PWS TECHNICAL SERVICES (UK) LTD
Design Engineer
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Design Engineer (ground improvement)
This challenging and exciting opportunity requires an individual with a good technical background and demonstrable experience in taking the responsibility for producing designs from within the geotechnical engineering sector, specifically including ground improvement schemes.
Specific design experience requirements are rigid inclusion and vibro stone columns (VSC), with PLAXIS 2D / 3D software expertise being essential. This role is hybrid with 3-4 days at home and 1-2 days in the office.
The Role
- Carrying out detailed designs both pre and post contract for ground improvement schemes
- Carrying out settlement analysis to assist in the bidding process
- Assisting the work winning team in securing tenders with comprehensive design assistance
- Providing post contract design reports
- Providing design advice and assistance when contracts are being carried out on site
- Assessing design risks and ensuring our health and safety procedures are met
- Developing relationships with clients where design input is required
- Seeking to continuously improve the design process, gathering internal and external feedback and reviewing projects are completed to a high design standard
- Ensuring design submissions and client communications are of the highest standard of presentation and clarity, are submitted on time and contain the key elements required
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The Person
- Experience of ground improvement design and techniques such as rigid inclusions and VSC
- Proven experience in the use of Plaxis 2D and 3D settlement analysis software is essential
- Ability to understand and interpret SI / GI data
- Ability to produce competitive, innovative and solution driven ground improvement designs
- High level of commercial awareness.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Be able to work independently as well as part of a team
- An ability to prioritise and organise own work effectively
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Our Client
Our client is a market leading foundations and ground engineering contractor. Their service offering includes restricted access and open sites and covers all disciplines and techniques for a wide variety of clients and project applications. They not only always complete projects successfully and to the highest of standards but also add value to their clients by giving them total support from the beginning to the end of each and every contract.
A highly attractive basic salary (commensurate with experience) plus extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity and security of work and forward career progression given that our client possesses a significant contract pipeline for the long-term future and is firmly committed to continued growth over the next 5-10 years.
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