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.
