Substations P&C Design Discipline Lead

Balfour Beatty plc; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Paid leave

Family policies

Pension

Share plans

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Substations P&C Design Discipline Lead to oversee design delivery teams across UK and international projects. The role involves managing resources, fostering team collaboration, and ensuring high performance in project delivery. Ideal candidates will have a degree in engineering and experience in the power industry, along with strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in the power industry, familiar with NG, SSE, SPEN, and DNO specifications.
• Membership or working towards membership of an engineering institution (e.g., ICE, IEEE, IMechE).

Responsibilities

• Managing discipline resourcing and team development.
• Overseeing workload management across locations.
• Promoting cooperation between different teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Team management

Education

Degree in Civil, Electrical, or Power Engineering

Job description

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Role purpose:

Ensure that competent resources are available to deliver design for our projects.

About the role

The Design Delivery Lead is responsible for managing a discipline-specific delivery team:

• Providing strategy, management, and leadership to the team across UK and worldwide offices.
• Promoting cooperation between different teams and wider stakeholders.
• Fostering a proactive team culture that encourages shared learning, best practices, good communication, collaboration, and recognition of success.

What you'll be doing

Key Accountabilities:

• Managing discipline resourcing, team development, and ensuring sufficient and competent staff for current and future workloads.
• Overseeing workload management across locations in collaboration with local Team Leads.
• Monitoring team productivity and performance related to design delivery.
• Maximizing profit and loss through staff productivity across all locations.
• Ensuring tender inputs capture opportunities and risks with realistic pricing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Nominating Lead Designers and key roles for projects and managing work allocation.
• Maintaining high team cohesion regardless of location.
• Collaborating with the Chief Engineer to develop technical competencies.
• Setting strategic direction aligned with department procedures and leadership support.
• Supporting tender development, ensuring budgets, schedules, and risks are managed.
• Tracking progress and reporting to senior leadership.
• Planning succession for key roles within the team.
• Liaising with Project Controls to ensure staff information is current and supporting PARAM setup.
• Promoting and demonstrating company values and behaviors daily.

Who we're looking for

Skills Required:

• Degree or equivalent in Civil, Electrical, or Power Engineering.
• Membership or working towards membership of an engineering institution (e.g., ICE, IEEE, IMechE).
• Experience in the power industry, familiar with NG, SSE, SPEN, and DNO specifications.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Why work for us

Our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious projects, developing and maintaining vital infrastructure that supports economies and communities. We offer flexible benefits including smart working, paid leave, family policies, pension, share plans, and more.

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams provide technical solutions across the electricity grid, supporting projects from design to maintenance with industry-leading innovations.

Diversity and inclusion

We value diversity and inclusion, striving to create an environment where everyone can thrive. We are committed to equal opportunity and support applications from armed forces personnel and individuals with disabilities. For more information, visit our diversity page.

Additional details

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Industries: Utility System Construction, Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution, Civil Engineering