About the role
Balfour Beatty is currently recruiting a Senior Civils CAD Technician to join the Power T&D team in Scotland.
Role Purpose
Liaise with Site Operative & Design team to produce a variety of drawings for the delivery of Power Transmission & Distribution Projects. Works will be mainly Civils driven for Stone Haul Roads, Bellmouths, Crane Pads & Cut &; Fill Earthworks drawings to enable a safe and secure solution in accordance with BIM & client design requirements, programme, cost and quality.
What you'll be doing
Key Accountabilities
To deliver to the Operations & Design department the satisfactory production of Haul Roads, Bellmouths, Crane Pad & Cut & Fill Earthworks drawings to enable a safe and secure solution in accordance with BIM & client specification. Reports to the Design Team Leader.
Key Responsibilities
1. As a CAD Technician under a Design Team Leader to support drawing production for various sites.
2. Understand the requirements of contract documents and liaise with Senior/ Principal Design engineers as necessary to agree design requirements.
Be part of a team to deliver project specific drawings at a high standard and accuracy in accordance to client specification and BIM requirements & across all departments.
3. Must be proactive with ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team, be willing and able to share technical ability, knowledge to other members of the team whilst being keen to learn new skill sets.
4. To produce Earthwork drawings for Hardcore Haul Roads including Swept Path Analysis, Crane Pads & Bellmouths using point clouds/ surfaces from lidar & DTM. Balancing cut and fill volumes, volume calculations.
5. To be flexible to ensure that deliverable timescales are met.
6. Have the ability to self-check own work prior to approval stage and issue drawings to Doc control Via BIM.
7. Attend and contribute to team meetings and consider ways to constantly improve CAD delivery in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.
8. Always drive a Safety by Design approach.
Operating Environment:
9. Ensure Balfour Beattys Code of Conduct is thoroughly understood, adhered to and promoted across the business to ensure safe, compliant and consistent working practices.
10. To operate in an open and even handed manner with all personnel across the business. Treat all who we interact with, with courtesy and respect, treating everyone equally and embracing differences. Encourage everyone to achieve maximum potential.
11. To proactively contribute to teamwork and cross-functional working. To listen to each other and share knowledge enabling us to willingly combine expertise across the business and with our clients and supply chain.
12. Behaving with integrity and demonstrating professional image at all times. To always do what is right.
13. To take personal responsibility & accountability for actions, constantly striving to improve and exceed expectations ensuring safety and quality are never compromised.
Who we're looking for
Preferred Qualifications
14. HNC/HND (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or HNC/ HND CAD.
15. Proficient using the industry design software; AutoCAD, Autodesk Civil 3D.
16. Full driving licence with access to vehicle.
General Experience
17. Previous experience of acting as a CAD Technician in an Engineering / Civils environment.
18. Demonstrates a working knowledge of Autodesk Civils 3D &
19. Ability to use and process international geographic datasets.
20. Working under a BIM environment.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
Our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from 50,000 schemes to 100 million plus major projects.