Temporary Works Designer

About the Role

To work with project teams, designers, and subcontractors through the design phase to deliver 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 on constructability and sequencing of civil design and temporary works for Power T&D business around Cabling, Overhead Lines and Substations.

• Undertake the design and coordination of civil and temporary works designs required on projects.
• Ensure timely delivery and quality of designs, including preparation of reports, calculations, and drawings to a high technical level compliant with required client and national technical standards (BS/Eurocodes/ENA).

• Perform/assist with the production of in-house temporary works designs, including but not limited to:
• Excavation support for tower foundations or cable trenches
• Piling platforms
• Crane & working platforms
• Access roads & bellmouth design
• Checks on protective scaffolds for roads, railways and third‑party property
• Culvert and simple drainage design
• Asset protection
• Temporary bridges
• Check function for design calculations performed by other engineering colleagues
• Work closely with project teams to determine and maintain common objectives and ensure work is appropriate and in accordance with project priorities
• Assist with the tender process to ensure activities are correctly identified from the scope of works and costed accordingly
• 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
• Undertake other duties as may be required by the team lead or design delivery manager
• Maintain compliance with CDM regulations and all other legal and regulatory requirements associated with the nature of designs output by the team

• Degree level education or equivalent with formal training in civil engineering and/or geotechnical engineering
• Strong, proven post‑graduate experience in the civil engineering industry
• Good understanding and working knowledge of BS5975
• Experience supervising sub‑consultants or subcontractors
• Proven experience managing design of civil or temporary works
• Experience in the design and checking of temporary works for civil engineering projects
• IT literate (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, CAD)

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.

• 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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