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Design Engineer

Bouygues Travaux Publics

The Role

Overview

Lead design and delivery of Enabling & Earthworks packages for Sizewell C.

Key Responsibilities

  • design delivery
  • scope definition
  • value engineering
  • safe design
  • team leadership
  • technical assurance

Tasks

-Interface with internal functions and external partners to ensure project and statutory requirements are fully understood and addressed -Engage with commercial, procurement, project controls, construction, and HSW teams to resolve technical challenges -Define the scope and requirements of design work through to commissioning and handover -Challenge and support designers to de-risk solutions, drive value engineering, and optimise costs and programme outcomes -Champion ‘Safe by Design’ principles to enhance health, safety and wellbeing across the project -Facilitate collaborative meetings to share best practice, promote innovation and ensure consistency of design -Oversee design delivery performance for time, cost, quality and change management -Lead and manage multi-disciplinary design teams, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, code-compliant Enabling & Earthworks packages -Ensure third party approvals and requirements are discharged appropriately during the design stage -Coordinate with the Technical Assurance Team to ensure designs are verified, validated and configured

Requirements

  • team leadership
  • design interface
  • project scheduling
  • degree
  • accreditation
  • earthworks

What You Bring

-Proven ability to lead and manage multi-disciplinary teams across organisations -Humility – appreciating diverse perspectives and fostering open debate -Clear grasp of design and engineering interfaces with construction, commissioning, supply chain and other stakeholders -Deep understanding of project scheduling, commercial arrangements and budget control -Degree-level qualification and/or 5-10 years’ experience in this field (essential) -Professional accreditation and/or sector-specific MSc degree (desirable) -Excellent communication skills to engage with management, clients, design teams and third parties -Strong technical knowledge and experience in design and earthworks -Clarity – communicating with purpose, making decisions and driving simplification

The Company

About Bouygues Travaux Publics

-Delivers high-tech civil engineering marvels worldwide. -Portfolio includes Grand Paris Express Line 15, Port of Calais extension, Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge, Miami Port Tunnel, and Chernobyl sarcophagus. - Masters of prestressed and cable-stayed concrete, building major bridges, ports, rail arteries, and metro systems. -Operates internationally with bases in France, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Australia, undertaking globally significant projects. -Plays lead roles in PPP financing models, combining technical delivery with innovative project structuring. -Recognized for expertise in nuclear work through a dedicated subsidiary, handling everything from civil works to robotics. -Frequently chosen for its ability to engineer, build, and manage projects of exceptional technical complexity.

Sector Specialisms

Tunnels

Engineering structures

Road infrastructures

Port infrastructures

Rail infrastructures

River and maritime works

Highway structures

Underground infrastructures

Pre-stressing systems

Cable-stay systems

Nuclear infrastructures

Civil engineering

Ventilation

Electricity

Control systems

Piping

Maintenance

Decommissioning

Waste management

Radiation protection

Vitrification

Robotics

Industrial civil engineering

Environmental management

Open-pit mining