Senior P&C Design Engineer

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.

Responsibilities

On a day to day basis you will be responsible for the following:

• 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.
• Should any changes in scope be requested by the client, raise an EWN/DES06 that quantifies the impact and costs associated.
• Flag deviations, seek and agree mitigation.
• Review TQs/ EWNs weekly and monitor; Escalate as necessary.
• Upon contract award, and through the project life‑cycle, liaise and co‑ordinate contract requirements with the 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.

Qualifications

Essential qualities / experience:

• 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.

Benefits

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. You will also have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life.

• 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 which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.

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