Lead Civil Construction & BIM Engineer

Job Description Summary

As part of the FACTS Solution Line Electromechanical team, the Lead Civil, Construction & BIM Engineer is responsible for leading and coordinating civil, structural, construction, and BIM engineering activities across FACTS tenders and projects.

The role supports the development and adaptation of standard engineering solutions, reference layouts, BIM models, foundation concepts, and construction guidelines for technologies such as STATCOM and SVC. Working closely with multidisciplinary and regional teams, you will help ensure civil solutions are technically compliant, cost-conscious, practical to build, and suitable for project execution. This is a hands-on technical role with responsibility for assigned work packages, while also contributing lessons learned and improvement ideas to support the continued development of FACTS engineering practices.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead civil, structural, construction, and BIM engineering activities for assigned FACTS projects and tenders, including design criteria, reference layouts, foundation concepts, structural requirements, BIM models, technical specifications, quantities, and contractor inputs.
• Coordinate engineering deliverables, technical reviews, interfaces, and design inputs across layout, mechanical, electrical, MV equipment, valve, cooling, regional teams, consultants, and contractors.
• Support tenders and project execution with preliminary layouts, civil assumptions, technical clarifications, quantities, and identification of cost, schedule, constructability, and execution risks.
• Apply and help develop FACTS reference solutions, standard designs, BIM content, and engineering guidelines, while capturing lessons learned and supporting continuous improvement.
• Review and optimize civil and structural solutions for technical quality, constructability, cost awareness, and execution practicality, including foundations, steelwork, site layout, buildings, cable routes, materials, and construction methods.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone with civil, construction, and BIM engineering foundations, combined with a practical and collaborative approach. You should be comfortable working across disciplines, managing technical interfaces, and balancing engineering quality with cost, schedule, and constructability.

This role could suit someone with direct substation experience, but we are also open to candidates from related industrial or infrastructure environments who bring the right technical capability, good judgement, and a willingness to learn. The ideal person will be proactive, communicative, and able to take ownership of their scope while working effectively with both internal teams and external partners.

Required skills, experience, and qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Construction Engineering, or a related discipline, with relevant experience in substations, converter stations, power generation, industrial facilities, transmission infrastructure, or similar projects.
• Practical experience covering areas such as foundations, structural steel, industrial buildings, equipment supports, trenches, drainage, roads, and wider site infrastructure.
• Experience in BIM-based civil or structural engineering, including multidisciplinary model coordination, with proficiency in Revit or comparable BIM / structural modelling tools.
• Experience preparing or reviewing civil engineering documentation, technical specifications, quantities, design inputs, and contractor deliverables, with an understanding of construction methods, contractor interfaces, constructability, and civil cost drivers.
• Ability to lead assigned engineering work packages independently, with good written and verbal communication skills in English.

Desirable experience

• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering interfaces across complex technical projects.
• Knowledge of soil mechanics, reinforced concrete, structural steel, seismic design, and equipment foundations.
• Familiarity with FACTS systems, STATCOM, SVC, high-voltage substations, or similar power infrastructure.
• Understanding of how design decisions affect quantities, installation, construction duration, risk, and total installed cost.
• A proactive and structured approach to problem-solving, prioritisation, and continuous improvement.

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