Senior Structural Engineer - Glasgow

Position Title                                 Senior Structural Design Engineer

Department                                    Operations

Reporting To                                  Design Manager

Location:                                        Glasgow City Centre

Overview

The Senior Structural Design Engineer is a key member of the engineering team, providing a service to the company, in the following areas:

• Producing designs for new and modified products.
• Validating these designs through trials, testing and field evaluations and assisting with the production trials of new products.
• Resolving technical problems that occur in production, product development and continuous improvement.
• Providing technical support for the sales and site services departments

The jobholder will:

• Familiarise him/herself with the company’s products, processes and materials, and keep abreast of relevant developments in legislation and competitive products.
• Carry out structural analysis work, including finite element analysis
• Assist in all other engineering functions as required

Key Accountabilities

• Operate a safe working environment in line with company policies & procedures.
• Maintaining records of personal development and training.
• Review enquiry documentation
• Draft design briefs, search relevant legislation and standards, review existing designs
• Carry out structural analysis work, including finite element analysis
• Carry out mechanical and process design work
• Check and review design documents produced by others
• Draft test procedures; and installation, operation and maintenance instructions
• Liaise with certification authorities to obtain product approvals and endorsements
• Ensure that all design work is reviewed and approved
• Produce design reports in a well organised fashion and in accordance with the departmental procedures
• Contribute to the continuing improvement programme to reduce costs and raise quality
• Support, mentor and assist colleagues in the department
• Provide engineering support to production, sales and site services departments

Management Relationships (include direct / indirect reports, external parties)

Direct reports (internal employees / external parties):

• Structural Design Engineer

Indirect relationships (internal employees / external parties):

• HSEQ.
• Colleagues within the department
• Customers
• Other Balmoral personnel
• Certifying Authorities
• Component suppliers
• Production personnel
• HR

Qualifications

Required:

• Masters in structural engineering - Preferred
• Honours Degree in structural engineering – Essential

Desirable:

• Graduate membership of an engineering institute
• MIStrutE or similar
• Chartered in the process of becoming a chartered structural engineer.
• Candidate Profile (include Skills & Experience, Attributes, Behaviours)

Experience:

Required:

• 5+ years’ general engineering experience including
• 2-3 years’ structural analysis experience

Desirable:

• 6 months shall have been spent on finite element analysis
• Experience of steel and Eurocode materials
• Experience of nonlinear analysis

Skills & Abilities

• Strong organisational and decision-making skills is essential.
• Ability to read and understand technical drawings.
• Excellent inter-personal skills.
• First class planning & organisational skills.
• Good presentation, written and oral communication skills.
• Must be an innovative thinker and commercially aware
• Must be willing to develop interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be computer literate particularly in Microsoft Excel and Word and
• Engineering software packages for which further training will be provided.

Desirable:

• AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop and Inventor are the preferred modelling software
• Robot and Nastran is the preferred FEA software
• MathCAD and Excel are the preferred calculation software
• Experience of other software is a benefit.

Personal Qualities

• Mature and customer focused attitude (able to handle difficult discussions and customer complaints) is essential.
• A belief in the fact that customers are revenue & everything else is overhead is essential.
• Able to perform in an environment where accountability and ownership represent Core Values is essential.
• Excited by change and driven to be part of a successful team is desirable

Additional Role Requirements

Overall, we employ people who are flexible, methodical and effective team players. Everyone must commit to learning and be willing to thrive in a “Right First Time” culture. Your personal values must align with the Core Value of the Business, and you must never treat any customer (internal and or external) with complacency