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About the role

Balfour Beatty is currently recruiting a Senior Design Engineer HV Plant to join the Power T&D team in Newcastle.

The main function of the role is to engineer HV Plant designs for electrical substation projects up to a voltage of 400kV.

Ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with standard Company Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Procedures and Business Process Manual

Contribute to the development and training needs of the Design Team as appropriate to skills level / experience.

Balfour Beatty welcomes applications from both full-time and part-time candidates, including those interested in job-sharing arrangements. Additionally, the company offers a flexible working policy to support a healthy work-life balance.

What you'll be doing

Upon contract award, liaise and co-ordinate contract requirements with Project Manager, customer, external suppliers and other Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Departments.

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.

Effectively control, update and report on progress throughout contract life, giving estimates to complete and highlight potential resource problems to Design Manager / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Planning Responsibilities: Liaise and co-ordinate contract requirements with Project Manager, customer, external suppliers and other Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Departments.
• Procurement Responsibilities: Co-ordinate with other Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Departments as necessary to specify and quantify equipment / material to achieve greatest benefit to the company
• Design Responsibilities: Identify all relevant standards and Customer requirements, ensuring compliance with relevant National / International Standards and legislation, and contract specification

Who we're looking for

Minimum HNC in Electrical Engineering or equivalent; BSc/MSc preferable.

• Experience as HV Substation / Primary Plant Design Engineer: Liaising with customers and suppliers
• Overall design and specification of HV Substation Plant electrical power systems and associated power system components
• Basic understanding of P&C aspects preferable.
• Calculations to demonstrate integrity of designs
• TP141 HV Substation qualification is an advantage
• AutoCAD experience is an advantage
• Microsoft Office packages

Why work for us

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.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too.

• 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.

Balfour Beatty is committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment.

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.