About the role
Balfour Beatty is currently recruiting a Structural Design Engineer to join the Power T&D team in Derby.
What you'll be doing
* Review designs and design calculations produced by other engineers or apprentices to ensure the designs are appropriate and can be manufactured and constructed safely in accordance with contract documents and/or current best practice.
* Produce appropriate designs and design calculations for review by a principal/senior structural design engineer, that can be manufactured and constructed safely in accordance with contract documents and/or current best practice, and ensure all associated drawings produced represent the design as intended.
* Practice Safety and Sustainability by Design in all design work ensuring compliance with CDM regulations.
* Assist in the analysis and resolution of design issues.
* Communicate as required with other business functions, consultants, clients, and operational teams to ensure projects are delivered to the agreed scope of works, design parameters/methodologies, and engineering programme.
* Visit operational sites and other offices to discuss design issues and to assist in the development of solutions to operational issues.
* Analyse and understand tender documents to produce engineering tenders for review by engineering managers, that state the scope of work to be undertaken, identify the engineering tasks and associated cost allocations, develop engineering programmes, and identify any significant risk.
* Proactively manage own work commitments to project timescales.
* Liaise with engineering managers, principal structural design engineers, senior structural design engineers and other engineers or apprentices as required.
* Support the Chief Engineer – Structures, to deliver technical improvement and innovation.
* Undertake training as required to enable effective achievement of objectives.
* Undertake other such duties as may be required by the Design Delivery Manager - Structures.
Interactions
Internal design team, suppliers/manufacturers, construction teams, internal/external clients, CDM Principal Designer.
Operating Environment
* Proactively observe Balfour Beatty’s cultural framework all times.
* Observe Balfour Beatty values, lean, expert, trusted, safe and sustainable, at all times.
* Observe Balfour Beatty behaviours, talk positively, collaborate relentlessly, encourage constantly, make a difference, and value everyone, at all times.
* Take personal responsibility and accountability for own and actions of others.
Who we're looking for
You will have the following:
* Bachelor’s Degree in Civil/Structural or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
* Excellent structural analysis skills, ability to solve problems from first principles.
* Good communication skills, able to communicate effectively at all levels.
* Knowledge of lattice type structures.
* Experience with BS EN 1993-1-1 2005; BS EN 1993-3-1 2006; BS EN 50341-2-9-UK NNA (2017).
* Experience with Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis, Bentley Staad Pro and PLS CADD/TOWER, etc.
* Working towards IEng/CEng.
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 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…
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 across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence \'Employer Recognition Scheme\' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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