About the role
Balfour Beatty are recruiting for a Senior Design Engineer HV Plant to join the Power T&D team in their Newcastle or Leeds offices.
We are open to both full time and part time candidates (including job share), and offer a flexible working policy.
The main function of the role is to engineer HV Plant designs for electrical substation projects up to avoltage of 400kV.
1. Ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with standard Company Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Procedures and Business Process Manual
2. Contribute to the development and training needs of the Design Team as appropriate to skills level / experience.
What you'll be doing
Planning Responsibilities:
3. Upon contract award, liaise and co-ordinate contract requirements with Project Manager, customer, external suppliers and other Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Departments.
4. Establish Design content of work package and the Design resource to achieve the required time scales, in line with project plans, via development of detail engineering design plans.
5. Effectively control, update and report on progress throughout contract life, giving estimates to complete and highlight potential resource problems to Design Manager / Project Manager
Procurement Responsibilities:
6. Co-ordinate with other Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Departments as necessary to specify and quantify equipment / material to achieve greatest benefit to the company
7. Report variations in the Contract Scope of Work to the Design Manager / Project Manager, indicate implications and only proceed with these variations following verbal / written approval from the Project Manager
8. Prepare instructions for all materials and special tools required for site and pass this information to the Project Manager
Design Responsibilities:
9. Identify all relevant standards and Customer requirements, ensuring compliance with relevant National / International Standards and legislation, and contract specification
10. Design work to be undertaken with due regard to Health, Safety & Environmental Procedures and production of Designer Risk Assessments.
11. Examine contract documentation and establish the Companys scope of work including termination boundaries.
12. Attend and contribute to Design Review / Contract Close-out Meetings, ensuring that appropriate items are actioned in a timely manner
13. Liaise with Designers and Draughtspersons on drawings requirements
14. Engineering Review and Contractor Design Approval (TP141) of design provided by other design engineers
15. Initiate the preparation of all required drawings and approve all drawings to be submitted for customer / sub-contractor interface
16. In conjunction with other Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Departments, prepare Installation and Commissioning packages, in a timely manner as dictated by the Site Installation & Commissioning Schedule
17. Prepare special Test Specifications and Procedures for the Inspection and Test Department
18. Receive As Installed site drawings and documentation and liaise with other Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Departments to ensure accurate final records are prepared and submitted to client in line with the requirements of the contract specification
19. Highlight any design issues to the Assistant Design Manager / Project Manager proposing any possible solution for review
Who we're looking for
20. Minimum HNC in Electrical Engineering or equivalent; BSc/MSc preferable.
21. Experience as HV Substation / Primary Plant Design Engineer: Liaising with customers and suppliers
22. Overall design and specification of HV Substation Plant electrical power systems and associated power system components
23. Basic understanding of P&C aspects preferable.
24. Calculations to demonstrate integrity of designs
25. TP141 HV Substation qualification is an advantage
26. AutoCAD experience is an advantage
27. Microsoft Office packages
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