Senior Temporary Works Designer

About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Temporary Works Designer to join our Power Transmission & Distribution business in Derby.

We are open to both full time and part time candidates (including job share), and offer a flexible working policy.

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 on Temporary Works delivery. Provide advice as to the constructability and sequencing of civil design and temporary works designs for Power T&D business around Cabling, Overhead Lines and Substations.

Engage in bid development, tendering and innovation projects alongside the Team Lead & Design Delivery Manager.

• To undertake the design and co-ordination of civil and temporary works designs required on projects, from the initial feasibility assessment to detail design, installation, and final removal, including where appropriate preparation of in-house temporary works design.
• Ensure the timely delivery and quality of designs including preparation 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.

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

• Reinforced Concrete design and detailing
• Construction site layouts and CDM implementation
• Excavation support for tower foundations or cable trenches
• Formwork and setting templates for reinforced concrete foundations
• Piling and Crane Platforms
• Access roads design and traffic management plans
• Checks on Protective scaffolds for roads, railways and third-party property
• Catenary Support System (in-house system used in place of scaffold)
• Backstays and temporary steelwork for tower support
• Temporary overhead line diversions
• To perform/assist with the production of in-house temporary works design
• Assist in the management of the tender process, understand and interpret scope of works, provide advice and opinion
• Undertake check function for design calculations performed by other engineering colleagues.
• 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.
• 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 temporary works and where necessary permanent works.
• Assist in training of new designers and/or trainees.
• Undertake other such duties as may be required by the Team lead or Design Delivery Manager.
• Maintain compliance of CDM regulations and all other legal and regulatory requirements associated with the nature of designs output by the team.

• PT&D Designers
• PT&D Project team
• Sub-contractors
• Clients
• Local Authorities

• Degree level education or equivalent with formal training in civil engineering and/or geotechnical engineering.
• Professional membership with either the ICE or IStructE &…