P&C Interface Designer - Aberdeen/Leeds/Newcastle

Balfour Beatty plc; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and engineering company is seeking a P&C Interface Designer in Aberdeen City, Scotland. You'll work with project teams to produce and modify detailed electrical designs for substations, ensuring compliance with safety and technical standards. The role requires strong AutoCAD skills and a proactive approach to quality and safety. Flexibility and smart working practices, along with competitive benefits, are offered.

Benefits

Smart working with up to 40% remote

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of AutoCAD software required.
• Experience working on SSE or NG contracts is beneficial.
• Attention to detail and quality standards awareness essential.

Responsibilities

• Produce and modify drawings based on design requirements.
• Ensure timely and quality delivery of compliant drawings.
• Drive a Safety by Design approach.

Skills

AutoCAD software

Design of substation electrical protection systems

IT Literacy (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel)

Job description

About The Role

The P&C Interface Designer will work with the project team, designers and engineers through the detail design phase to deliver the safe and suitable scope of works in line with the project objectives. Produce drawing output for both initial and detail design phases and support the design of substation works including; Single Line Diagrams, Key Line Diagrams, General Arrangements, Circuit Diagrams, Wiring Diagrams, Interface Wiring Diagrams including cable connections.

Responsibilities

• Produce and modify drawings based upon the design requirements on PT&D projects.
• Ensure the timely and quality delivery of drawings to a high quality standard which are compliant with the required Client and national technical standards (BS/Eurocodes/ENA).
• Assess and identify design and temporary works requirements on each project.
• Drive a Safety by Design approach at all times.
• Take personal responsibility and accountability for actions, constantly striving to improve and exceed expectations ensuring safety and quality are never compromised
• Ensure that Procedures and Manuals provided for compliance with the appropriate Quality Assurance are applied.
• Working with multiple clients to produce drawings to their specific standards.
• To actively develop working methods to improve the quality of the output.
• Liaise as necessary with the engineer to determine the most suitable and practical interpretation of design.

Requirements

• Possess a strong understanding of AutoCAD software.
• Experience of the Design of substation electrical protection systems
• Familiarity with protection system components & substation auxiliary system components (LVAC, batteries etc).
• Experience working on SSE or NG contracts with an in depth knowledge of their technical requirements with regards to panel and interface design.
• IT Literate (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel).
• Must be capable of working to strict deadlines and be highly organised.
• Attention to detail and an awareness of the quality standards required.

Benefits

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

Diversity and Inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment.