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Civils Design Engineer (Substation)

Balfour Beatty Plc

The Role

Overview

Design and manage civil works for substations, overhead lines and cabling projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • tender management
  • foundation analysis
  • design review
  • collaboration
  • cross‑functional

Tasks

-To operate in an open- and even-handed manner with all personnel across the business. Treat all who we interact with, with courtesy and respect, treating everyone equally and embracing differences. Encourage everyone to achieve maximum potential. -To proactively contribute to teamwork and cross-functional working. To listen to each other and share knowledge enabling us to willingly combine expertise across the business and with our clients and supply chain. -Assist in the management of the tender process, understand and interpret scope of works, provide advice and opinion -Analysis of existing foundations -Undertake check function for design calculations performed by other engineering colleagues.

Requirements

  • chartered engineer
  • reinforced concrete
  • cad
  • drainage
  • post‑graduate
  • design management

What You Bring

-Strong, proven post-graduate experience in the civil engineering industry -Experience of substation structural components -Experience of drainage design and water management -Experience of the supervision of sub-consultants or subcontractors -Chartered Engineer preferred with either the ICE, CGeol or IStructE -Proven experience of the design of civil engineering works -Reinforced Concrete design and detailing compliant to required Client & national technical standards (BS/Eurocodes/ENA) -Degree level education or equivalent with formal training in civil engineering and/or geotechnical engineering. -IT Literate (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, CAD) -Strong, proven experience of the management of design of civil or geotechnical engineering works -Experience in the design and checking of temporary works for civil engineering projects

Benefits

-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… -Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.

The Company

About Balfour Beatty Plc

-It finances, designs, constructs and maintains roads, rail, energy plants, water systems, buildings and communities. -Active across the UK, US, Hong Kong and Canada, it's known for ventures like HS2, Crossrail and major highway upgrades. -Known for innovation, it uses digital tools, off-site manufacturing and automated plant to enhance safety and efficiency. -An unusual highlight: it pioneered the Automated Cone Laying Machine, boosting roadworker safety on live highways.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Off-site solutions

Pipe fabrication and installation

Infrastructure Investments

Construction Services

Support Services

Civil engineering

Building

Ground engineering

Mechanical & Electrical engineering

Refurbishment

Fit-out

Rail engineering

Electricity networks

Rail

Highways

Structural concrete repair

Corrosion protection

Bridge strengthening

Bearing replacement

Concrete carriageway rehabilitation

Transportation (roads, rail and aviation)

Power and Energy

Mining

Water

Social infrastructure (hospitals and schools)