Design Team Leader (OHL Foundations & Geotechnics)Balfour Beatty plc • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Design Team Leader (OHL Foundations & Geotechnics)
Balfour Beatty plc
- Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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About The Role Balfour Beatty is looking for a Design Team Leader to join their Power T&D business in Scotland. The role involves managing the Geotechnical and OHL foundation design team, ensuring timely and high‑quality design delivery that meets client expectations and project objectives.
Role Purpose Providing technical oversight, strategy, and direction to the geotechnical and foundation design works undertaken and managed by the Geotechnical and OHL foundation design team on all projects in BB Power Transmission and Distribution.
Key Accountabilities
Oversee the design and coordination of geotechnical information, assessments and designs required on the Skye project.
Support the Design Delivery Lead and Resource Managers to produce resource profiles for better forecasts.
Ensure the timely delivery and quality of geotechnical and foundation design by both internal BB teams and supply‑chain partners.
Understand and capture client requirements, including those not explicitly stated within the contract.
Contribute to the generation of value‑engineered solutions and design delivery solutions.
Arrange training and upskill the team to deliver projects to programme.
Report on KPIs covering safety, commercial performance and team output.
Key Responsibilities
Drive a Safety by Design approach at all times.
Lead ground risk assessments, tower capacity assessments, site design and enablement, slope stability assessments and specification/management of geotechnical works.
Lead discussions with client and supplier technical teams to establish and maintain sound geotechnical practices across the project scope.
Adjust to site conditions enabling ongoing construction with minimal impact.
Maintain compliance of CDM regulations and all other relevant legal requirements.
Undertake technical quality assurance reviews and provide design approval as required by the Chief Engineer.
Work closely with other design team elements to ensure effective collaboration on multidisciplinary projects.
Support colleagues in managing the output and delivery of suitable design drawings.
Skills Required
Degree level education or equivalent with formal training in civil or geotechnical engineering.
Chartered Engineer preferred (ICE or IStructE).
Strong post‑graduate experience in civil engineering industry.
Experience supervising sub‑consultants or subcontractors.
Proven experience designing civil or geotechnical engineering works.
Strong management experience of design teams.
IT Literacy: Microsoft Word, Excel, CAD.
Working knowledge of BIM360 Docs and Autodesk Software.
Extensive experience of geotechnical design, including numerical analysis and finite element modelling.
Expertise in Tekla Tedds, Infraworks, LimitState Geo, Slide 7.0, etc.
Benefits
Smart working: flexible schedules, up to 40% remote where roles allow.
25 days paid annual leave (pro‑rata).
Family‑friendly policies: 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partner leave.
Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.
About Us Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners to provide technical engineering solutions across 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 support customers in developing some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
At Balfour Beatty we are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and we actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people with disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We offer a disability interview to candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more information, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/.
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Contract
Job function Design; Art/Creative; Information Technology
Industry Construction
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Sprachkenntnisse
- English
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