Our client is a well-established civil contractor who has a requirement for a Head of Civil and Structural to join their growing team on a permanent basis.
The key duties are as follows:
•Sourcing and executing work for the department
•BID management, completion of tenders and building of cost estimates
•Continuous monitoring of staff requirements
•Attracting and retaining talent through effective recruitment, mentoring and training
•Monitor progress of jobs within the department, ensuring they deliver to the required quality, timescale and budget
•Monitor progress and performance of all personnel within the department to assure quality of work product and ensure continuity of design methods
•Training and competencies of department personnel
•Initiate, review, and approve routine performance appraisals
•Demonstrate customer focus
•Be a technical expert, setting design philosophy on projects and driving technical assurance and safety by design within a regime of continuous improvement
•Ensure that our client procedures, specifications, standards, technical guidance and work instructions are followed
•Review and approve timesheets, holidays and expenses for departmental personal
•Work closely with other departments, including the fabrication and operations teams
•Preparation and checking of Design & Analysis calculations to Eurocodes & client specifications for superstructures, foundations and other civil & structural deliverables
•Undertake inspection reports
•Lead constructability reviews and review design risk registers to ensure safe efficient designs are delivered by our client
•Act as client’s engineer and technical authority