Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industry

Construction

About The Role

Balfour Beatty is looking for a Senior Primary Design Engineer to join its Power Transmission & Distribution (T&D) team across the UK.

The main function of the role is the delivery of primary engineering design for electrical substation projects up to 400 kV with support from Design Engineers.

The role also involves supporting the team with planning and procurement responsibilities for substation project delivery.

Key Accountabilities

• Deliver design to the Customer’s specification, ensuring compliance with relevant national and international standards and legislation.
• Check and approve HV plant design deliverables, e.g. single‑line diagram, layout/elevation drawings, MEWP access layouts, SC force calculations, earthing design and calculations.
• Work with due regard to health and safety procedures and the Company’s obligations under current CDM regulations. Any perceived risks and mitigation measures should be advised to the Engineering Manager.
• Ensure all required models and drawings are adequately reviewed and approved, including those from suppliers and subcontractors, incorporating best practice BIM as established in the Engineering team.

General Responsibilities

• Ensure duties are carried out in accordance with Standard Company quality, health & safety, environmental procedures and business process manuals.
• Deliver engineering design on programme, quality and budget, and lead safety and sustainability by design into engineering delivery.
• Act as authorised approver of designs (and associated settings) on contracts, in accordance with published design/check/approve authorisation levels.

Commercial/Contract Responsibilities

Report variations to the Design Manager/Engineering Manager, indicate implications and proceed only after verbal or written approval from the Engineering Manager.

Design Responsibilities

• Identify all relevant standards and customer requirements, ensuring compliance with national and international standards and the contract specification.
• Carve out design work with due regard to health, safety & environmental procedures, producing designer risk assessments where required.
• AIS and GIS substation design up to 400 kV.

Education

Minimum HNC in Electrical Engineering or equivalent. A graduation engineering degree is desirable.

• Member of IET (MIET).
• Working towards chartership (CEng).

Experience

• Liaising with customers and suppliers.
• Overall design and specification of electrical power systems and associated components.
• Calculations to demonstrate integrity of designs.
• Microsoft Office packages.
• AutoCAD 2D / Revit experience.
• Working on BIM360.
• Experience as HV substation / primary plant design engineer.
• Basic understanding of P&C aspects preferable.
• TP141 HV substation qualification is an advantage.

Benefits

• Smart working – staggered start/finish times and up to 40 % remote working where the role allows.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro‑rata).
• Family‑friendly policies: 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 more.

About Us

Our skilled and dedicated teams deliver proactive and reactive services that support a reliable and safe supply of power to millions of homes and businesses worldwide. Contracts range from 50 k schemes to 100 M+ major projects.

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations. From scoping and feasibility to design, construction and ongoing maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support clients on the world’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

We are committed to a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. Our UK Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan sets out targeted, proactive, measurable steps to achieve this commitment. The plan can be viewed in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone.

We support the achievement of an inclusive culture as members of WISE, ENEI, the Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve open letter to demonstrate our commitment to long‑term and sustainable actions on Black inclusion.