What's the role?
Are you a passionate Design Engineer, Lead Application Engineer or similar, with proven experience and a strong drive to outperform?
Are you looking to make a real difference and impact from day one and take your career to the next level, with an award-winning employer?
Please note, these roles are being advertised in anticipation of new roles becoming available in quarter one of 2025.
At Hilti we have an outstanding new opportunity for a Design Engineer or Lead Application Engineer, based on the experience of the successful candidates. In either role, you will design and test applications of Firestop in BIM models based on Hilti’s approvals, utilising our proprietary software suite, whilst driving technical customer engagement through value/customer-oriented problem-solving support.
In addition to providing bill of materials to other Hilti functions (e.g. supply chain) for further processing, you will develop technical application competence within sales and business development teams.
Who is Hilti?
Hilti is where innovation is improving productivity, safety and sustainability in the global construction industry, and beyond. Where strong customer relationships are creating solutions that build a better future. Where there is pride and a sense of belonging across our 120 locations, carrying right into our lives and homes. Where people are exploring possibilities, leveraging their potential, owning their personal development and growing lasting careers. Hilti is very proud to be ranked as the UK's 19th best super large organisation to work for in the Great Place to Work survey.
What does the role involve?
- You will assess availability of required information, the scope and required time to perform engineering services on request of the BIM Project Manager, then create the “design core & specifics” based on the customer requirements which serves as the BIM Design guideline for internal and external BIM Modelers.
- Collaborating with the BIM Project Manager, you will join engineering meetings with all parties involved to coordinate an optimal firestop solution, and with our International BIM Lead Engineer on project execution, to ensure adherence to relevant Hilti / BIM standards in engineering.
- You will be the either a Design Engineer, or based on experience a Lead Application Engineer, completing applications based on Hilti Firestop approvals and test data and establishing excellent working relationships with other Design and Application Engineers and functional counterparts in other regions, whilst proactively supporting or involving BIM Lead Engineers of BIM Competence Centre for highly complex cases beyond current competence.
- Serving as Hilti’s technical conscience on all projects, you will ensure accurate and thorough engineering documentation as per design guideline and create open working culture through the integration and motivation of others.
93% of our people say they’re proud to work for Hilti, thanks to the quality of our products and the way we look after our people.
What do we offer?
We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this. Some of our benefits include:
- Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally)
- 6% employer pension contributions
- Private Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
- Company vehicle and fuel card for sales roles
- 33 days' holiday (inc. Bank Holidays) plus the ability to purchase 5 days more annually
- Paid leave to work on charitable projects
- Hilti Benefits Box, a reward platform offering a cycle to work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback
- Different ways to work flexibly, including working from home and compressed hours
- Employee resource groups focused on gender, mental health, race, disability, LGBTQ+ and sustainability topics
- Trips to locations such as Milan, New York and global HQ for high performers across all teams
What you need is:
Essential:
- Proven as a Design Engineer, Application Engineer or similar
- Degree in engineering, preferably in Structural/Civil or Mechanical Engineering
- Understanding of the correlation between technical and commercial aspects of engineering work
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills
- Construction industry with BIM modelling software, Firestop and/or Passive Fire Protection
- AutoCAD
- Navisworks and Solibri
Who should apply?
We have an excellent mix of people and some of our best account managers joined us with no experience. So, if you’ve never worked in sales or construction, that’s fine with us. Success at Hilti is down to teamwork and ability, no matter what your background.
Please DO NOT apply for multiple roles - the team will assign you where your skills are the best fit.
Click through the 'Apply Now' button where you will be asked to upload your CV and answer a couple of short questions – the whole process should take around 90 seconds.
**SALES ONLY**
If you meet the requirements of the role you'll be invited to complete a fun online assessment and a short pre-recorded video interview - please look out for this in your junk mail as it can end up there!
If you need any support with your application please contact gbcareers@hilti.com.
Once you're in the formal process, there are three stages – a first interview with a Regional Manager, a day-in-the-life 'field ride' to give you a real feel for the job and a final interview with a Sales Director. We'll also pay your expenses if you have to travel to meet us.
If we don't have a suitable role for you at the moment, we will keep you in our talent pool for the future so your recruitment process might take a bit longer but we'll be sure to stay in touch.
Hilti is where your best belongs. We are an equal opportunity employer and value the contributions of all our team members regardless of sex, gender identity/expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion or family status.
