Job Description
Senior Formwork Designer or Formwork Designer needed to produce design solutions and material lists for efficient and safe use of Doka equipment on construction sites.
Company Description
Doka's expertise in formwork technology is used to construct impressive infrastructure and building projects around the globe. We offer temporary works solutions for site concreting activities, collaborating with over 7000 employees in 160 distribution and logistics facilities in more than 70 countries.
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Formwork Designer or Formwork Designer to work on design solutions and material lists that ensure the efficient and safe use of Doka equipment for the site team. The successful candidate will provide technical assistance to customers from project inception to completion.
Main Responsibilities:
- Develop technical solutions and work collaboratively within project teams.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues across all departments and interact confidently with customers throughout all project phases.
- Produce AutoCAD drawings using Doka Formwork systems during proposal stages and finalize working drawings for actual job sites.
- Provide material lists for quotations to sales/customer and operations for site shipments.
- Produce and ensure that drawings indicate the proper use of Doka forming equipment and represent safe, economical, and efficient designs.
- Independently produce formal calculations for customer approval.
- Take a proactive approach to developing efficiencies within the Engineering Department and seek responsibilities where opportunities arise.
Requirements:
- Technical education, preferably in Civil or Mechanical Engineering.
- Good knowledge of AutoCAD 2D, interest in BIM, and/or experience in 3D would be beneficial.
- Minimum 5 years of formwork design experience, preferably in the civil engineering/infrastructure sector.
- Experience with designing formwork for Heavy Civil Engineering and/or road and rail applications would be beneficial.
- Detailed knowledge of construction methods and competencies in interpreting client drawings and design briefs.
- Experience working on major projects and achieving challenging deadlines.
- Knowledge of formwork planning and coordination would be advantageous.
- A strong statics knowledge would be preferred.
- Strong frame analysis knowledge is an added advantage.
- Experience of checking other designers' work.
- A good understanding of health and safety and designing out risks.
- Knowledge of method statements and design risk assessments.
- Ability to communicate professionally to clients and internal stakeholders while providing the best solutions for both parties.
- A good listener and ability to diagnose client requirements.
- Able to work independently and as a team player in a results-driven, fast-paced environment.
- Hands-on mentality and engaged personality, confident attitude.
What We Offer:
- Attractive employee benefits.
- Comprehensive training period.
Doka Formwork Technologies Ltd is an equal opportunities employer, committed to equal employment opportunities and we base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements, and business needs.