My client, a leading design consultancy specialising in the rail and utilities sector, are currently seeking an experienced Design Engineer to join their well-established team in Manchester.

Candidate Responsibilities:

* Ensure design team produce design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements.

* Approve design deliverables, DRAs, reports and specifications

* Identify appropriate and efficient design solutions from scopes and site visits and communicate these to client and project team

* Direct and develop engineers, CAD technicians and graduates.

* Guide design in compliance with relevant technical, professional and water company standards.

* Ensure project change for design packages is fully implemented and recorded.

* Ensure work is undertaken using formal processes and procedures.

* Estimate hours required for design packages

* Attend and present designs at ALM, KM meetings and similar

* Review, interpret and brief standards, procedures and changes to them

* Undertake the role of Professional Head for discipline and Responsible Engineer/CRE for specific projects

* Provide key technical guidance for projects and tenders and ensure continuous improvement of technical standards.

Candidate Requirements:

* Chartered engineer

* 10 years' structural design experience at senior or principal engineering level

* Significant structural design experience within regulated wat...