Geotechnical Design Engineer

Description:

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s most formidable construction businesses with a vision to be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in. Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

We are committed to agile working, giving our people the freedom and flexibility to adapt their working life around their home life to achieve a proper balance. Our smart working approaches allow greater use of technology in the way we carry out our business, ensuring we provide a working environment that works for everyone.

OUR CENTRAL ENGINEERING SERVICES BUSINESS

Central Engineering Services is an in-house team of approximately 20 engineers providing support to preconstruction and project teams throughout Galliford Try. It acts as an internal consultant and customers pay for the services provided based on agreed hourly charge-out rates. The key focus of the team is the provision of a high quality service leading to strong relationships with all parts of the business and generating repeat work.

Central Engineering Services provides design and design checking services for a full range of temporary works requirements from excavations and working platforms to formwork, falsework & scaffolding. Site based TWCs & TWSs are also supported through training courses, participation in technical reviews, site visits where required and audits to check compliance with the temporary works procedure. Services provided also include alternative solutions, value engineering, buildability and problem/defect resolution including specification compliance issues.

The team is based in the Grangemouth, Solihull and Matlock offices and whilst meetings and site visits will be carried out by someone from the nearest office, work can be allocated to engineers in any office dependent on availability and expertise.

YOUR ROLE

The Geotechnical Design Engineer will be located with one of the Central Engineering Services regional teams providing the engineering support services needed to meet the growing needs of Galliford Try.

The role will be key member of the CES team carrying out and supporting others on designs for earthworks, geotechnical structures and constructive geotechnics including geotechnical temporary works; providing technical support on all geotechnical matters to the pre-construction and construction teams.

The role will report to the Principal Geotechnical Design Engineer and will interface with a range of stakeholders throughout the Construction & Investments Division at the pre-construction and construction stages of projects.

Key Responsibilities:

H&S

• Ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with CDM 2015 and the Galliford Try Construction Business Management System so that the necessary standards of Safety, Quality & Environmental Management are achieved
• Develop & maintain a suitably robust risk management approach to the production of designs

Management

• Attend meetings and site visits to proactively identify and agree scope of CES services for specific tenders and projects
• Ensure appropriate checking strategies are implemented for all design output prior to issue
• Initiate design reviews in accordance with BMS procedure
• Ensure that designs and design checks are completed on time and within fee estimates

Technical

• Prepare and/or check design output and supervise the preparation and/or checking of design output by other members of the CES team or by external design organisations
• Assist site based TWCs with development and maintenance of TW registers
• Where necessary assist in the production of design briefs