Principal P&C Design Engineer

Balfour Beatty plc; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal P&C Design Engineer to join their dynamic Power Transmission & Distribution team. In this pivotal role, you will engineer control and protection designs for electrical substation projects, ensuring compliance with national and international standards. The position offers flexibility, with options for full-time or part-time work, and is based in Leeds or Newcastle. Join a company committed to diversity and inclusion, where your expertise will contribute to vital infrastructure projects that power millions of homes and businesses. This is your chance to advance your career in a supportive and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical power systems and associated components.
• Ability to liaise with customers and suppliers effectively.

Responsibilities

• Engineer control and protection designs for electrical substations.
• Coordinate with project managers and external suppliers.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Control Systems

Project Management

Health and Safety Compliance

Microsoft Office

Education

HNC in Electrical Engineering

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Our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from 50,000 schemes to 100 million plus major projects.

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions. With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the world’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

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About the role

Balfour Beatty is currently recruiting a Principal P&C Design Engineer to join the Power T&D team in Newcastle or Leeds.

We are open to both full time and part time candidates (including job share), and offer a flexible working policy.

The main function of the role is to engineer the control and protection designs for electrical substation projects up to a voltage of 400kV. The role specific to the Control and Protection function is detailed further in Appendix A.

The role also includes the General, Planning and Procurement responsibilities as detailed below for delivery of substation projects.

What you'll be doing

General Responsibilities:

Ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with standard Company Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Procedures and Business Process Manual.

Contribute to the development and training needs of the Design Team as appropriate to skills level / experience.

Planning Responsibilities:

Upon contract award, liaise and co-ordinate contract requirements with Project Manager, customer, external suppliers and other Balfour Beatty Departments at earliest opportunity.

Establish Design content of work package and the Design resource to achieve the required time scales, in line with Project EMPS, via development of detail engineering design plans.

Effectively control, update and report on progress throughout contract life, giving estimates to complete and highlight potential resource problems to Design Manager / Project Manager.

Procurement Responsibilities:

Co-ordinate with other Balfour Beatty Departments as necessary to specify and quantify equipment / material to achieve greatest benefit to the company.

Report variations in the Contract Scope of Work to the Design Manager / Project Manager, indicate implications and only proceed with these variations following verbal / written approval from the Project Manager.

Specify any specific test certificates and/or operations & maintenance manuals as part of technical spec and/or purchase order requisition.

Design Responsibilities:

Identify all relevant standards and Customer requirements, ensuring compliance with relevant National / International Standards and legislation, and contract specification.

Design work to be undertaken with due regard to Health, Safety & Environmental Procedures and production of Designer Risk Assessments, as necessary, to fulfil the Company’s obligations in compliance with current CDM regulations.

Examine contract documentation and establish the Company’s scope of work including termination boundaries. Where this differs with the tendered contract requirement then this differences should be highlighted to the Project Manager.

Attend and contribute to Design Review / Contract Close-out Meetings, ensuring that appropriate items are actioned in a timely manner.

Liaise with Engineers, Designers and Draughtspersons on drawings requirements.

Check and approve engineering designs prepared by team members.

Initiate the preparation of all required drawings and approve all drawings to be submitted for customer / sub-contractor interface.

In conjunction with other Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Departments, prepare Installation and Commissioning packages, in a timely manner as dictated by the Site Installation & Commissioning Schedule.

Prepare special Test Specifications and Procedures for the Inspection and Test Department.

Receive “As Installed” site drawings and documentation and liaise with other Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Departments to ensure accurate final records are prepared and submitted to client in line with the requirements of the contract specification.

Highlight any design issues to the Design Manager / Project Manager proposing any possible solution for review.

Carry out engineering checks as deemed necessary and in line with the requirements of the Business Process Manual.

Who we're looking for

Education : HNC in Electrical Engineering or higher.

Experience : Liaising with customers and suppliers

: UK industry experience and preferably National Grid.

: Overall design and specification of electrical power systems and associated power system components

: Calculations to demonstrate integrity of designs

:
Microsoft Office Packages

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

This is your chance to join a growing business with the opportunities to develop and further your career in a multi disciplined specialist environment that will challenge you on a daily basis.

About us

Our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from 50,000 schemes to 100 million plus major projects.

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions. With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the world’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

#WeValueEveryone

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Civil Engineering, Utility System Construction, and Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution

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