Chief Engineer - Substation HV Plant | Lead Design (Remote)

Balfour Beatty plc

Leeds

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

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25 days annual leave

Pension and share incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Power T&D is seeking an experienced Chief Engineer (Substation HV Plant) with UK transmission expertise to lead and guide the discipline, ensure quality and standards compliance, and support the growth of the team.

You will oversee technical staff, collaborate with Design Delivery Managers, influence tender development, drive innovation, and ensure safe, design-compliant solutions across high-value projects for the UK electricity network.

Qualifications

Degree level education or equivalent with formal training in engineering.
Chartered Engineer preferred with professional body (e.g. ICE, IEEE or IStructE)
Strong, proven post-graduate experience in the engineering and design sector
Strong, proven experience of the management of design works
IT Literate (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel)
Extensive experience of technical design
Experience of the power industry (preferred)
Experience working with National Grid / SSE would be a benefit

Responsibilities

Ensure competencies of the technical staff working within the discipline.
Contribute towards the strategic direction for the discipline.
Drive a culture of innovation and value engineering within the discipline.
Support the team in understanding client requirements, including those not captured in the contract, and the ability to influence contact specifications.
Closely collaborate with other Chief Engineers and Design Delivery Managers and promote collaboration within the discipline between the Designers and Technicians.
Assist in analysis of test failures and subsequent development of mitigations or solutions.
Work in close collaboration with the discipline Design Delivery Manager to ensure that the team’s technical competencies and expertise are developed and maintained.
Lead on any technical challenges affecting tender development and live projects and in doing so provide support to the relevant Design Delivery Manager.
Support the Lead Designer during tender development, particularly regarding risks and opportunities.
Propose and support development of technical innovations.
Support changes in process and technology proposed and undertaken by the Digital and Delivery teams.
Contribute to the development and updating of the design aids and computer programmes and assist in the analysis of new design concepts.
In conjunction with the lead project design engineer(s), help ensure that the discipline’s scope of work for each project is technically compliant with customer requirements, quality standards and safety by design principles.
Ensure succession plans are in place for their own role, as well as supporting the Design Delivery Manager in doing so for any other key roles within the team (Principal Design Engineers, CDAE, Technical Experts, etc.).
Proactively support the discipline activities whether they are standalone or part of multidisciplinary Contracts.
Look to implement Engineering Excellence, Safety by Design and sustainability goals in everything we do.
Ensure that Manuals and Technical Procedures provided for compliance with the appropriate Quality and Safety standards are maintained and applied.
Look to join, influence and promote relevant Technical Bodies for the discipline.
Support PDRs for discipline alongside the Design Delivery Manager.