About The Role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Protection & Control Design Engineer to join our Power Transmission & Distribution business based in Newcastle or Leeds.
Role Purpose
Provide project leadership as Project Design Lead for the design delivery of one or more electrical substation projects from tendering until project handover.
What You'll Be Doing
- Ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with standard Company Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Procedures and BMS.
- Ensure that the allocated projects meet or exceed the requirements of safety by design, quality, programme and budget.
- Deliver and lead Protection & Control Systems design for substations.
- If appointed, enact CDAE role and deliver associated responsibilities in line with NG TP188 and other applicable documents and standards.
- Orchestrate Customer Witness Tests at the factory for Protection & Control Systems.
- Represent the Department at project start‑up, scheme review, progress, close‑out, liaison and other meetings.
- Be responsible for maintaining internal and external interfaces during the project.
- On receipt of confirmation of contract award, undertake a review of the estimate and any post‑tender additional requirements.
- Prepare Design Projects status via a project‑specific Project Status Report (PSR) as per department procedures.
- When changes in scope are requested by the client, raise an EWNs/ DES06 that quantifies the impact and costs associated.
- Flag deviations, seek and agree mitigation.
- Review TQs/ EWNs weekly and monitor, escalating as necessary.
- Upon contract award, and through the project life‑cycle, liaise and co‑coordinate contract requirements with Project Manager, customer, external suppliers and other Balfour Beatty Departments.
- Establish Design content of work package and the Design resource to achieve the required time scales, in line with Project programme.
- 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 technical spec and/or purchase order requisition.
- Identify all relevant standards and Customer requirements, ensuring compliance with relevant National / International Standards and legislation, and contract specification.
- Undertake and lead design work with due regard to Health, Safety & Environmental Procedures and production of Designer Risk Assessments, as necessary.
Who We're Looking For
The Following Qualities/Experience Are Essential
- HND in Electrical Engineering or higher.
- Extensive experience in HV substation P&C design.
- Reasonable working knowledge of the requirements of multi‑discipline substation design delivery for National Grid, SSE or similar clients and experience in such delivery.
- Reasonable working knowledge of project co‑ordination, estimating, scope change management, programme management and reporting.
- Familiarity with quality assurance, business processes and applications.
- Integrity and professionalism.
- Teamwork ethic.
- Strives for excellence in design delivery/customer relations.
- Demonstrates respect for team members, customers and suppliers.
- Knowledge of/experience in working in a BIM environment.
Why Work For Us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Benefits
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
- Family friendly policies including 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.
About Us
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions. With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and ongoing maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the world’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation. Balfour Beatty is a corporate signatory to WISE (Women in Science & Engineering) and a member of the workingmums.co.uk Top Employers’ Charter, and we hold the Gold Award in the Ministry of Defence employer recognition scheme.
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