Construction jobs in Leeds

What you would do

• Contribute to civil engineering design projects across highways, rail, energy, and water sectors.
• Design infrastructure such as roads, junctions, bridges, foundations, earthworks, retaining structures, and drainage systems using digital tools.
• Assess existing assets for repair or reuse.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and attend site visits to ensure designs are safe, buildable, and sustainable.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders across project delivery stages from concept to construction.
• Support delivery of low-carbon, resilient infrastructure solutions.

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• Contribute to full lifecycle cable engineering packages from feasibility studies and concept design through detailed design, installation support, and commissioning.
• Review complex HV cable system designs including route development, burial risk assessments, and thermal, electromagnetic, and mechanical calculations.
• Undertake cable rating and system studies including ampacity, short circuit forces, thermal stability, and electromagnetic interference analysis.
• Carry out cable pulling, jointing, cleating, and installation feasibility studies.
• Coordinate with civil, structural, substation, and OHL teams for integrated solutions.
• Support third-party inspections and FAT/SAT, installation, and commissioning activities.

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• Advise at a strategic level during project conception on approaches to achieve client objectives.
• Establish overall success criteria for time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
• Plan and manage quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establish project governance, processes and systems.
• Produce detailed project plans.
• Advise on procurement of resources.

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• Lead a portfolio of approximately 15 construction and engineering projects worth £40-70 million over four years.
• Deliver projects from early development through design, construction, handover and close-out.
• Maintain governance, delivery plans, forecasts and performance reporting with timely escalation of risks and issues.
• Lead project managers and multidisciplinary teams including consultants, contractors and supply-chain partners.
• Manage commercial, contractual and financial responsibilities including NEC contract administration, change, risk and opportunity.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues and achieve customer, environmental and regulatory outcomes.

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• Strip down, inspect, rebuild and test engines, generators, transmission systems and components.
• Undertake detailed inspection of equipment to confirm or expand on initial field inspection reports for commercial assessment.
• Carry out standard diagnosis tests on components for cost evaluations and warranty agreements.
• Produce comprehensive lists of parts and materials required for machine preparation work.
• Undertake overhaul, repair or refurbishment work to agreed work plans, removing and dispatching components for specialist attention.
• Inspect and test completed machines to ensure units operate to expected performance levels.

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What you would do

• Develop innovative and sustainable structural designs from concept through detailed design for challenging projects (transportation hubs, tall towers, healthcare, defence, education).
• Take a key technical leadership role on multi-disciplinary design projects, coordinating with architects, engineers, and specialist consultants.
• Participate in tender bids and business development opportunities.
• Agree fees and manage the commercial position on projects.
• Exercise independent judgement and resolve technical issues.
• Own and lead the design process, mentoring less experienced team members.

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• Manage allocated accounts in the Leeds region, providing in-person and phone case support for valid customer requests, complex surgeries, NPIs and NBWs.
• Identify and execute opportunities to optimise consignment and manage SLOB in partnership with customers.
• Provide customer training on inventory management best practice and contribute to the regional pull-back target.
• Train clinical staff (consultants, registrars, theatre staff) on products and principles, enhance training events with resources, and complete pre/post-training calls.
• Pursue opportunities to sell the full DPS portfolio within procedures, maintaining 80% customer-facing time and consistent OF logging.
• Conduct in-theatre product evaluations, promote DPS activity with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders, and share service reports.

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• Manage all national account customers within the North East, East & West Yorkshire territory.
• Achieve sales and margin budgets for the region.
• Develop strategies to achieve company targets.
• Grow market share across national accounts.
• Build and maintain customer relationships.
• Track performance using the CRM system.

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• Manage team workloads, performance, training, and development.
• Provide technical oversight, mentoring, and internal training.
• Lead and deliver large, complex hydro-ecological projects.
• Provide expert guidance on legislation, policy, and best practice.
• Review and approve technical reports and deliverables.
• Oversee budgets, forecasting, and team financial performance.

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• Producing and checking complex mechanical detailed designs including calculations, specifications, reports, and drawings.
• Supporting and leading design and advisory services for water and wastewater process plants, pumping stations, and ancillary assets.
• Leading technical delivery of multi-disciplinary projects using digital design techniques.
• Identifying and developing innovative technical solutions based on client needs.
• Coordinating work with multi-disciplinary teams (process, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, ICA).
• Establishing and growing relationships with clients and partners on technical, commercial, and progress matters.

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• Manage technical processes and systems for insulation design, calculation and specification across flat board and tapered insulation schemes.
• Ensure thermal proposals for roofing projects are suitable, compliant and cost-effective.
• Support the team in selecting the right insulation products for the right projects.
• Manage stakeholders through insulation supply routes.
• Work across all insulation types to take the insulation offering to the next level.

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• Contributing to the design and engineering of a wide variety of projects throughout the UK, from new and existing buildings to streets, infrastructure and public realm.
• Collaborating with industry experts, award-winning designers, archaeologists, sustainability specialists, and public and private clients.
• Developing technical and managerial skills as a graduate.

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• Coordinate across the lining team to ensure smooth workflow.
• Review Health & Safety documentation to confirm works are safe to proceed.
• Carry out dynamic (point-of-work) risk assessments for all tasks.
• Complete job sheets daily for each task.
• Record and submit vehicle defect sheets for every vehicle each day.
• Hand in CCTV footage daily for each job.

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• Design electrical distribution and motor control systems for building services projects.
• Design instrumentation, industrial control, and automation systems.
• Integrate renewable energy systems and design energy-efficient electrical systems.
• Contribute to client engagements and real projects within a two-year graduate programme.
• Travel and work virtually as required.

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• Establish approved baseline schedules and implement schedule performance monitoring and reporting.
• Manage controlled schedule change management and communicate progress status and remaining works to teams, clients and stakeholders.
• Provide insight on schedule performance, identifying risks and opportunities to inform project decisions.
• Engage cross-discipline teams to identify and resolve issues.
• Engage with internal and client stakeholders at working and management level.
• Manage the schedule change control process, recording change history for audit and business authorisations.

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• Assist in the design of mechanical systems for railway stations, depots, tunnels and other rail infrastructure.
• Support development of HVAC, ventilation, cooling, fire life safety, drainage, pumping and associated mechanical building services systems.
• Undertake engineering calculations, technical assessments and design studies in accordance with industry standards and client requirements.
• Support site surveys, inspections and condition assessments to inform design development and asset management strategies.
• Use industry-leading software and BIM tools to produce drawings, models, specifications and design documentation.
• Collaborate with civil, electrical, structural, signalling and telecoms disciplines to deliver integrated engineering solutions.

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• Manage small to large scale design and build electrical projects from conception to hand-over.
• Liaise with operators, engineering design, project budget and cost control, project planning and reporting.
• Conduct site surveys, design, procurement, contractor selection and tendering.
• Perform site supervision, commissioning and operator training.
• Act as named person for Principal Contractor under CDM regulations.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental and engineering standards.

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What you would do

• Deliver allocated technical assignments, work elements and work packages and other design activities on water, wastewater, energy and civils infrastructure projects.
• Produce high quality design outputs including 2D drawings, 3D models and information management elements using AutoCAD Civils 3D and Revit.
• Self-check and vet all outputs before issue.
• Work with common data environments (Bentley ProjectWise, Autodesk Construction Cloud) for information management.
• Resolve interdisciplinary clashes and create clash-free designs.
• Maintain good internal and external relationships within a multi-disciplinary team.

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• Manage commissions end-to-end, from feasibility studies and procurement reports through estimating, cost planning, tendering and procurement, contract administration, post-contract cost checks and valuations, monthly cost reporting, value engineering, and final account negotiation.
• Interface with clients, project managers and consultants across all project stages.
• Lead cost management teams where appropriate.
• Use digital cost management tools (The Hive, CostX, Benchmarking App, Market Rates App, eTender Platform, Cost Control App) and the Embodied Carbon Calculator.
• Support business development, bid documentation, internal knowledge management, process improvement, and mentorship of junior staff.

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• Provide project technical support and design responsibility for overhead transmission line projects up to 400kV.
• Perform PLS-CADD modelling, line routing, structural analysis and loading trees, sag-tension calculations, insulator/conductor blowout, swing angle, damper system recommendations, structural spotting, clearance reports, and conductor/insulator selection.
• Support feasibility studies and conductor thermal ratings.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Conduct studies to identify technically preferred solutions and present to clients.
• Write proposals and outline project details including timeline, resources, budget, objectives and goals.

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