Design Lead

Description

• Will discharge the obligations or nominate Principal Designer under CDM 2015 regulations.
• Prepare resource plans to support sub-programme portfolio of the relevant Capital Programme workstream and accountable for making the decision to insource or outsource the design delivery to external parties.
• Responsible for internal staff e.g. responsible for setting individual performance targets for the design team within the performance targets for engineering design, handling daily HR issues for the team, authorising leave, timesheets and expenses.
• Work unsupervised, set and comply with own targets and those of your team, and identify and implement solutions.
• Deliver the designs to agreed programme, quality and cost in compliance with UKPN standards and CDM regulations and the appropriate reporting and tracking of these activities.
• Be responsible for the design estimation cost, ensure quality of design is assured and contribute to the out-performance of the regulatory determination or agreed Connections quotation.
• Accountable for the preparation of works information pertinent for external design partners (Time Charge and Work Package Orders), the raising and receiving design related "Early Warnings", "Compensation Events", "Technical Queries" and the resultant change control processes.
• Manage daily Electrical, Civil, Cable and OHL Designers, ensuring you produce designs that comply with standards. Achieve Design Freeze through design review and assurance, maintain CDM compliance, and support the delivery team.
• Define design scope deliverables, and agreeing delivery programme and cost with the Project Manager
• Provision of as built information, Health and Safety file and key contributor to the technical closure of projects and sub-programmes
• Be a point of reference for senior managers, programme and project managers on technical aspects of designs for the relevant portfolio of projects. Will have the relevant technical authority to make the appropriate technical decisions.
• Ensure that designs achieve the mandated outputs whilst being rigorously challenged to assure technical requirements are achieved.
• Accountable for the daily management of designers seconded to the design team from external agencies.
• Develop Quality Assurance procedures and company design standards and ensure that team always follow appropriate policies.

Requirements

• Hold, IOSH Working Safely or higher equivalent qualification
• Experience in OHL (up to 132kV), Cables (up to 132kV) and Tower design
• Analytical and decision-making skills
• Experience in mainstream engineering construction including electrical networks and experience of design coordination processes.
• Technical qualifications – relevant technical degree.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft desktop applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, P6, Autodesk Construction Cloud, & SharePoint.(training may be provided where required)
• Experience managing teams of engineers in a similar large capital programme environment (including setting performance targets and appraisals)
• A good safety ethos with a sound understanding of Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations and their application.
• Chartered Engineer or working towards

Benefits

• Occupational Health support
• 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Discounted gym membership
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance