Contracts Consultancy Ltd Looking for Civil Structural Engineer (Reinforced Concrete) at Bristol, City of Bristol Full Time

JOB DESCRIPTION

CCL Global are currently recruiting for a Civil & Structural Engineer (Reinforced Concrete) to be based in Bristol, the successful applicant will take a leading role in the delivery of technical solutions on the HPC project throughout its construction.

Location: Bristol, UK.

Type of Contract: Permanent

Our client is looking for someone who will thrive in a dynamic environment and can work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders and disciplines to deliver innovative and technical solutions in a timely manner. Someone with both design and site-based experience within a regulated industry is desirable.

Key duties will include:

Initially deployed onto the HPC Project, you will be involved in the wide-ranging activities undertaken by our Site-Based and Back Office teams, which includes:

• Development and adaptation of FE models and analysis of structures using such models (using ANSYS software).
• Post processing of FE modelling outputs.
• Developing reinforced concrete or steel structure designs compliant with the ETC-C or other relevant codes (Eurocodes) and project specific methodologies and hypothesis notes.
• Checking and coordinating the detailing activities with BIM Coordinators, CAD technicians or other engineers in preparation of 3D BIM rebar models and/or 2D drawings of reinforced concrete or steel structures.
• Managing engineering changes in line with company/project procedures and QA process.
• Assessing and responding to Field Changes Requests, Requests for Information or Site Non-Conformance Requests originating from the Civil Works Contractors.
• Liaising with other stakeholders of Site Engineering Team or Civil Works Contractors for clarification on the site requests.
• Liaising with Back Office in France, Poland, Romania, and Tunisia when Back Office support is needed for closing out of legacy design package issues.
• Technical review and acceptance of contractor deliverables.
• Site Walkdowns and inspections.

As an engineer working on the HPC project you will be expected to react to change requests originating from the construction site. Requests will be either:

• Requests For Information (RFI): which are requests by the civil works contractor for additional clarity on the design previously submitted to site. This could include, for example, requests for detail on margins in the design, requests for rationale behind design decisions or requests for additional drawings (or additional information on drawings).
• Field Change Requests (FCR): which are suggestions for improvements or adaptations to the “as designed” configuration to support/improve/expediate the construction process. This could include, for example, detailing improvements, relocation of structural elements or a change to the sequence of construction that could impact the design intent.
• Non-Conformance Requests (NCR): which are notifications of a situation where the construction has not met the design intent or is outside of tolerance. In these cases, an assessment is needed to ensure that the design intent is not compromised.
• You will assess each request assigned to you and provide technical judgement as to whether the RFI, FCR or NCR is acceptable. This will require, in some cases, re-modelling of structures, development of hand calculations to support your position and also application of sound technical judgement.
• You will need to liaise with technicians/drafts persons and the BIM teams to ensure that and changes are corrected updated in the models and you will need to ensure that configuration control is maintained.
• This is a unique opportunity to be gain experience in both design and construction focused engineering as you will be in the epicentre of both the design delivery and site construction. In addition to the engineering experience, you will be exposed to challenging scenarios that will allow you to develop new problem solving, leadership, time/cost management skills, communication, and client facing skills.

Requirements:

Essential skills and knowledge:

Good understanding of structural theory, with proven problem-solving ability.

Knowledge and previous experience in the design and/or construction of civil engineering solutions using Eurocodes.

Reinforced concrete design experience.

Steel design experience.

Strong experience using finite element modelling software and associated post processing software, with experience in validation and verification of modelling tools and their outputs.

MEng, MSc, BEng or BSc in Civil Engineering or other relevant degree level qualification.

Good knowledge of health and safety legislation and good practice.

Excellent verbal and written communication, and report writing skills.

Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multi-cultural team.

Desirable skills and knowledge:

Experience working in a regulated environment (nuclear, rail, petrochemical, pharmaceutical).

Nuclear industry experience and experience of safety case documentation.

Knowledge and previous experience in the design and/or construction of civil engineering solutions using ETC-C or RCC-CW.

Experience of structural dynamics, including designing for seismic, blast and impact load effects (ETC-C, RCC-CW, ACI 349 or ASCE 4).

Experience using ANSYS FE software.

Experience of assessing soil-structure-interaction.

Experience of fire engineering.

Experience of 3D modelling and BIM.

Responsibility for scheduling and commercial aspects of engineering activities and reporting progress against schedule and commercial targets to management.

Experience of site working with contractors to implement engineering solutions.

Chartered or working towards Chartership with a relevant organisation (e.g., ICE or IStructE).