Senior OHL Design Engineer (London)

London

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Vacancy title
Senior OHL Design Engineer (London)
Function(s)
Design, Engineering
Contract type
Full time permanent
Region
London
Location(s)
London
Description

Role Brief:

Morgan Sindall Professional Services with our construction colleagues (Morgan Sindall Utility Services) have grown rapidly in the Transmission & Distribution sector over the last three years and have been successful in winning a number of key projects within the UK. As the demand to deliver exceptional engineering design from our clients continue to grow, an opportunity has arisen for an OHL Design Engineer to be based in our London office.


The OHL Design Engineer role will be reporting to the MSPS Associate OHL Engineer and will be responsible for carrying out OHL design with PLS-CADD, PLS-Tower and other design tools.

 

The candidate must have experience in the production of all designs, calculations, reports & drawings associated with the new build or refurbishment of overhead line projects from 11kV – 400kV. The candidate must have experience in design of OHL with PLS-CADD and PLS-Tower. The candidate must have a reasonable level of maths and science and have good communication skills.

The candidate must be enthusiastic, proactive and mature enough to operate in a diverse team. This role can lead to many of the career paths for the employee as they develop through MSPS.


Qualification/Skills:

  • BEng/Bsc in Civil/Structural Engineering with minimum 2 years’ experience in OHL design.
  • Experience in PLS-CADD, PLS-Tower is essential.
  • Experience in either CAD packages such, AutoCAD, BoCAD, etc.
  • Have a good understanding of British and European Standards and technical specifications from utility providers such as National Grid, SSE, Scottish Power, UKPN, WPD, etc
  • Good computer and report writing skills
  • Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a team.
  • Good attitude to obtaining new skills and capable at transferring existing skills to overcome new challenges
  • Must be competent at creating and laying out quality drawings that construction and fabricators can understand


Responsible For:

  • Overall OHL design with PLS-CADD in accordance with BS-EN 50341.
  • Production and checking of detailed drawing for the OHL design.
  • Production of wind load cases in accordance with BS-EN 50341 and BS 6399.
  • Analysis of OHL structures with PLS-Tower.
  • Production of foundation loads.
  • Design and analysis of OHL Foundations.
  • Assist in the tendering process.
  • Preparation of design technical reports and other written documents.
  • Production of design concepts, drawings, specifications and other technical documents.
  • The adherence to and control of documents and drawings in accordance with MSPS management procedures.
  • Design input/output within the designated risk management process.
  • Accept ownership of work to be done (i.e. being required to undertake specific actions within an agreed job boundary, the execution of a delegated task, activity or process).

 

 

 


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