Utilities Design Coordinator

About the role

Balfour Beatty is delivering major works on the Lower Thames Crossing, a nationally significant project that will improve connectivity, support economic growth and leave a lasting legacy for generations to come.

We're looking for a Design Coordinator (Utilities) to support the successful coordination and delivery of utilities design activities across this landmark scheme. Working alongside the Utilities Design Manager and wider project team, you'll play a key role in ensuring utilities designs are fully integrated, compliant, buildable and delivered in line with programme requirements.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for an engineer or design professional looking to develop their design management career on one of the UK's largest and most complex infrastructure projects.

What you'll be doing

As Design Coordinator (Utilities), you'll support the management and coordination of both contestable and non-contestable utility designs, ensuring they are effectively integrated with the wider project design and construction activities.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Utilities Design Manager in coordinating utilities detailed design delivery across the project.
• Preparing and coordinating technical design documentation, including Approval in Principle (AIP) submissions, Interface Control Documents and Utility Asset Schedules.
• Managing the timely production, review and submission of utilities drawings, models and design deliverables.
• Coordinating design inputs and outputs with construction, temporary works and other engineering disciplines.
• Working closely with designers, Statutory Undertakers, subcontractors and project stakeholders to resolve design interfaces and technical issues.
• Maintaining design management records, technical queries, RFIs, design actions and assumptions.
• Supporting design assurance activities to ensure compliance with project requirements, technical standards and governance processes.
• Assisting with the management of design change, early warnings, compensation events and field change requests.
• Participating in interdisciplinary design reviews and clash detection workshops.
• Supporting the identification and mitigation of design risks throughout project delivery.
• Helping drive innovation, buildability, value engineering and continuous improvement initiatives.

Who we're looking for

We're keen to hear from candidates with utilities, civil engineering, infrastructure or major project experience who are looking to develop their career within design management.

You'll ideally have:

• Experience working within a design coordination, engineering, design management or project engineering role.
• An understanding of utilities infrastructure, including diversion, protection or installation works.
• Experience coordinating technical information across multiple stakeholders.
• Knowledge of design management processes and project delivery within construction or infrastructure environments.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple design activities simultaneously.
• Experience working with drawings, models and common data environments (CDEs).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive and collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• HNC, HND, Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience on major infrastructure, highways, rail, energy or utilities projects would be advantageous.

Why work for us

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.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• 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…

About us

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.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

Job Reference: BBUK19146