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Job Description – Civil Design Engineer

As a Design Engineer you are responsible to the Directors of Cheal Consultants Limited, through the

Engineering Manager for the following :

General

1. Fulfil the role of Job and/or Client Manager for projects undertaken by the company in any

region, but primarily within the Central North Island.

2. Adhere to the Cheal Quality Management Programme and its policies/procedures.

3. Carry out civil engineering design, preparing drawings in accordance with the Cheal CAD

Standard and, where necessary, provide information to draughting staff in order to produce

‘finished’ drawings/plans etc

4. Perform engineering calculations, analysis and design.

5. Produce engineering reports and plans.

6. Preparation of tender documents and the assessment of tenders.

7. Supervising and administering contracts, including the supervision of sub contractors engaged by

Cheal for the purposes of Health and Safety.

8. Carry out site investigations, field tests etc and report findings to the Engineering Manager.

9. Acting as Client Point-of-Contact for all matters relating to any jobs/tasks for which you are the

nominated Job Manager. This demands the ability to consult and communicate effectively and

in a proactive manner.

10. Liaising with clients on a routine basis in order to keep client up to date with job progress. As a

minimum this is to include:

On assuming 'Job Manager' role - introduction to client and explanation of various stages of

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the job etc.

Having first consulted with the Directors, contacting the client prior to a target date or budget

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being missed or exceeded. You should include explanation of reason, consequences (revised

timescale/budget etc) and suggested way forward.

Raising invoices (as specified on the Short Form Agreement) and liaising with clients on any

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delays in payment.

11. Validating timesheet information against jobs for which you are Job Manager and raising

invoices. This includes validating inputs from other Cheal employees (i.e. if you are Job Manager

you are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of invoices, including those aspects originating

from other employees).

12. Close liaison with the Engineering Manager on job progress and particularly any indications that

deadlines/targets might not be achieved.

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Cheal Consultants Ltd

Position Description : CPEng_Civil :: Issue Date 09 November 2012

Civil Design Engineer