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Senior Temporary Works Designer

Balfour Beatty plc
Derby, GBR
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Hybrid
Discovered 4 weeks ago
Temporary works designCivil engineering designPower transmission and distributionBS 5975Reinforced concrete design and detailingGeotechnical engineering

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Role purpose

Join Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution business as a Senior Temporary Works Designer.

Take responsibility for design delivery and suitability on power transmission and distribution construction projects, particularly temporary works.

Advise on constructability and sequencing for cabling, overhead lines and substations; contribute to bids, tenders and innovation projects.

Working arrangements

  • The employer is open to full-time and part-time candidates, including job share, and offers flexible working.
  • Smart working may include up to 40% remote work where the role allows.
  • Site visits are undertaken as necessary.

Design and delivery

  • Design and coordinate civil and temporary works from feasibility through detailed design, installation and removal.
  • Prepare reports, calculations and drawings to a high technical standard and comply with client requirements, BS, Eurocodes and ENA standards.
  • Assess requirements such as reinforced concrete, excavation support, formwork, piling, crane platforms, access roads and traffic management.
  • Address site layouts and CDM, protective scaffolds, catenary support systems, backstays, temporary steelwork and overhead line diversions.
  • Support in-house temporary works design and check colleagues' design calculations.
  • Support tendering, scope interpretation, pricing and design-delivery solutions.
  • Coordinate with project teams, designers, subcontractors, clients and local authorities; advise on installation procedures.
  • Apply safety-by-design and comply with health and safety, CDM and other legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Assist with training new designers and trainees.

Skills and experience

  • Degree-level education or equivalent, with formal training in civil engineering and/or geotechnical engineering.
  • Professional membership with ICE or IStructE and working towards Chartered Engineer status.
  • Strong, proven postgraduate civil engineering experience and working knowledge of BS 5975.
  • Experience supervising sub-consultants or subcontractors; designing civil works and managing civil or temporary works design.
  • Experience designing and checking temporary works for civil engineering projects.
  • IT literacy, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and CAD.

Benefits

  • Benefits include 25 days' paid annual leave pro rata, family-friendly leave policies, pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave and recognition schemes.

Business context

The Power Transmission & Distribution teams provide engineering solutions across electricity grids, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

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