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Job No. BBUK07797

Principal Structural CAD Technician - East Midlands

Power T&D

Design Engineering

East Midlands
Permanent

About the role

Balfour Beatty is currently recruiting a Principal Structural CAD Technician to join the Power T&D team.


The purpose of the role is to work with the structural design team to obtain the most suitable interpretation of design information to produce assembly / fabrication drawings and bill of quantities for structural steelwork.


We are open to both full time and part time candidates (including job share), and offer a flexible working policy.

What you'll be doing

Use CAD software to produce 2D & 3D models of structural steelwork.


Provide technical support to project stakeholders e.g. Site operatives, commercial team, fabricators.


Ensure compliance with the Group Minimum Engineering Expectations.


Highlight good/bad practice to ensure continuous improvement.


Manage their own tasks and deliver them to program and budget.


Produce engineering estimates for large sized projects.


Oversee large projects with more than four CAD technicians, managing resource and delivering tasks to program and budget.


Mentor and train senior / CAD technicians.


Check the work of other CAD technicians.


Ensure work is carried out in line with client and industry specifications.


Provide cover when team leader is absent.

Who we're looking for

Excellent standard of literacy & numeracy. GCSE level 6 minimum.


Competent to develop 3D model, produce general arrangement drawings, fabrication drawings and bill of materials for structural steelwork.


Good communication skills.


Strong analytical thinking skills


Attention to detail.


Problem solving.


Knowledge of Microsoft Office software such as Word, Excel.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.


This is your chance to join a growing business with the opportunities to develop and further your career in a multi disciplined specialist environment that will challenge you on a daily basis.

About us

Our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from 50,000 schemes to 100 million plus major projects.


Balfour Beattys Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions. With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the worlds most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.


At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone


To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also 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.


Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

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