Design Engineer

MET Recruitment UK Ltd
Design Engineer
Oldbury
Permanent
£30,000 – £45,000 DOE
- Monday – Thursday 8.30am to 5.00pm (30 minutes lunch) and Friday 8.30am – 1.30pm with no lunch break. 37 hours in total, paid monthly.
- 33 days holiday including bank holidays
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pension scheme
- Health cash plan
- Discounted gym membership
- Employee assistance programme
- Life assurance
A fantastic opportunity has become available to join a very reputable company based in the Oldbury area for a Design Engineer. The successful candidate will have a wealth of experience in this position and will assist in the management of projects through the companies’ design and drawing office.
Your Responsibilities:
- Design of medium rise building structures.
- Clearly communicate designs and concepts to customers.
- Provide technical support and advice to the Sales Managers, including general structural, fire, acoustic and thermal issues.
- Represent the company at design team meetings and site visits when necessary at various locations across the UK.
Person specification:
- Achieved a Structural or Civil Engineering degree.
- Structural design of building structures in all materials, but ideally with a focus on steel.
- Be familiar with AutoCAD.
- Ideally working towards chartered status.
- Some experience of working with BS EN1993-1-1, 3, 5 & 8 and BS EN1991-1-1, 3 & 4 would be an advantage.
- Can form good working relationships with customers.
- Be well organised, self – motivated, professional and able to work under pressure.
- Be responsible for achieving objectives on your own initiative, as well as part of a team.
- Be computer literate and able to communicate design principles at all levels.
- Attention to detail, accuracy and mathematical analysis.
- Must be eligible and able to prove that you can work in the UK, as the company does not hold a sponsorship license.
Applications will be reviewed within 3 working days, however as we are receiving high levels of applications, if you have not been contacted after 5 days of sending your CV unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. If successful you will be contacted by a consultant to discuss your application and CV further.