Principal Civil and Structural Foundation Design Engineer

Derby, England, United Kingdom

12/20/2024

About the role

Balfour Beatty are recruiting a Principal Civil and Structural Foundation Design Engineer to join the Power Transmission and Distribution Team in Derby.

Role focus will be:

• To work with project teams, designers, and subcontractors through the design phase to deliver safe and suitable scope of works in line with the project objectives.
• Take responsibility for the design delivery and design suitability for works across Power T&D construction projects with particular focus on Overhead Line (OHL) foundations and geotechnical delivery.
• Provide advice on the constructability and sequencing of civil design and temporary works designs for Power T&D business.
• Provide geotechnical support across the range of PT&D workstreams.  
• Engage in bid development, tendering, innovation projects alongside the Team Lead and Design Delivery Manager.

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

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead and fulfil management responsibilities of a section of the Geotechnical and OHL foundation design team.
• Undertake the design and co-ordination of foundation and geotechnical designs required on OHL, Cabling and Substation projects, from the initial feasibility assessment through to detail design, installation, and where required, support the in-house temporary works design team in preparing temporary works design.
• Ensure the timely delivery and quality of OHL foundations and geotechnical designs. Prepare reports, calculations and drawings to a high technical level which are compliant with the required Client and national technical standards (BS/Eurocodes/ENA etc).
• Understand and be able to capture Client requirements, including those not explicitly stated within the contract. Able to contribute to the generation of robust pricing and design delivery solutions.

 Key Responsibilities:

To assess and identify design and temporary works requirements on each project. Including: 

• Drive a Safety by Design approach at all times.
• Lead various civil project designs including reinforced concrete design and detailing, ground risk assessments, tower capacity assessment, site design and enablement, slope stability assessments and specification / management of geotechnical works.
• Maintain compliance of CDM regulations and all other legal and regulatory requirements associated with the nature of designs output by the team.
• Undertake technical quality assurance reviews and provide design approval as required / permitted by the Chief Engineer.
• Work closely with other elements of the design team to ensure effective collaboration on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Assist in the management of the tender process, understand, and interpret scope of works, provide advice and opinion.
• Embed “Safety by Design” principles in all activities, including managing safety through appropriate life cycle designs that minimises risks to personnel and property, by ensuring that Health & Safety Regulations and Balfour Beatty procedures and requirements are followed in the design of foundation and geotechnical works.
• Work together with the Team Lead and provide guidance of good engineering practices to upskill members of the team.
• Develop and implement policies, processes, and procedures to support the continual improvement of the team.
• Support in the advancement of the engineering design delivery for the team with particular focus on upskilling and use of software. Contribute to the development and updating of the design aids and computer programmes and assist in the analysis of new design concepts.
• Support colleagues in managing the output and delivery of suitable design drawings.
• Assist in determining team objectives, strategy, and requirements.

Who we're looking for

Skills Required:

• Management
• Degree level education or equivalent with formal training in civil engineering and/or geotechnical engineering.
• Chartered Engineer preferred with either the ICE or IStruct.
• Strong, proven post-graduate experience in the civil engineering industry.
• Experience of the supervision of sub-consultants or subcontractors.
• Proven experience of the design of civil engineering works.
• Strong, proven experience of the management of design of civil or geotechnical engineering works.
• IT Literate (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, CAD)
• Extensive experience of geotechnical design.
• Expertise in the use of Tekla Tedds.
• Good knowledge and understanding of Eurocode and British standards.

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

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 worlds 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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