Senior Civil Design Engineer

Role Overview

This Senior Civil Design Engineer will report to the Design Lead and will work within Capital Programme & Procurement based in our Crawley / Maidstone office. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote. You will be a permanent employee., Produce civil designs from a defined scope provided by Project Managers, Customers or Design Leads, including project costings, meeting the requirements for time, quality and budget.

Projects could be contestable or non-contestable from internally motivated work (APP) or customer connections. The Senior Civil designer will communicate with the Project Manager, Electrical designer and Principle Design Co-ordinator, ensuring design compliance, adherence to the Construction Design & Management Regulations (CDM) 2015 and standards providing regulated network solutions for all customers. You shall be able to satisfy the following general requirements:

• Produce Civil and Structural Designs that can be constructed in compliance with standards and CDM 2015 requirements
• Produce designs, which conform to all relevant Codes of Practice and company and industry standards together with Electrical engineering works
• Oversee and contribute to the production of technical, commercial and contractual documents for procurement of engineering products
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, regulations and company procedures.
• Compliance with design assurance and audit processes
• Support and mentor Trainee and Graduate Engineers to enhance their experience.
• Comply with the requirements of the designer as determined by the CDM 2015 Regulations
• Fulfil the role of Principal Designer as determined by the CDM 2015 Regulations for allocated schemes.

• Provide an excellent service to the customer.
• Work as a Team Player in a dedicated team of designers, estimators and planners.
• Communicate with the operational teams to provide a smooth process from initial enquiry through to final connection and business closure.
• Comply with the requirements of the designer as determined by the CDM 2015 Regulations
• Ensure design eliminates or reduces any hazards which may give rise to risks; and reduce risks from any remaining hazards together with the CDM 2015 Regulations
• Ensure that the design provides information about aspects of the design of the structure or its construction or maintenance requirements that will adequately assist clients, the CDM team, other designers and contractors.
• Collaborate with UKPN designers or multiple disciplines.

Should you not have the full range of essential skills, qualifications and competencies listed above, there may be an opportunity for further development to equip you. If you do not have all relevant competencies for the core grade, it will be appropriate to appoint at a lower grade until you have developed the required competencies.

Largely desk-based, the post also requires to visit operational sites, construction sites, site meetings, manufacturers meetings (at their premises) and internal review meetings. UK Power Networks is committed to a policy of equality in its employment practices and values a workforce that is representative of the customers we serve and the communities in which we work. We consider our people to be crucial to achieving success.

We believe that it is important for our employees to strike a sensible balance between work and life outside work and will consider requests for working arrangements under the Work Life Solutions process. UK Power Networks is committed to securing the highest standards of health and safety at work and of care for the environment. You will have an appropriate level of understanding of the arrangements for health, safety and the environment that apply to this business and are required for this opening.

Health & Safety Responsibilities Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

• Civil Engineering degree with relevant Substation, Overhead Line and Cable experience.
• Chartered Engineer or working towards achieving Chartership.
• Civil / structural engineering background in civil…