Design Engineer

We are an international, well established engineering company enjoying strong growth. We are seeking a Senior Design Engineer, based in Darlington. With a hybrid work pattern considered, you'll be working on conceptual and detailed design of large-scale structures with projects in a range of industries including bridges, dams, refineries, power stations, offshore structures, and manufacturing plants.
 
BASIC SALARY: Up to £50,000
 
BENEFITS:
· Car allowance (circa £7000)
· 5% Pension contribution
· 23 Days holiday + stats
· Life assurance
· Private medical (incl. family)
· Hybrid flexibility considered
· 37.5 hour working week with an early finish on a Friday!
 
LOCATION: Darlington - potential for hybrid work is available.
 
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Darlington, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Newcastle, Durham, Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees, Bishop Auckland
 
JOB DESCRIPTION: Senior Design Engineer - Large Scale Structures
 
Reporting to our Principal Engineer, and working within a team of 7, your role will include:
· Conceptual and detailed designing of permanent and temporary structures, particularly in steel.
· Designing and specification of specialist equipment, particularly related to heavy lifting and moving projects.
· Preparation of method statements
· Preparation of sketches and drawings using AutoCad (or similar software) and / or by hand.
· Preparation of detailed calculations, preferably using Excel.
 
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Senior Design Engineer - Large Scale Structures
 
You're a passionate Design Engineer that works well as part of a team, and you lead by example with your work ethic. You're innovative, dynamic and will have a positive influence on our already established team.
 
As our Design Engineer, you will also:
· Be working towards or have achieved chartered status within your field.
· Have experience working on or leading the design of heavy lifting or moving projects.
· Possess good working knowledge of Eurocodes, particularly EN 1993.
· Be comfortable using CAD software (AutoCad, Inventor)) and finite element analysis computer programmes (STAADPro, Lusas).
· Have demonstrable experience of designing specialist equipment particularly related to heavy lifting and moving projects.
  
THE COMPANY:
 
We have a long standing global reputation for designing and supplying equipment for landmark structures. Specialising in modular construction technology, we develop, manufacture, and operate advanced systems for large-scale projects. We offer flexible services tailored to project needs, ranging from erection engineering and equipment supply to site supervision. Our success is driven by a highly skilled and experience team of professionals who are experts within our field.
 
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Structural Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Design Engineer, Design Engineer, Machine Design, Draughtsperson, Draughtsman, CAD Technician, Product Engineer, Product Development Engineer, Systems Engineer, R&D Engineer - Machine Design, Capital Equipment, Heavy Machinery, Steel, Metal, Manufacturing, Lifting, Lifting Equipment, LEEA, Hoist, Heavy Plant, Mining, Drilling, Piling, Offshore Structures, Refineries, Power Stations, Industrial Plants, Bridges.
 
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
 
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the recruitment partner of our client.
 
REF: ZH17855, Wallace Hind Selection