Job Description

Role Purpose:

• Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Protection & Control Design Engineer to join our Power Transmission & Distribution business based in Leeds;
• To provide project leadership as Project Design Lead (PDL) for design delivery of one or more electrical substation projects from tendering till project handover;
• Perform and lead the design delivery for electrical substation projects up to a voltage of 400kV with the assistance of the Design Engineers.

On a day to day basis you will be responsible for:

• Ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with standard Company Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Procedures and BMS;
• Ensure that the allocated projects meet or exceed the requirements of safety by design, quality, programme and budget;
• Deliver and lead Protection & Control Systems design for substations;
• Enact CDAE role and deliver associated responsibilities in line with NG TP188 and other applicable documents and standards;
• Orchestrate Customer Witness Tests at the factory for Protection & Control Systems;
• Represent the Department at project start-up, scheme review, progress, close-out, liaison and other meetings;
• Be responsible for maintaining internal and external interfaces during the project;
• On receipt of confirmation of contract award, undertake a review of the estimate and any post tender additional requirements;
• Prepare Design Projects status via a project-specific Project Status Report (PSR) as per department procedures;
• Should any changes in scope be requested by the client, then raise a EWNs/ DES06 that quantifies the impact and costs associated;
• Flag deviations, seek and agree mitigation;
• Review TQs/ EWNs weekly and monitor. Escalate as necessary;

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

HND in Electrical Engineering or higher; Extensive experience in HV substation design; Reasonable working knowledge of the requirements of multi-discipline substation design delivery for substation projects for National Grid, SSE or similar clients and experience in such delivery; Reasonable working knowledge of project co-ordination, estimating, scope change management, programme management and reporting; Familiarity with quality assurance, business processes and applications; Integrity and professionalism; Teamwork ethic; Strives for excellence in design delivery/customer relations; Demonstrates respect for team members, customers and suppliers.