Senior Design Manager
Balfour Beatty ·
Job No. BBUK20485 Senior Design Manager - Motherwell Regional Scotland Design Engineering About the role Job Title: Senior Design Manager Location: Maxim Park, Eurocentral (Hybrid) Project Travel: Regular visits to project sites such as the Isle of Lewis Company: Balfour Beatty Project: LT14 Lewis Hub – AC Substation and HVDC Converter Station About the Role This position is primarily based at our Maxim Park Eurocentral office, with travel to project locations throughout Scotland.
Projects may include mainland and remote locations such as the Isle of Lewis, therefore flexibility and a willingness to travel are essential. Help deliver critical energy infrastructure for Scotland Balfour Beatty is looking for an experienced Senior Design Manager to join supporting the delivery of the LT14 Lewis Hub Converter Station Primarily based at Maxim Park, Eurocentral, you will work with multidisciplinary teams across the project and travel regularly to the development site at Arnish Moor on the Isle of Lewis.
This is an opportunity to play an important role in one of Scotland’s major electricity transmission projects, helping to unlock the renewable energy potential of the Western Isles and strengthen the wider UK transmission network.
About the Project Balfour Beatty is working with SSEN Transmission as a principal contractor on the Lewis Hub, supporting the preparation and delivery of this nationally significant infrastructure project. Working closely with SSEN Transmission, project partners, specialist designers and the local supply chain, Balfour Beatty is helping to plan the safe and efficient delivery of the development.
This includes preparations for the project workforce and close engagement with the local community to minimise pressure on housing, services and the island’s tourism economy. As Senior Design Manager, you will help ensure that Balfour Beatty’s design responsibilities are effectively managed and coordinated, providing the link between the project’s designers, customer, commercial teams and construction teams.
What you'll be doing As a Senior Design Manager, you will lead and manage the design process, ensuring that solutions are safe, buildable, cost-effective and aligned with the customer’s technical, commercial and programme requirements.
Your responsibilities will include
Leading the development and implementation of the project design strategy. Managing the design process from initial proposals through to construction delivery. Ensuring design solutions meet customer requirements, agreed budgets and programme commitments.
Coordinating multidisciplinary design teams, including civil, structural and M developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities. Why join us?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 From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.
We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities. Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.
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 To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE).
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.
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