Temporary Works Designer – Balfour Beatty Internship


Website Balfour Beatty

Position Summary:

  • 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;
  • 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.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist in the management of the tender process, understand and interpret scope of works, provide advice and opinion;
  • Perform/assist with the production of in-house temporary works design ;
  • Construction site layouts and CDM implementation;
  • Identify competent designers and contractors for installation of each type of temporary works, and to coordinate and supervise their work;
  • Excavation support for tower foundations or cable trenches;
  • Catenary Support System (in-house system used in place of scaffold);
  • Undertake check function for design calculations performed by other engineering colleagues.
  • Formwork and setting templates for reinforced concrete foundations;
  • Temporary overhead line diversions;
  • Checks on Protective scaffolds for roads, railways and third party property;
  • Backstays and temporary steelwork for tower support;
  • Access roads design and traffic management plans;
  • Piling and Crane Platforms;

Required Education & Experience:

  • Strong, proven experience of the management of design of civil or geotechnical engineering works;
  • Experience of drainage design;
  • Strong, proven post-graduate experience in the civil engineering industry;
  • IT Literate (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, CAD).
  • Experience of the supervision of sub-consultants or subcontractors;
  • Degree level education or equivalent with formal training in civil engineering and/or geotechnical engineering;
  • Experience of substation civils design.
  • Proven experience of the design of civil engineering works;
  • Experience in the design and checking of temporary works for civil engineering projects;