Stress Engineer

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📍 Derby - Hybrid  / 3 - 4 days per week on site in Derby
📝Contract or staff roles available

📐Undertake design calculations in accordance with pressure vessel codes (e.g. ASME) and structural codes (Eurocode 3);

 💡 Choose cost-effective & regulation-compliant designs

🖥️ Collaborate with  CAD team and suppliers to produce engineering drawings; (NX 11 or Autocad)

📄 Create & update equipment specifications
🗣️ Present at technical reviews
✅ Ensure work follows Quality Management System

⚙️Experienced with using and understanding the requirements of any of the following codes:  ASME VIII, EN13445, Eurocode 3 and BS EN 1090; EN13001

🧠General knowledge of FEA is preferable. (Abaqus, Ansys, or LS-Dyna)

🗓️ Able to plan and manage own workload

 🔩An understanding  of  steelwork components e.g. materials, profiles, strength, joint designs etc. and how they should be used to maintain compliance to the design codes above

📄Be able to complete scheme calculation assessments through to final stress analysis reporting

📏Good working knowledge of tolerances

✅  Experienced with the application of CE (and/or UKCA) marking equipment to ensure that proposed designs are fully compliant

🤝 Team player & clear communicator