We have a great opportunity for a civil and structural designer
What will I be doing?
Working within a team, the fundamental requirement of this role is to produce civil and structural CAD design deliverables, including 3D models, technical drawings, and sketches for projects in a range of sectors, including water, rail, and highways.
• Prepare preliminary and detailed designs in 2D/3D for civil and structural, temporary, and permanent works as requested by Senior / Principal or Lead Engineers and Designers.
• Use a range of software (typically AutoCAD, Civils 3D and Bentley OpenBuildings Designer/AECOsim).
• Work within a Common Data Environment (typically ProjectWise)
Ensure that draughting activities are executed within budget and schedule, while maintaining technical integrity.
• Ensure that work is carried out with relevant codes, standards and procedures. Maintain and develop awareness of current relevant codes and standards.
• Implement company, and where applicable client/project policies and procedures.
• Effectively communicate with other disciplines to ensure that interfaces are clearly defined and correctly designed.
• Liaise with other departments, project personnel, vendors, clients etc.
You will be based in Manchester/working from home with occasional visits to other offices and site.
Type of candidate:
• Qualified to City & Guilds or HNC/HND level.
• EngTech or IEng ICE professional qualification an advantage.
• Experience of rail, highways and/or water sector highly desirable.
• Experience in energy sector an advantage.
• Experience of E3D/PDMS and 4D simulation or model review and clash detection software beneficial.
• Must be competent in design & detailing of foundations, below ground infrastructure, including drainage, cable ducting, etc. and steel and concrete and reinforced concrete detailing.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work within a team environment, although must be able to self-manage.
About Costain
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
Your application
Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application, please do not hesitate to contact us: careers@costain.com
We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.
We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.
To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:
https://www.costain.com/our-culture/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/
Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we’ll carry out a criminal record check and we’ll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.
For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.
Closing date
Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign
