AmcoGiffen
Design Engineer (Temporary Works)
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Design Engineer – Temporary Works
Location: Warrington, North West
Job Type: Full-time
What We Offer
- Competitive salary, dependent on experience.
- Company car or car allowance.
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
- Up to 3 volunteering days.
- Company contributory pension scheme.
- Life insurance.
- Medicash Health Cash Plan and Rewards.
- Opportunities for ongoing personal and professional development.
- A safe, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
- Employee forums to share ideas and feedback.
About Us
AmcoGiffen is a leading provider of engineering services, delivering complex civil, rail, and infrastructure projects across the UK. Our in-house design team brings together specialists at every level, and we’re growing. We’re now looking for skilled Temporary Works Design Engineers to join our expanding North West team based in Warrington and help shape safe, innovative engineering solutions.
Role Overview
As a Temporary Works Design Engineer, you will develop technical solutions that support a wide range of rail and non-rail infrastructure maintenance and improvement projects. Working collaboratively with colleagues across the business, you’ll contribute to high-quality, robust designs that meet client requirements and uphold our commitment to safety, innovation, and engineering excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Applying sound engineering principles to propose confident, practical solutions.
- Challenging briefs constructively to develop clear, innovative designs from feasibility through to detailed stages.
- Designing and checking Temporary Works engineering solutions.
- Producing clear, consistent calculations, reports, and sketches aligned with current Codes of Practice and Standards.
- Communicating design intent and requirements effectively within the team and with project stakeholders.
- Representing the design function in meetings with internal teams, clients, and external partners.
- Supporting the team’s financial, quality, and programme objectives.
- Promoting safe working practices across all activities.
- Contributing to the management of staff and projects as required.
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About You
- Degree-qualified Civil or Design Engineer (BSc / BEng / CEng).
- Experience in civil engineering design, such as bridges, structures, stations, or platforms.
- Strong background in Temporary Works design within rail or civils environments.
- Chartered or working towards professional membership (ICE / IStructE) at Chartered or Incorporated level.
- Experience gained within client, contractor, or consultancy organisations is welcome.
How To Apply
If you’re a motivated Temporary Works Design Engineer looking for your next challenge, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please submit your application to join our growing team.
The Company
Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils, and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.
AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.
We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.
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Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have a large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.
Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!
For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:
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