Construction Design Engineer

Designing and building brand-new embassies in bustling cities and remote locations. Collaborating with architects, engineers and surveyors to design and reconfigure a high commissions office space. Developing a secure sites new CCTV System. This work is as varied and as vital as it gets. Now youve got the opportunity to join them.

Designing and building embassies.

Providing a world-class service.

Protect the UKs security interests.

It all matters.

Design the bespoke spaces that keep our clients safe and secure

When you join our highly professional and collaborative property and construction team, it will be your job to produce bespoke, detailed and fully coordinated designs and specifications for internal fit-out spaces. Working alongside clients in the FCDO, other UK Government departments and with customers in friendly foreign governments, youll have a strong focus on ensuring your designs guarantee building security while maintaining compliance with specialist requirements.In addition, well expect your designs to be risk-free and provide the relevant health and safety information to ensure the correct working practices are followed.

With opportunities for occasional overseas travel to conduct site surveys, you will lead designs from concept development through to completion, playing a key role in delivering innovative and effective solutions for our clients.

Your day-to-day work will include communicating with delivery and installation teams to confirm that technical solutions are developed in accordance with your designs, and providing quality assurance to ensure all work meets the relevant legal and regulatory requirements. Well also expect you to advise on the resolution of any technical issues that arise, help to create next generation design standards and products, and produce and maintain a knowledge library of documentation for installation practices and standards.

Use all your specialist design skills as you help to protect the UKs interests

To be a success in this important role you should have a detailed understanding of common construction standards, installation practices and applicable legislation, and formal technical qualifications at BTEC/HNC level. It goes without saying that youll have well developed experience of designing the basic elements of buildings and spaces, and any knowledge of secure construction and physical security design would be desirable, as would an understanding of design-related software such as AutoCAD and Revit.

Capable of producing technical design documentation, including drawings, specifications and programmes, you should be ready to conduct site surveys, both in the UK and overseas, and capture as-built details in a professional report. Youll be working with a diverse range of clients and stakeholders, so well look for excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and any practical line management experience would be an advantage. In addition, the successful completion of a construction-related health and safety course such as NEBOSH construction certificate, SMSTS/IOSH or similar would be a plus.

Discover the support you need to grow your career further

But were always looking to improve just like you. Thats why when you join us, expect to receive a competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement and a Civil Service Pension. Along with this, youll also have access to training and other development opportunities to help grow your career with us. Our offices have an on-site gym, nursery, café, and restaurant, and we offer interest-free loans on season tickets and bikes to help you get there. It's a great set of benefits made to support all you do, and all you need.

Want to see your future teams work in action? Step into our Virtual Embassy and select a guide to take you round to see how we deliver for government customers and how you could help. Explore the embassy now at virtual-embassy.fcdoservicescareers.co.uk

Every single colleague must be security cleared before joining us. If youre successful in your application, well ask you to undergo our vetting process to achieve Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. You can find out more about vetting at fcdoservicescareers.co.uk/how-to-apply/

To find out more about our benefits and our organisation, please visit fcdoservicescareers.co.uk

It takes a diverse team to protect a diverse world

The vital work we do takes an incredible community of colleagues, with different skills, backgrounds, cultures and identities. We support every individual, so that you always know youre welcome and valued. Its what makes us a Disability Confident employer. And why were recognised as a Carer Confident workplace. And its how you know youre joining an inspiring, inclusive organisation.

We are looking for people with:

• Formal technical qualifications to BTEC/HNC level
• Experience in designing building elements (secure construction and physical security design experience advantageous)
• Experience of designing building elements, secure construction & physical security experience advantageous.
• Knowledge of Construction Design Management requirements