Utilities Design Coordinator

About the role

Balfour Beatty are looking for Utilities Design Coordinators to work on one of their major projects - Lower Thames Crossing.

The roles will be based on site at the project offices located in Grays, Thurrock area.

Role Purpose

The Utilities Design Coordinator will support the Utilities Design Manager and Project Manager in the coordination, management, and assurance of utilities detailed design delivery for the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) project.

The role supports the delivery of the utilities design scope, including both Contestable and Statutory Undertakers Non-Contestable designs. This will be achieved through close coordination with main works design functions and ancillary design disciplines, including temporary works, to ensure utility corridors are fixed and any subsequent changes are effectively controlled through established detailed design coordination processes.

The Utilities Design Coordinator will also contribute to the administration of the detailed design contract, production of design deliverables, and support Design Managers with design management activities. This will ensure that utilities designs are fully integrated, compliant, buildable, and delivered in accordance with programme and contract requirements.

Accountabilities

• Production of Approval in Principle (AIP)/ design input documents defining the utilities design solution and scope of works, ensuring clarity of requirements and design intent throughout the detailed design and construction phases.
• Communicate design intent effectively with operations teams, third parties, the client, and internal stakeholders during both design delivery and construction phases.
• Prepare, coordinate, and contribute to design deliverables including Interface Control Documents, Utility Asset Schedules, Task Information Delivery Plans (TIDPs), and comment sheets in accordance with the agreed design programmes.
• Coordinate the timely production and submission of utilities detailed design deliverables, including drawings and models, in accordance with the programme requirements.
• Coordinate design inputs and outputs required for utilities detailed design delivery, ensuring alignment with construction methodology, sequencing, and temporary works to achieve coordinated solutions.
• Support design development and assurance activities, ensuring utilities designs comply with contract requirements, statutory approvals, technical standards, and project governance.
• Assist with the review, checking, and coordination of approvals for design deliverables including models, drawings, and other outputs, administering associated CDE workflows processes where required.
• Maintain design management records, track, and respond to Technical Queries (TQs), Requests for Information (RFIs), design assumptions, and design actions, ensuring accuracy and timely close-out.
• Monitor design delivery performance, risks, and issues and provide regular updates to the Utilities Design Manager and Project Manager.
• Contribute to identification and management of hazards ensuring utilities designs are safe, buildable, cost-effective, and compliant with Health & Safety legislation, CDM Regulations, environmental standards, and Safety by Design principles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Design Managers and discipline leads across the LTC project and Balfour Beatty Group to ensure fully coordinated utilities design solutions.
• Deliver required detailed design outputs, including drawings and models, for contestable and non-contestable works in line with programme requirements.
• Contribute to the assessment of design feasibility and the impact of proposed engineering solutions on the wider LTC design scope.
• Monitor design progress, performance, risks, and…