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Job Title: Principal Design Engineer – Civil & Structural Reporting to: Principal Design Engineer/Head of design. Role purpose The Principal Design Engineer will: · Be responsible for managing and leading projects. A thorough understanding of managing project delivery to quality, cost and programme deliverables. · Manage and deliver single- and/or multi-disciplinary projects to cost, schedule and quality criteria. · Lead aspects of infrastructure design, work as lead designer on a range of project sizes, appropriate to their experience. · The Principal Design Engineer is a key member of the Design Management team. You will assist the Design Manager to ensure technical compliance, quality, and successful delivery of a portfolio of design projects · Generating civil and structural designs and working with other Omexom Engineers in converting these designs into working drawings as part of a wider design team. Have significant knowledge and experience of legislation required in this industry and implement it as required. · Works to own initiative and will be required to supervise design and graduate engineers and trainees. The principal design engineer will provide appropriate levels of civil and structural design to a range of different civil and structural elements as required by the BUGM and their reports. · Possesses an advanced level of skill and understanding and is able to perform all parts of the task satisfactorily and make judgements and decisions correctly in a variety of situations. Can check work at the highest level. To be responsible for input into ICE/IET training scheme as required and to support graduates. Will contribute to the development and mentoring a range of staff grads ranging from graduates through to principal designers. Responsibilities & Duties Including but not limited to the following: · Day to day management of a design team. · Undertake checking of design deliverables. · The review and cascading of current industry standards. · The Safety, Health and Environmental awareness of all design staff. · The quality of ALL design submissions. · Discharging the responsibilities of the Designer under the 2015 CDM regulations including the principles of prevention. · Where required act as Principal Designer under CDM 2015, leading and coordinating the pre-construction phase to ensure risks are identified, mitigated and managed, and that all duty holders fulfil their statutory health and safety responsibilities. · The promotion and enforcement of company procedures to design staff. · The review of method statements/risk assessments · The development and implementation of new industry software where applicable. · Ensure design deliverables are met and to report on performance to the Head of design or their associates. · Promote safe by design principles, consider sustainability and low carbon options. · Responsible and to lead detailed civil and structural design and calculations in accordance with the relevant standards and procedures, under the direction of the head of design or their associates. · May assume the role of Lead Design Engineer (Lead Contractor Design Approval Engineer for LCDAE for NG) on large or complex projects as well as smaller projects as required. · May assume the role of Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE) for NG Projects. · Assist the Design Manager with appointing and provide training where necessary and manage design staff in an efficient manner. · Business development with DNOs and TSOs, including prospecting, tendering and delivering design services. · Assist with the production of design tools and production and review of internal procedures. · Excellent level of understanding of relevant British Standards and Eurocodes with regard to civil and structural, design and specification. · Work closely with other members of the desig