Project Engineer, Electrical Engineering

About the role

We're Hiring:
Project Engineer – Substations (Power T&D)

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Location:

England and Wales | 🏢 Company:
Balfour Beatty | 🔋 Sector:
Power Transmission & Distribution | 🕒

Employment Type:

Full-time

Join our Power T&D team at Balfour Beatty, where we’re powering progress across the UK. We’re looking for a talented and driven Project Engineer – Substations to support the ongoing expansion of the National Grid, contributing to a future of clean, efficient, and secure energy.

Must have Substation experience.

As a Project Engineer, you'll be a key player in ensuring the successful delivery of substation projects alongside the Project Manager and wider team. You will be accountable for the planning, design, delivery, monitoring, commissioning, and final handover of our projects.

• Leading the definition and implementation of engineered delivery solutions.
• Briefing project teams and managing effective execution of plans.
• Supporting project delivery across all stages: planning, construction, commissioning, and close-out.
• Championing safety, quality, time, and cost control in every phase.
• Managing and motivating delivery teams to achieve operational excellence.
• Ensuring compliance with client objectives, legal and regulatory frameworks, and company standards.

• Proven experience in substation engineering within power transmission and distribution.
• Strong project management acumen with an engineering mindset.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills to guide teams and liaise with stakeholders.
• A commitment to safety, quality, and collaborative success.

• Lead and attend project reviews / project meetings.
• Have an awareness of the Digital Briefcase.
• Maintain accurate project records (progress, daily diaries etc.).
• Prepare both internal/external reports and liaise with stakeholders.
• Helps to ensure reports provide relevant information to enable informed, cost-effective decisions in line with overall strategy.
• Helps to ensure scope and package assignment supports the team in coordinated working.
• Specify, understand, develop and implement technical information and drawings into delivery.
• Understanding and specify plant and equipment requirements.
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm & keep up to date with changes in legislation.
• Responsible for the safety and welfare of the general public, employees and supply chain.
• Carry out Safety & Environmental Tours/promote observation and safety initiatives.
• Conduct and support Accident/Incident Investigations.
• Monitor effectiveness of the H&S Management System and implement improvement solutions.
• Write and review RAMS and accepting subcontractor RAMS.
• Identifying, raising and reporting risks and hazards.
• Ensure sufficiency and competency of workforce.
• Understand, control and issue safety documentation.
• Completion of audits.
• Setting people to work.
• Assist the Project Manager to lead risk/opportunity reviews, present the Risk.
• Register and recommend/implement changes.
• Help to develop, implement and periodically update resource loaded schedules.

• Ensure team adopt productivity and project controls techniques.
• Monitor progress and implement Short Interval Control processes/hold weekly meeting.
• Ensure production of operational milestones reflect master schedule and customer expectations.
• Motivate and empower the team using the resources available through training, mentoring and performance management.
• Produce plans for the team to achieve goals/aspirations.
• Work alongside Project Management and deputise where required.

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• National Grid experience desirable.
• An organised, innovative and creative Project Engineer with knowledge and experience of working on Projects who is proficient commercial/project management communications.
• Experience in implementing safe systems of work.
• Experience in managing risks and change processes through solutions‑based approach to problem solving.
• Good interpersonal skills that enable working relationships to be developed at all levels across the business and be able to negotiate and influence.
• Discuss ideas and plans…