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Job No. BBUK12862
Power T&D
Design Engineering
Balfour Beatty are currently seeking a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join their Power T&D team in Scotland. This is a site based role in The Isle of Skye.
Role purpose:
• To work with project team, designers, and subcontractors through the design phase to deliver the 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 geotechnical delivery.
• Provide advice as to 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 and innovation projects alongside the Team Lead and Design Delivery Lead.
Balfour Beatty welcomes applications from both full-time and part-time candidates, including those interested in job-sharing arrangements. Additionally, the company offers a flexible working policy to support a healthy work-life balance.
Key Accountabilities:
· Be design representative on site and ensure the safe and timely construction for all geotechnical and civil engineering related works.
· To undertake the design and co-ordination of foundation and geotechnical designs from the initial feasibility assessment, through development to detail design & delivery phase and scheme close ensuring completion in accordance with programme, cost and quality requirements.
· Ensure the timely delivery and quality of designs. Preparation and checking of reports, calculations and drawings to a high technical level which are compliant with the required Client and national technical standards (BS/Eurocodes/ENA).
• 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:
• Undertake site walkover surveys and reporting, geotechnical desktop assessments, foundation capacity checks and geotechnical risk assessments including the interpretation of ground investigation information.
• Specify ground investigation and testing, undertake soil and rock logging, witness and report on piling other works.
• Provide on site assessment of geological conditions resulting in design decisions for applicable engineering solutions
• Support the provision of designs, volumes and quantities as required for tender submissions such that upon contract award, the budget, programme and specification can be achieved.
• Attend testing and undertake supervision of installation as required to verify the suitability of design and quality of construction.
• Working closely with Project Teams to determine and maintain common objectives and to ensure work undertaken is appropriate and in accordance with project priorities.
• Liaise with appropriate personnel to achieve optimum installation procedures. Undertake site visits as necessary to plan and inspect foundation or geotechnical works.
• Embed “Safety by Design” principles in all activities, including managing safety through appropriate life cycle designs that minimise risks to personnel and property, by ensuring that Health & Safety Regulations and Balfour Beatty procedures and requirements are followed in the design of foundation or geotechnical works.
• Analyse contract documents to ensure correct interpretation of customers/consultant’s intentions.
• Correspond as directed with the Business Units, customer, consultant, vendor (sub-contractor) to ensure the achievement of satisfactory progress and quality. Visit sites and offices to discuss and solve problem issues, as appropriate.
• Assist in training of new designers and/or trainees.
• Undertake other such duties as may be required by the Team Lead or Design Delivery Lead.
• Maintain compliance of CDM regulations and all other legal and regulatory requirements associated with the nature of designs output by the team.
Skills Required:
• Degree level education or equivalent with formal training in civil engineering and/or geotechnical engineering.
• Professional membership with either the ICE or Geol Soc & working towards Chartered Engineer status.
• Experience in soil and rock logging and testing to EC7, BS5930 and BS1377
• 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
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
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