Senior Civil Design Engineer in Suffolk

The Senior Civil Design Engineer will report to the Design Lead and will be based in our Bury St Edmunds office. You will be a permanent employee in our UK Power Networks team. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remotely.

We also provide the following additional benefits:

• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work

You will ensure that the design provides sufficient 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. You will collaborate with UKPN designers or various disciplines. You will work with external engineering organisations and customers/partners representing UKPN to best effect. You will input into construction ideas and techniques. You will manage and communicate with the CAD team to produce design drawings suitable for construction. This would not include line management.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

• Civil Engineering degree with relevant Substation, Overhead Line and Cable experience.
• Civil / structural engineering background in civil engineering and building works within the Utilities sector.
• Competence in resolving civil engineering issues and ability to provide a sound understanding of company policies and their application to this role.
• Awareness of current and technological developments in civil / structural engineering.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD (also Bentley software would be beneficial).
• A good safety culture and sound understanding of Construction Design and Management 2015 (CDM) Regulations and their application in this role including IOSH training.
• Work unsupervised, set and comply with own targets, identify cost-saving solutions.
• Previous experience of approving designs.
• Chartered Engineer or working towards achieving Chartership.
• A good level of business, environmental, safety, financial, and regulatory awareness; A general appreciation of financial reporting systems;
• Knowledge of the ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 procedures relevant to the team's activities;
• Knowledge of Microsoft desktop applications, in particular: Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint;
• Experience of planning permissions.
• Experience of site surveying and setting out.
• Experience of building services.
• Broad knowledge of power engineering plant and equipment i.e. Transformers, Switchgear, cables, and protection schemes.
• Experience of: Roadworks, external works including drainage, building reinforced concrete foundations, superstructure including structural steel works, brick block cavity walls, different types of roofing, reinforced concrete structures.

Should you not currently have the full range of essential skills, qualifications and competencies listed above, there may be an opportunity for further training/development to equip you appropriately. 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.

Nature and Scope:

Largely desk based, the post also requires to be able 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. Applicants will be expected to 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 vacancy.