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R&D Senior Facade Engineer
December 29, 2022 | Comments Off on R&D Senior Facade Engineer
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R&D Senior Façade Engineer
Location: Nationwide (Flexible)
Laing O'Rourke has a requirement for a Senior Façade Engineer to join our growing R&D team.
The R&D Senior Facade Engineer is part of the Global Technology & Innovation function within Laing O'Rourke but will have a strong interface with the Engineering Job Family and Technical Function, which ensures technical excellence, assurance and performance across all projects and opportunities from pre-project, early engagement and work winning through to detailed delivery.
The Opportunity:
The successful candidate will work at the cutting edge of technology within the construction industry, developing and delivering a diverse portfolio of initiatives to materially improve our ability to systematically deliver certainty, safety & productivity.
The role requires some travel during the week (2/3 days). This could be to our manufacturing facility / to meet suppliers or other business travel.
The remainder of the week can be worked at home.
What will the role look like?
- Assisting Product Owners in the development, commercialisation, and rollout of new initiatives and products.
- Lead and assist in the technical development of new products from conception to market ready solutions.
- Support in the formulation of the workplan and route to delivery for inflight products through design, procurement, manufacture and execution with the backing of the Project and Engineering leaders
- Report back to the Product Owner with ongoing developments and challenges, with a view of appropriate resolution.
- Support in value capture of deployed solutions to monitor effectiveness across our project construction sites.
- Leverage data from across the business to produce coherent and comprehensive analysis and reports to support decision making by management with regards to investment, and business planning.
- Engage and liaise with teams across the business and identify cross-functional opportunities for knowledge sharing and deployment.
- Assist in preparation of tenders and presentations for work winning and funding opportunities.
- Visit client sites as and when required to review performance and develop relationships with the client and operations teams.
- Scan the construction sector and cross-industry landscape for new, disruptive, and ground-breaking technology and innovation.
- Monitor and report on competitor movement with regards to Research & Development.
What skills & experience are we looking for?
Professional qualifications
- Degree in Engineering or Manufacturing Discipline, other construction or design related degree, or a recognised technical or engineering qualification plus demonstrable experience in a design, construction delivery or manufacturing environment.
Experience
- Essential - 5 years relevant technical / practical experience within an engineering role related to facades or building products.
Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it.
Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.