What you'll be doing

Technical Competency:

• Deep understanding of HV equipment testing and commissioning, including staged commissioning and safety implications.


• Accurate tendering of total commissioning costs, including external commissioning services.


• Verify the competency and authorisation of all commissioning providers and personnel.


• Ensure clear reporting streams and responsibilities for commissioning and testing activities.

Tendering:

• Develop commissioning schedules and hours-based costing for tenders.


• Support site visits and clarify commissioning requirements during the tender phase.


• Participate in project handover meetings to ensure alignment between design, operations, and commissioning requirements.

Training and Development:

• Assess and enhance staff competencies, including internal and external training on substation commissioning requirements.


• Train new and existing commissioning engineers on emerging technologies, procedures, and quality standards.

Procedural Oversight:

• Ensure adherence to site commissioning procedures, meeting both quality and safety standards.


• Provide updated commissioning schedules and reports as required.


• Establish productivity and cost reporting for commissioning activities.


• Enforce consistent safety, QA, and hold point standards across all projects.

Planning and Delivery:

• Develop commissioning programs, including emergency return-to-service plans.


• Attend project meetings to optimise commissioning delivery, productivity, and innovation.


• Monitor commissioning progress, costs, and schedules, and escalate issues to the Project Manager as necessary.


• Aid in forecasting commissioning costs and completion timelines.

Who we're looking for

Essential:

• Relevant operational experience in substation commissioning, with previous authorisations.


• Strong understanding of National Grid commissioning procedures and requirements.


• HNC or equivalent qualification.


• Proven experience managing remote technical teams, including direct reports and subcontractors.


• Knowledge of industry quality documentation standards.

Desirable:

• Experience commissioning large infrastructure projects.


• Familiarity with National Grid BP141 standards.


• A technical degree in a relevant field.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

As a business Balfour Beatty are committed to supporting our staff in attaining and maintaining their chosen professional accreditation., along with reimbursing annual Professional membership fees.

• Competitive Salary

• 37.5 hours Monday to Friday

• Company DC pension scheme up to 5% EEs & 7% ERs

• Company car

• Hybrid working

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications

• Employee assistance programme

• Up to 2 days volunteering per year

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 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 on our website.