Jonathan Read Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom

I am responsible for managing a team of civil/structural engineers and technicians delivering civil engineering designs on a number of temporary and permanent works projects. This includes all related project, programme and commercial management activities. I am also responsible for business development activities, recruitment, and mentoring of staff. Key role includes acting as Contractor's Responsible Engineer for Design (CRE-D) on several Civil/Structural Network Rail Infrastructure projects.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

'Structures Lead' on the Midland Metro Alliance looking after major tramway extensions throughout West Midlands. Key responsibilities; developing structure design options focusing on buildability, planning/supervising site investigations, and liaising with other engineering disciplines.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Key project roles:- Designer Representative on 'Digital Bridge - Digitally Enabling the Design, Manufacture, Assembly, Operation and Maintenance of Bridges' research project focusing on innovation and automated manufacture of bridge components.- Network Rail Bridge Reconstruction - several differing deck replacement structure designs, supervising design teams for delivery as well as completing design and CAT II check calculations.- Structure lead on railway corridor widening schemes.- Multiple platform lengthening scheme checking engineer role.

Anstey, Leicester

Role as Designers Site Representative for all structures on a major highway widening scheme. Progression of role on the project from consultants Design Engineer into structures site representative to support Contractors site operations throughout construction.

Anstey, Leicester

Working within the Bridge Structures team undertaking both design and assessment work for new and existing bridge structures. Design work undertaken is to both British and European Design Standards. Current workload includes undertaking design and checking work of several highway bridge structures on a major UK highway widening scheme. Schemes include bridge extensions and alterations as well as new standalone structures. Current role as Designers Site Representative for all structures, overseeing the ongoing construction of 10 major bridges, as well as several minor structures, supporting site operations on a day-to-day basis. This role includes responding to site queries with liaison between the various discipline design teams responsible for the various elements.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Design Engineer within the Bridge Structure Department, delivering complete bridge reconstruction design packages. Workload included composite filler beam bridge deck design, and all associated precast elements, including cill units. Completion of design duties includes the design of elastomeric bearings. Designer responsible for collision protection beams to low headroom Network Rail structures from optioneering through to detailed design. Responsible for production and submission of Form 001-006 documents for Network Rail approval procedures. Regular attendance of Contractor design development meetings for BCDP projects.Other duties included undertaking existing bridge assessment and producing suitable remedial works strategies. Assessment duties included the completion of detailed site investigations, including tactile, dimensional and investigatory survey works.Additional duties such as bridge substructure design, retaining wall design and temporary works schemes for a variety of bridge works.Involved within Tender production for Access For All Footbridge schemes, including optioneering, preliminary design and option reporting to Tender team leader.All design work on new bridge reconstruction projects was undertaken in accordance with the European Design Standards.

Lockington, Derby

Began working at Waterman completing substructure designs and detailing for a Specialist Regeneration project, producing bespoke foundation design and reinforcement details.Technician duties on highway bridge reconstruction scheme, including structural detailing of all precast and insitu elements. All general arrangement and setting out works undertaken due to lead technician role.Graduate Engineer role for a specialist manufacturing facility, attending site meetings throughout the project implementation. Structural design and detailing of steelwork frame foundations, machinery foundations, ground floor slabs, composite floor slab, and all masonry elements within the facility.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

9 month secondment from Waterman Transport & Development to gain experience within the Rail Infrastructure Sector. Work undertakings included completion of full scheme drawings for bridge reconstruction projects, including reinforced concrete, and steelwork fabrication detailing.Additional Engineer responsibilities for steel bridge girder repair works, and design of station improvement works in accordance with DDA and Building Regulations.

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Trainee Structural Engineer duties including site surveying, setting out, structural assessment, structural element design. Technician duties included reinforced concrete detailing, structural steelwork detailing for fabrication.

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Junior CAD Technician undertaking all forms of AutoCAD drawing work for domestic, commercial and industrial projects. Specialist detailing of Structural Steelwork and Reinforced Concrete.Trainee Engineer duties included, structural assessments, site surveying and localised structural element design all under supervision of Senior Engineers.

Ilm Level 3

Master’S Degree, Bridge Engineering (Msc), Distinction

Completed via distance learning studies. Dissertation titled "'Effect of Novel Backfill Inclusions Behind Integral Abutment Bridges.

Bachelor’S Degree, Civil Engineering (Beng), First Class

Dissertation titled "Structural Performance of Bolted Connections in Glass Reinforced Polymer" submitted to IStructE for Full Scale.

Hnc, Civil Engineering, Distinction

West Midlands ICE Technicians' Award Winner 2009 for performance throughout HNC Civil Engineering studies.