybrid working.

Salary: Band 4C (43,588 - 50,018) + London Allowance of 3,270.

Network Rail's role is to run a safe, reliable, and efficient railway, serving customers and communities. We exist to get people and goods where they need to be and to support our country's economic prosperity. We are a company that is on the side of passengers and freight users; that is easy to engage with and is an efficient and dependable partner; a company people are proud to work for; and instinctively recognised as an industry leader. We're an organisation where people matter. You matter to us, and you'll matter to millions.

Engineering Services is a function within Route Services. We sit as a central team to provide skills and activities nationally, and which enable regions and industry partners to deliver railway schemes for our customers.

As a large multi-discipline team which focuses on engineering delivery, we have many roles from pure engineering to project management and we touch every part of the railway from track, power, signalling and structures, to the lifts and escalators which are essential to keep our stations and railway moving.

We are recruiting for a specific role within the team, and we need an enthusiastic, motivated and inspiring individual to join us.

What you can expect from the leadership within Engineering Services
I am a firm believer in creating the right environment, providing the right tools and instilling trust in our people to deliver the best they can for themselves and for the team. Our people are our shop front, are our brand, are our ambassadors and giving opportunities to excel is paramount to enable us to deliver on our promise to our customers. For me finding solutions to challenging problems is why we exist as a team, this could drive efficiency in what we do day in day out or coming up with bespoke solutions to industry problems.

You will be required to:

• Work collaboratively with clients to review and challenge project remits to ensure there is a clear scope of works for the design of an engineering project.
• Develop and support engineering and development activities so that they result in schemes that are affordable, and which meet programme requirements in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for time, cost, and quality. Manage the development of suitable engineering options for proposals so that full consideration is given to safety, reliability, operational capacity modelling, maintainability, ease of construction, and environmental/whole life factors.
• Maintain strict change control on scope development; evaluate cost, time and performance impacts in conjunction with development management.
• Lead or participate in the development of concepts for early stage feasibility studies.
• Lead or participate in the design of options for further development. Prepare or monitor preparation of reports, documents etc. as necessary.
• Lead or participate in the analysis and design development of the selected single option.
• Undertake, check and approve detailed design activities, including forms, reports and calculations.
• Work collaboratively with Designated Project Engineers (DPE), Project Engineers (PE) and other CREs in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Undertake structural assessments of various complexities.
• Review the impact of projects against the 9 protected characteristics as detailed in the Equality Act 2010 through the completion of Diversity Impact Assessments.
• Adhere to the Network Rail Environmental standards for designs.
• Manage all engineering and development activities so that they result in schemes that are affordable and meet programme requirements in a safe and environmentally responsible manner for time, cost, and quality.
• Support the Construction Design Management (CDM) Principal Designer during project definition and design.
• Manage the engineering interfaces of allocated proposals with concurrent work in other disciplines, or within other programmes.
• Act as or liaise with the appropriate Project Engineer during different design stages.
• Engage, work collaboratively with, monitor and assist in evaluating external Consultants and Contractors where required.
• Undertake site visits for survey purposes as per requirements of workload, which will occasionally include weekend/night work.

The Ideal Candidate should have all the essential criteria below:

• An engineering degree or equivalent industry-recognised training qualification.
• A demonstrable aptitude for option development.
• Strong evaluation and decision-making skills.
• Relevant successful experience working in Civil and Structural Engineering and an adequate understanding of all other related disciplines.
• An ability to work and communicate effectively in a team context.
• An appreciation of all the lifecycle stages of rail infrastructure.
• CDM, Risk assessment and safety competency.
• A minimum of four years experience of bridge or structures detailed design or assessment.
• Membership of a relevant engineering professional institution (e.g. ICE or IStructE).

Desirable but not essential

• Experience in modelling and analysis software packages such as Lusas, Midas Civil etc.
• Chartered or near to Chartered Membership of a relevant engineering professional institution (e.g. ICE or IStructE).
• Experience in design, construction and maintenance of structures.

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please find the full job description attached below.