DESIGN COORDINATOR

We are looking for an experienced Design Coordinator to join our civil engineering team. You’ll play an important role in guiding all design aspects of projects, helping shape solutions from tender stage through to construction. Your work will involve assessing risk and mitigation strategies, developing practical solutions, and managing external consultants to design both temporary and permanent works solutions across a broad range of civil engineering sectors, from renewable energy, energy infrastructure, civils infrastructure, and earthworks. You’ll also assist operational teams with procedures and design reviews to ensure compliance with industry standards and project requirements. This is a broad, hands-on role suitable for someone who enjoys variety, problem-solving, and working collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams.

I & H Brown is a long-established, family-owned civil engineering and construction business with a proud history of delivering high-quality projects across the UK. From major infrastructure and environmental works to renewable energy and industrial developments, we take pride in our reputation for engineering excellence, reliability, and innovation. Our success is built on our people, their expertise, commitment, and collaboration. We value a positive and inclusive working culture where everyone is supported to reach their potential and contribute to the company’s continued growth. Joining I & H Brown means becoming part of a respected and forward-thinking business that invests in its people, embraces sustainability, and takes genuine pride in the work we do and the difference we make.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading the design aspects of tenders and live projects.
• Reviewing and interpreting civil and structural design information—including drawings, specifications, calculations, and surveys—to advise on buildable solutions, foundation strategies, structural configurations, and temporary works requirements.
• Assessing proposed design schemes, performance specifications, and engineering assumptions developed by the client’s team, and advising on their practicality, constructability, and compliance with site conditions and project requirements.
• Identifying alternative value engineering design solutions that provide benefits either from a buildability, cost, programme or risk perspective.
• Preparing and reviewing design reports, calculations, and technical documentation.
• Scoping, coordinating, and interpreting site investigations.
• Carrying out the roles of design coordinator and temporary works coordinator on specific projects.
• Liaising with Client and Designers at Tender and Construction Phases, including monitoring and reporting of design progress.
• Preparing project design briefs.
• Supporting design reviews and buildability assessments.
• Providing design-related input to site teams throughout construction.
• Liaising with clients, designers, consultants, laboratories, sub-contractors, and internal teams.
• Contributing to bid submissions, technical proposals, and project methodologies.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology or similar.
• Strong civil engineering experience in contractor or consultancy environments.
• Technical knowledge of earthworks, foundations, ground modelling, slope stability, temporary works, structures, civil engineering infrastructure and ground improvement.
• Ability to interpret ground investigation data.
• Experience working on large earthworks and infrastructure projects.
• Strong communication and coordination skills.
• Ability to influence design decisions and support project teams.
• Chartered or working toward CEng/CGeol.
• Experience in design-and-build contracting.

Competitive salary and benefits package. Opportunity to work on major civil engineering and infrastructure projects across the UK. A supportive and collaborative working environment. Career development and progression within a growing business. Exposure to a wide range of technical challenges and project types.