Assistant CAD Technician - Civil 3D

About The Role

Balfour Beatty Power T&D are hiring an Assistant CAD Technician - Civil 3D for their growing team in Motherwell.

Role Purpose:-

To work with project team, designers and shadowing a Senior CAD technician through the design phase to deliver the safe and suitable scope of works in line with the project objectives.

Produce drawing output for both initial and detail design phases and support the design of civil works including Public Road Improvements, Bellmouths, Drainage and Earthworks.

What you'll be doing

Key Accountabilities

To produce drawings based upon the civil designs required on PT&D projects.

Key Responsibilities

To assess and identify design and temporary works requirements on each project. Including:

• Drive a Safety by Design approach at all times.
• Work closely with other elements of the design team to ensure effective collaboration on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Ensure that Procedures and Manuals provided for compliance with the appropriate Quality Assurance Standards are applied.
• Produce Drawings and Material Schedules with particular emphasis on substation designs to the required standard first time and within time scales set.
• Liaise as necessary with practical interpretation of design requirements.
• To comply with project and function specific standards and practices.

Work along side a mentor to produce Civils based drawings.

Who we're looking for

Skills Required

• AutoCAD experience
• IT Literate (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel).

A full UK driving licence would be beneficial.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

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…

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of 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, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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 www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are 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. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/