Senior Engineer - OHL Structures

This role is to work as part of an engineering team, taking a senior role in project work, focused on production and liaison with the WSP UK Team and mentoring and coaching junior members of the team.

Core Functions

 As a Overhead Line Engineer Lead, you will design of a range of Overhead Line Circuits at voltages ranging from 11kV to 400kV.

•  Prepare feasibility study reports to meet brief requirements in the agreed format and review with the Associate/Principal Engineer of Structures
• Designing of transmission tower, with the use of PLS Tower & PLS CADD software for transmission line design.
• Create all associated Engineering Design calculations and documentation.
• Support the creation of all necessary material bill of quantity schedules.
• Attend site meetings (virtual) and provide ongoing design drawing changes / support as required during project build.
•  Work with WSP UK Team to assemble a design specification compliant with the employers’ requirements, agree its format and content, and monitor and review its preparation ensuring delivery by the due date
•  Agree and monitor scope of works with the Associate/Principal Engineer of Structures
•  Clearly define building requirements and purpose of use with the Associate/Principal Engineer of Structures and WSP UK Team to allow detailed design
•  Carry out detailed design to WSP and B Regulations standard ensuring CDM, QA and technical review and sign off by the Associate/Principal Engineer of Structures, including complex calculations and co-ordination issues
•  Review and monitor the production of calculations including QA, technical reviews and sign off
•  Ensure that information for project costing preparation is completed in requisite detail and to deadlines, and keep the WSP UK Team informed regarding design progress through explanation of design decisions
•  Provide documentary information via the WSP UK Team to assist in the preparation of tender documents, ensuring that information for tender preparation is completed in requisite detail and to deadlines, and keep the WSP UK Team informed regarding design progress through explanation of design decisions
• Deal with the day to day queries from the WSP UK Team, ensuring that relevant information is available on time for construction activity
•  Report to the WSP UK Team in association with the Associate/Principal Engineer of Structures any variance between the works constructed and the design intent
• Lead the design process and encourage the rest of the team to deliver appropriate and cost effective solutions to the agreed programme.
• Follow in full the document control, archiving CDM and QA processes relevant to project work, ensuring drawings, specifications, reports and correspondence are issued, and filed in an appropriate manner, coach junior staff in their usage