Senior P&C Design Engineer - Leeds

Balfour Beatty; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company is seeking a Senior P&C Design Engineer to join their Power T&D team based in Leeds or Newcastle. The role involves engineering the control and protection designs for electrical substations up to 400kV and includes planning and procurement responsibilities. Candidates with an HNC in Electrical Engineering and experience with electrical power systems are encouraged to apply. Flexible working options are available, with up to 40% remote working.

Benefits

Flexible working

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension plan

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in UK Industry, preferably with National Grid.
• Proficiency in electrical power systems design.
• Ability to perform calculations for design integrity.

Responsibilities

• Engineer control and protection designs for electrical substations.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental Procedures.
• Coordinate design content and resource for work packages.

Skills

Liaising with customers and suppliers

Overall design and specification of electrical power systems

Calculations to demonstrate integrity of designs

Microsoft Office Packages

Education

HNC in Electrical Engineering or higher

Job description

About the role

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

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.

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

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.

P rocurement 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.

Prepare instructions for all materials and special tools required for site and pass this information to 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.

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

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.

Who we're looking for

Education : HNC in Electrical Engineering or higher.

Experience : Liaising with customers and suppliers: UK Industry experience, 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 some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key 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…

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/

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