Dan Hawxwell

Dan Hawxwell

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  • About me

    Chartered Structural & Civil Engineer | Helping engineers with career development and becoming chartered | Engineering Workspace (articles/courses/forum/videos/career development) | Senior Engineer at Severfield

  • Education

    • University of Leeds

      2014 - 2016
      Master of Science (MSc) Structural Engineering Distinction

      Year 1:- Advanced Steel & Composite Design- Foundation Engineering- Design Optimisation- Advanced Concrete DesignYear 2:- Advanced Structural Analysis- Design and Management of Structures in Earthquake Zones- Design Project- Research Project (Dissertation)

    • University of Teesside

      2008 - 2011
      Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Civil Engineering 2:1
  • Experience

    • Cidon Construction

      Jul 2011 - Nov 2012
      Site (setting out) Engineer

      I was responsible for setting out the RC substructure and superstructure. Supervising site workers, laborers, joiners, and steel fixers. Keeping record of concrete quantities and variations. Attending health and safety meetings.Projects:Energy-from-Waste Plant, Suffolk (16 weeks)Library Extension, Castleford (6 weeks)Energy-from-Waste Plant, Billingham (30 weeks) Attenuation tank, Pudsey (1 week)

    • BJB Consulting

      May 2012 - Jun 2012
      Resident Engineer

      I was responsible for inspecting brickwork support installation, creating daily inspection reports, technical queries and non-conformance reports, and attending meetings.Projects:Student Accommodation, Birmingham (6 weeks) – inspection surveys.

    • Arrow Detailing

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
      Steel Draughtsman

      I was responsible for producing 3D models of steel buildings, platforms, and pipe racks in Tekla structures to create fabrication drawings, general arrangement drawings, and material lists.Projects:Ludgate office block (16 weeks)TATA Saw Housing building (8 weeks)B11 & B12 Urenco, platforms and pipe racks (10 weeks)Harvest energy, fame distillation (2 weeks)Cofely access platform (1 week)

    • Severfield

      Mar 2014 - Jan 2020
      Structural Design Engineer

      Designing steelwork including connections, frames, and temporary works with master-series / TSD / Fastrak / FBeam / CAD.Design development, including creating a design guide manual, creating spreadsheets to decrease design time, introducing augmented reality, and integrating Tekla Structures to aid with creating drawings.Projects:Google HQ, London (50 weeks) – design and management of connection design and temporary works including bracing and deck rider support.Production Line Extension (12 weeks) – develop concept designs, full detailed design of main frame, stability bracing, transfer truss, connections, and temporary works; attend site inspections and project meetings.22 Bishopsgate, London (30 weeks) – design of connections & temporary works. Point of contact for design department responsible for managing RFI’s and communication. Show less

    • Fairhurst

      Mar 2017 - Jun 2017
      Structural Engineer

      I was on secondment at Fairhurst for approximately 4 months and during this time I was involved in various responsibilities. This included; producing conceptual designs of new and refurbished structures for tender and review by architect and client, designing steel frame buildings with CSC Fastrak & Tekla Structural Designer, designing concrete members and foundations with TEDDS, creating concept designs and feasibility reports, calculating estimated design fees, and mentoring graduate engineers with steel connection design.Projects:Land Rover, Chesterfield, (8 weeks) – design of frame refurbishment.Multi-storey Car Park, Darlington (3 weeks) – concepts & feasibility report.65 Allerhope, Cramlington (2 weeks) – calculate estimated design fees.Timber Housing Development, Kent (2 weeks) – design of timber frames.PPI Cancer Therapy, Liverpool (1 week) – design of RC foundations Show less

    • WSP in the UK

      Jan 2020 - Apr 2021
      Senior Structural Engineer

      Senior Engineer responsible for completing and reviewing structural reports and calculations of both steel and RC. I was involved with business development for WSP, including looking into recruitment, part of the ‘future work winners’ training scheme, and part of the technical working group. Projects:Harker Substation (6 weeks) – involved in the development of the sustainability reportSpennymoor Substation (30 weeks) – calculations and drawings review of full site including main frame, foundations, drainage, and access roads.Stadium Structural Survey (2 weeks) – member of a team responsible for conducting a structural survey of a football stadiumLucite office block (6 weeks) – involved in the RIBA stage 2 design report and structural 3D model Show less

    • Severfield

      Apr 2021 - now

      Senior Engineer responsible for take the leading on steel projects, making decisions concerning steel design of connections and temporary works, management responsibility with attending meetings and organising tasks and resources, while also completing my own structural design reports with the use of software such as TSD, Idea Statica, Master-series. Mentoring graduate engineers and assigned as a delegated engineer for the ICE training scheme.Projects:105 Victoria Street (approx. 1 year) – lead engineer for the steel connection and temporary works team on a 5000 tonne 16 storey office blockAldi Distribution Warehouse, Bardon (approx. 1 year) – lead engineer for the steel connection and temporary works team on a 10000 tonne distribution warehouse Show less

      • Engineering Design Manager

        Aug 2024 - now
      • Senior Design Engineer

        Apr 2021 - Aug 2024
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Chartered Civil Engineer

      Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
    • Chartered Structural Engineer

      The Institution of Structural Engineers
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Member of the Examinations Panel

      Issued by The Institution of Structural Engineers
      The Institution of Structural EngineersAssociated with Dan Hawxwell
    • Teesside Branch Technical Meeting Coordinator

      Issued by Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) on Feb 2019
      Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)Associated with Dan Hawxwell