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Reporting to the Principal/Senior Design Engineer (geotechnical), the Graduate Design Engineer will be part of the Engineering Department working on a variety of civil and geotechnical projects. The role will involve undertaking relevant design calculations for the different applications using Geosynthetics systems. The Graduate Design Engineer would also contact consultant engineers/architects and contractors to discuss solutions/designs with a view to gaining specifications and promoting new solutions with Geosynthetics.
Key responsibilities
- To produce relevant geotechnical design calculations, drawings and relevant documents for the use of Geosynthetics materials
- Discussing projects/solutions and designs with customers (consultant engineers, civil engineering and contractors) to provide technical solutions
- Contact consultant engineers and civil engineering contractors with a view to gaining specifications and promoting the product range
- Understand the Company business plan and philosophy
- To develop and enhance technical capabilities of the company
Requirements of the role
- BEng or MEng on Civil Engineering or Geotechnical Engineering or similar discipline
- Preferable 1 or 2 years of relevant experience in a Geotechnical role
- To read technical drawings to ascertain customer requirements
- Experience with AutoCAD is preferred but not essential
- Ability to work under pressure
- Keen drive to succeed and learn
- Organised and responsible
- Ability to be self-motivated and work alone/ part of a team
Beneficial
- Knowledge of the Civil Engineering industry
- An interest in the area of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering
- Project Management
- Utilise and update A-Cloud (CRM) system
- Working towards full professional chartership
Key contacts
- All team members throughout the company.
- All customers either established or potential including Merchants, Contractors, Councils, Architects, Engineers and members of the Arboricultural community.
What we offer in return
- Competitive Salary.
- Office opening hours 8.15 – 5.00, standard working day is 7.5 hours, flexible shift options dependant on team cover. – offering an excellent work/life balance.
- Dress code smart/casual, dress down Friday.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. 4 or 5 days kept for Christmas shutdown.
- Structured Company Bonus, we can earn up to 10% of salary after 6months of probation.
- BUPA health care after 6 months’ probation.
- Auto-enrol Pension.
