About the Role
Balfour Beatty is recruiting a Senior P&C Design Engineer for the Power T&D team across the UK. The primary duty is designing the control and protection systems for electrical substation projects up to 400 kV. The role also covers General, Planning and Procurement responsibilities needed for substation project delivery. The position can be full‑time, part‑time (including job share) and offers a flexible working policy.
What you’ll be doing
General Responsibilities
- Ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with company quality, health & safety, environmental procedures and the business process manual.
- Contribute to the development and training needs of the design team as appropriate to skill level and experience.
Planning Responsibilities
- Upon contract award, liaise and coordinate contract requirements with the Project Manager, customer, external suppliers and other Balfour Beatty departments at the earliest opportunity.
- Establish the design content of the work package and the design resource needed to achieve required time scales, in line with the Project EMPS, by developing detailed engineering design plans.
- Control, update and report on progress throughout the contract life, give estimates to complete and highlight potential resource problems to the Design Manager / Project Manager.
Procurement Responsibilities
- Coordinate with other Balfour Beatty departments as necessary to specify and quantify equipment/material to achieve greatest benefit to the company.
- Report variations in the contract scope of work to the Design Manager / Project Manager, indicating implications and only proceed with these variations following verbal/written approval from the Project Manager.
- Prepare instructions for all materials and special tools required for site and pass this information to the Project Manager.
- Specify any specific test certificates and/or operations & maintenance manuals as part of the technical specification and/or purchase order requisition.
Design Responsibilities
- Identify all relevant standards and customer requirements, ensuring compliance with national/international standards, legislation and contract specification.
- Design work with due regard to health, safety & environmental procedures and produce designer risk assessments, as necessary, in compliance with current CDM regulations.
- Examine contract documentation and establish the company’s scope of work including termination boundaries; highlight any differences to the Project Manager.
- Attend and contribute to design review / contract close‑out meetings, ensuring that appropriate items are actioned in a timely manner.
- Initiate the preparation of all required drawings and approve all drawings to be submitted for customer / sub‑contractor interface.
- Prepare special test specifications and procedures for the inspection and test department.
- Receive “As Installed” site drawings and documentation and liaise with other Balfour Beatty Engineering Services departments to ensure accurate final records are prepared and submitted to the client in line with contract specification.
Who we’re looking for
- Education: HNC in Electrical Engineering or higher.
- Experience: Liaising with customers and suppliers; UK industry experience, preferably National Grid; overall design and specification of electrical power systems and associated power system components; calculations to demonstrate integrity of designs; proficiency with Microsoft Office packages.
Benefits
- Smart working, including staggered start and finish times, up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
- Family‑friendly policies: 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partner leave.
- Pension, share‑incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Balfour Beatty is an equal‑opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from disabled candidates, veterans and reservists. Our Disability Confident initiative ensures we assess all applicants fairly, offering interview opportunities to those who meet the minimum requirements for the role. We encourage the participation of women, ethnic minorities, LGBTI+ and other under‑represented groups in line with our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan.
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