Design Engineer – Rail &Civils
Job in
London, Greater London, W1B, England, UK
Listed on 2026-09-09
Listing for:
Pinnacle Recruitment
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-09
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Civil Engineering, Engineering Design & Technologists
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location:
London Region:
London We are currently looking for a Design Engineer, ideally from a design consultancy background to work for a main contractor on high profile projects across London and the South East.
Main Purpose of Role To provide safe, practical and economic designs for internal clients to a high standard of professional competence and in compliance with company procedures.
Key Responsibilities Establish and promote best practice in health, safety and environmental matters in conjunction with the SHQE department.
Manage the interface with external or in house design teams on behalf of the Design Manager.
Liaise with other departments and project teams within the company with respect to design requirements.
Undertake site visits when appropriate.
Ensure that design work undertaken is carried out in accordance with company procedures and that a high level of professionalism is maintained.
Ensure that chargeable work is identified and evaluated including the preparation of adequate records of time spent.
Ensure that feedback on design work is collated and saved in accordance with procedure.
Coach individual staff members.
Prepare conceptual designs from with a view to the preparation of safe, practical and economic designs in accordance with current legislation.
Prepare detailed designs in accordance with current standards and codes including calculations, design risk assessments and sufficiently detailed sketches for the preparation of working drawings.
Check the design work of other staff members and external designers.
Summarise quantities relating to design tasks for pricing purposes.
Maintain responsibility for the storage, filing and archiving of documents relevant to your design tasks.
Provide advice and guidance on design and operational issues.
Limited responsibility for preparation of design tenders and sub contracts.
Administration and monitoring of Change Controls.
Reporting of monthly progress report.
Implementation of Temporary Works requirements and associated registers.
Produce design or checking services to the requisite standards on behalf of the Company.
Attend monthly site progress meetings.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications Proven construction design experience
Computer literate with strong skills in Microsoft Excel and other design based software such as Auto Cad and TEDDSWorking knowledge of CDM 2007
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