Senior Civil Structural Engineer in Devon, Exeter

12 Month Contract (Inside IR35) Up to £70 per hour umbrella. Full time on site in Plymouth.

Overview of Department: In order to deliver the MoD's submarine and warship programmes, a significant programme of infrastructure investment is required on the Devonport site. The ‘Major Infrastructure Projects' (MIP) Business Unit has been established to support this. One of the key scope elements within MIP is establishing a defuel capability for out of service submarines, which is delivered under the programme banner of 14 Dock Readiness. This work comprises of a number of interrelated projects to develop various multi-disciplinary infrastructure systems, with an overall value in excess of £100m. The Dock Readiness project is delivering the infrastructure upgrades for the existing dry dock that will be used for the submarine defuels. The dry dock is within a nuclear licensed site. Multiple work packages form the Dock Readiness project. This role is part of that Engineering Team that is delivering the designs for each of those work packages.

Job Role: The primary purpose of the role is to ultimately assist and support the Implementation Design Manager in the delivery of project scope. This will include the likes of the following.

Key Responsibilities:

• Exercise care for own health and safety and that of others as defined by Health and Safety legislation, adhere to endorsed Company policy, procedures and delegations (e.g. Health & Safety, Diversity & Inclusion, Performance & Development Reviews and Finance etc.).
• Support ensuring that staff and contractors are familiar with the hazards and risks associated with the work undertaken by the delegated engineering team through effective management and communication of the Risk Assessment.
• Support the Design Implementation Manager and Project Management Team and ensure inter-discipline coordination in accordance with company and regulatory standards.
• Advise and assist in selecting the correct methods and tools for tasks and provide technical assistance to primary contractor.
• Contribute to the checking of existing and fabrication drawings in support of detail and production design in line with recognised ISO standards and to the required; time, cost and quality requirements.
• Provide point of contact with professional engineering colleagues and various stakeholders for discipline related issues during design lifecycle, contribute to design reviews and ensure coordination and functionality of design.
• Assist in the resolution of Production and Technical Queries and development of discipline solutions for the team in relation to manufacturing and installation issues.
• Contribute to learning from experience (LfE) requirement, during and post project.
• Develop innovative design solutions and fulfil Design Lead responsibilities as assigned for multi-discipline low risk projects.

Key Attributes:

• Awareness of design of heavy civil engineering and building structures to relevant codes, preferably including seismic codes.
• Awareness of construction techniques employed for structures.
• Be able to demonstrate relevant awareness and skills required in technical design development.
• Understanding of engineering design and safety practice as relevant to discipline, post and project requirements.
• Awareness of Company and departmental procedures relating to Design, Health & Safety and Quality requirements.
• Knowledge of relevant engineering computer applications.
• Specialist knowledge and substantial experience in a design subject area.
• Designs and develops solutions, resolves design issues and problems for a range of specialist design situations.
• Provides specialist technical advice and guidance to other designers, provides design governance for technical standards for a team.
• Works with high degree of technical autonomy and typically incorporated Engineer status.

The candidate will have an HNC/HND (or equivalent) or experience in technical leadership of a design team, breadth and depth of experience in a range of commercial or defence projects and relevant industry experience. Engaged in structured development and is working towards meeting the registration requirements of the Engineering Council at Incorporated Engineer Level.