Senior Design Engineer
Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering
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Job summary
Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering in East Midlands is looking for a Senior Design Engineer to lead innovative project solutions in a dynamic environment. The role requires a graduate degree in civil engineering or significant experience in the piling and ground engineering sectors.
The successful candidate will develop bids and lead a team to ensure compliance with quality metrics. A competitive salary and attractive benefits package are also offered.
Qualifications
- Graduate degree in civil engineering or substantial experience in piling and ground engineering operations and design.
- Minimum 5 years' experience in the piling or geotechnical industry.
- Experience designing geotechnical foundations such as load-bearing piles and retaining walls.
Responsibilities
- Develop bids, tenders, and proposals.
- Coordinate delivery of innovative ground engineering solutions.
- Collaborate with the operations team to highlight key methods and outputs.
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Job description
Our projects are more than just an opportunity to make your mark. They are a chance to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Ground Engineering team as a Senior Design Engineer and you will deliver complex work that matters to our business and the world around you.
Role purpose: To be a senior member of the team, develop bids and tenders to win work, generate innovative solutions in challenging ground engineering conditions, maximise opportunities, and provide added value to the client while meeting specifications. The business requires the safest and most efficient solutions for every tender, meeting quality metrics and delivery requirements, ensuring code compliance, and supporting junior team members.
The successful candidate will work with the Estimator and support the work‑winning process, providing accurate solutions based on client requirements. Responsibilities include:
- Develop and produce winning solutions through technical competence and key customer relationships.
- Review customer drawings and specifications and prepare accurate, code‑compliant designs.
- Assist the estimator and Pre‑construction Manager to plan work based on experience or operational team reference.
- Stay current with innovations and developments in the geotechnical and wider design community.
- Review tender documents and submission requirements, ensuring all technical information is identified and included.
- Assess project and technical risks, mitigate them, or capture them in the pricing strategy; communicate risks to stakeholders.
- Collaborate with the operations team to highlight key methods, programme, outputs and plant selection.
- For select tenders, manage and coordinate the preparation of preliminary and general pricing.
- Complete designer risk assessments.
- Assist the Pre‑construction Manager with tender settlement/gate papers.
- Benchmark our solutions against market design solutions to increase success rate.
- Provide considered responses to customer questions, including post‑tender queries.
- Support the Pre‑construction Manager with customer contact, present tender proposals, and contribute to meetings during the tender process.
- Review tender submissions from other bid teams.
- When tenders reach the 1‑2‑1 stage with the client or main contractor, prepare and communicate the design history, philosophy and current proposal to the operational delivery design team.
- Build effective client relations and strong relationships with external structural designers.
- Check designs completed by other members of the team.
- Complete contract designs for submissions to structural engineers after contract award.
- Carry out site visits and technical audits to ensure compliance.
- Respond to and close out non‑conformance issues on site.
These are core responsibilities that define the role:
- Develop bids, tenders, and proposals.
- Coordinate delivery of winning and innovative ground engineering solutions for large projects.
- Graduate degree in civil engineering or similar, or substantial experience in piling and ground engineering operations and design.
- Minimum 5 years' experience in the piling or geotechnical industry.
- Working towards or holding Chartered Status of ICE or equivalent.
- Valid CSCS card.
- Experience designing geotechnical foundations (load‑bearing piles, retaining walls) and deep knowledge of ground engineering and customer focus.
- Experience with WALLAP and OASYS software preferred.
- Ability to develop Revit and PLAXIS skills and train others.
- Ability to meet tight deadlines.
- Effective communication with teams and external stakeholders.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Full focus and determination to achieve successful outcomes.
- Self‑starter, proactive, and quick learner.
- Adaptable to changing customer demands and energized by change.
- Proactive knowledge sharing with colleagues.
Our people are our biggest asset. We focus on recruiting, training and developing talent that can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture our talents and offer a competitive base salary, benefits, and continuous skill development.
- An attractive negotiated salary.
- Company car or car allowance.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Pension savings scheme.
- Enhanced maternity/paternity and family‑friendly policies.
- Access to our Refer and Earn scheme.
- Discretionary annual salary reviews.
Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering is one of the UK’s leading specialist geo‑technical contractors, providing innovative piling and ground improvement solutions across all sectors.
Our comprehensive ground engineering capabilities, equipment and experience provide the solid foundations for infrastructure and buildings of any height, ranging from city skyscrapers to cross‑country rail and road projects.
Our reputation is earned through delivery of ground engineering solutions on some of the UK’s largest and most prestigious projects including HS2, The Shard, Wembley Stadium, Reading Station Viaduct, Marble Arch Place, Battersea Power Station redevelopment and the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement project.
At Balfour Beatty, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. We are growing our diverse workforce and developing an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. For more information, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion.
We are 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 also offer applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/.
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