Associate Design Engineer - Glasgow or London

at  Carey Group

JOIN OUR TEAM AT CAREYS DESIGN TEAM: ASSOCIATE DESIGN ENGINEER

Our Vision: To be the most trusted and socially responsible construction company that people are proud to work with.
Our Mission: To use our passion and expertise day in, day out to deliver exceptional construction services.
About Us: The Careys Design Team consists of consulting construction engineers. We offer leading-edge services across construction engineering and digital engineering disciplines. We excel in construction process design for large-scale projects, providing optimized engineering solutions for fast, economical, and safe construction methods. Our temporary works designs are crafted with pride, using construction animations and advanced building information modelling.

What you will be doing:

• Understand project design requirements and engineering principles.
• Deliver optimized temporary works designs and construction solutions from concept to construction.
• Carry out detailed engineering calculations and produce comprehensive reports, sketches, and drawings (including AutoCAD).
• Develop sequence constraint envelopes and allocate resources across multiple projects.
• Research new construction techniques, develop, and test hypotheses.
• Collaborate with fellow Associate Design Engineers to capitalize on opportunities and identify competitive advantages.

About you

Technical Skills and Experience:

• Master’s degree (MEng) or equivalent, meeting IStructE academic requirements.
• Chartered engineer through a recognized governing body.
• Advanced understanding of engineering and structural principles in Concrete, Steel, and Timber. Sound understanding of geotechnical principles, including retaining walls and pile design.
• Proficient in AutoCAD; experience with Robot or ETABS, Wallap.
• Knowledge of Revit or Tekla is an advantage but not essential.
• Ability to present designs and complex engineering problems clearly to non-engineers.
• Strong leadership, management, and mentoring abilities.

ATTRIBUTES & PERSONAL SKILLS:

• Sound understanding of geotechnical principles, including retaining walls and pile design.
• Proficient in AutoCAD; experience with Robot or ETABS, Wallap.
• Knowledge of Revit or Tekla is an advantage but not essential.
• Ability to present designs and complex engineering problems clearly to non-engineers.
• Strong leadership, management, and mentoring abilities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits, including car allowance, pension and healthcare.
• Development plans and opportunities
• 37.5 hour week. Monday - Thursday, 9.00am to 5.30pm (1hr lunch). Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm (½hr lunch).
• 26 days holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays.
• Hybrid working pattern
• Volunteering days to support causes that matter to you
• Optional Benefits via ‘My Perks’: Dining Card, Gym Membership, Cycle to Work, Holiday Trading (buy or sell up to 4 days), Health Cash Plan, Dental and Critical Illness Insurance, Partner Life Assurance, Car Leasing and Discounts & Cashback.
• You’ll be joining a brilliant team who are lots of fun, have a wealth of knowledge to learn from and will always keep you challenged

About Carey Group
Our story starts in 1969 with three brothers and a van.
John, Tom and Pat Carey moved to London from Ireland and started a groundworks contracting company in London called PJ Carey Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd.
Their aspirations at the time were reflective of the values of the Carey Group today – to care about everything they did, to act with humility in all interactions, to be passionate about their work and be authentic at all times.
The Carey Group remains a family-owned construction business, operating across the UK and Ireland. Their goal at the time was to grow to around 50 operatives and provide quality, safe work so that they and their employees could provide for their families and get safe home every day. Through hard work and sticking to their values and their word, this was certainly achieved….and some.
Throughout the years, we have remained committed to delivering on our promises, respecting our clients, offering innovative solutions and producing the highest-quality work in safe environments. These are the core principles set by our Founders, the ones we have never wavered from and they help us to fulfil our ultimate vision to be the most trusted and socially responsible construction company, that people are proud to work with.
Our strong approach is underpinned by robust financial management, continuous investment in our people, specialist equipment and strategic assets and our long-standing culture of teamwork – we want to create the very best environments for our people.
We care about our people and our partners and how we work with them, ensuring we do our best by them. Ultimately, we care about our impact on the world around us and the communities that we proudly help to shape.
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• Understand project design requirements and engineering principles.
• Deliver optimized temporary works designs and construction solutions from concept to construction.
• Carry out detailed engineering calculations and produce comprehensive reports, sketches, and drawings (including AutoCAD).
• Develop sequence constraint envelopes and allocate resources across multiple projects.
• Research new construction techniques, develop, and test hypotheses.
• Collaborate with fellow Associate Design Engineers to capitalize on opportunities and identify competitive advantages