Construction jobs in Newcastle

What you would do

• Lead end-to-end project management for large-scale construction projects, ensuring delivery within time, budget, and quality parameters.
• Develop and maintain project plans including schedules, budgets, and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, contractors, and clients to meet project objectives.
• Implement and oversee project governance, processes, and systems across the project lifecycle.
• Conduct risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies.
• Monitor project finances and manage the change control process.

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What you would do

• Assist with producing primary plant layouts for HV substations.
• Support production of equipment specifications for HV plant and associated equipment.
• Provide engineering design input to major infrastructure projects.
• Support projects in the capacity of an Owners' Engineer.
• Work on HV substation, cable and OHL projects.
• Provide HV design input to renewable energy projects such as battery storage, solar, hydro and wind generation.

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What you would do

• Undertake civil engineering design for urban development projects, including surface and foul drainage, utilities, ground/earthworks, and highways interfaces.
• Prepare design solutions at various project stages, including drawings, BIM models, reports, and specifications.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary design, environmental, and construction teams.
• Attend project meetings and check team members' work for accuracy.
• Prepare Designer Hazard Logs and communicate residual risks to the Principal Designer.
• Provide technical input to Design Decision Logs and Project Assumptions registers.

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What you would do

• Lead and oversee the structural design and delivery of complex energy infrastructure projects.
• Provide strategic input into project planning, resourcing, and risk management.
• Deliver structural solutions for substations, transmission and distribution facilities, OHL structures, and power stations.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers and technicians.
• Contribute to business development, including bids, proposals, and client presentations.

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What you would do

• Research and identify high-potential companies for construction software.
• Proactively engage and qualify leads via phone, email, and social media.
• Partner with the Business Development team to transition qualified opportunities through the sales funnel.
• Maintain data integrity in Salesforce, capturing all customer interactions.
• Master divisional software products to communicate technical value and product innovations to prospects.

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What you would do

• Own day-to-day management and development of Zoho CRM.
• Coordinate sales and business development activity across multiple teams, business units and regions.
• Support senior leaders in progressing commercial opportunities.
• Maintain accurate client, contact, project and opportunity information in CRM.
• Ensure agreed commercial actions are followed through.
• Work with Bid Manager on tender and proposal stages.

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What you would do

• Acting as technical lead on major power system projects (transmission, distribution and generation).
• Leading the design, specification and integration of high-voltage systems, including substations, cable systems, transformers, switchgear, and reactive compensation equipment.
• Delivering FEED and conceptual studies, technical due diligence and serving as Owner's Engineer.
• Providing expert input into power system protection, equipment specification, and system performance assessments.
• Supporting factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), commissioning, and construction support.
• Building strong client relationships, identifying new opportunities and contributing to business development and tendering activities.

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What you would do

• Complete welding and fabrication jobs within the required specification.
• Read and interpret detailed product drawings.
• Deliver high-quality work that meets QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery) standards.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment.
• Follow Works Instructions and health and safety protocols.
• Polish and cosmetic finish components using hand air tools.

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What you would do

• Drafting, reviewing and amending construction and project documentation, including consultant appointments and building contracts.
• Supporting transactional matters across development and infrastructure projects.
• Carrying out legal research and due diligence.
• Assisting with document management, contract comparison and document production.
• Supporting fee earners with project coordination and matter management.
• Liaising with internal teams and external parties.

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What you would do

• Lead design input on multi-disciplinary projects from early concepts through to delivery.
• Manage the agreed contract with external design consultants and contractors, ensuring duties are discharged and taking appropriate action if not.
• Lead technical assurance, review constructability, and manage design interfaces.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams of engineers from consultants and partner companies.
• Liaise with clients, engineering managers, project managers, contractors and consultants on project issues, scope changes and risks.
• Drive development of innovative, practical and sustainable engineering solutions meeting client, operational and regulatory requirements.

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What you would do

• Develop, maintain and evolve infrastructure cost benchmarks across a range of sectors.
• Analyse cost performance across assets, programmes and portfolios.
• Identify key cost drivers, trends and systemic variances.
• Assist with the gathering and sharing of estimating data.
• Support automated capture, standardisation and governance of cost data across infrastructure programmes.
• Work closely with Digital, Data and Innovation teams.

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What you would do

• Lead HV substation technical discussions with clients and multi-disciplinary teams, establishing scopes and defining interfaces between HV infrastructure.
• Direct technical delivery of substation design major projects, agreeing approach with engineering teams, monitoring progress, and quality-checking deliverables prior to client issue.
• Apply lifecycle expertise from grid connection studies and concept design through FEED and detailed design.
• Liaise with project management teams to develop resourcing forecasts and programmes aligned to construction schedules.
• Develop proposals, monitor project costs, and identify opportunities to expand HV scope on frameworks.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, understanding their grid connection strategies and availability requirements.

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What you would do

• 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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What you would do

• Implement client-side construction assurance plans.
• Monitor and verify contractors' implementation of approved construction methodologies, QMS and ITPs.
• Provide assurance that construction works are delivered safely to required quality and compliance with design, technical standards, contract requirements and regulatory obligations.
• Monitor construction progress against the accepted programme.
• Oversee and accept the Construction Management Plan.
• Act as client representative on site.

Skills

What you would do

• Lead design input on multi-disciplinary projects from early concepts through to delivery.
• Manage the agreed contract with external design consultants and contractors, ensuring duties are discharged and taking appropriate action if not.
• Lead technical assurance, review constructability, and manage design interfaces.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams of engineers from consultants and partner companies.
• Liaise with clients, engineering managers, project managers, contractors and consultants on project issues, scope changes and risks.
• Drive development of innovative, practical and sustainable engineering solutions meeting client, operational and regulatory requirements.

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What you would do

• Assist with preparation of design drawings, plans and supporting documentation using CAD and other design software.
• Support development and delivery of traffic engineering, highways and active travel schemes from concept through detailed design.
• Collect, analyse and interpret traffic and transport data.
• Assist with highway, street and traffic engineering design including signage and road markings.
• Support traffic management and traffic signal design activities.
• Participate in site visits, surveys and inspections.

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What you would do

• Support clients and manage relationships with consultants, contractors and subcontractors.
• Deliver complex projects and programs ensuring they meet client expectations, timelines, and specifications.
• Manage change, quality, health, safety and risk elements.
• Oversee multiple concurrent projects across the entire life cycle, including design management, tendering, contract administration, financial management, project scheduling and risk management.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-impact results.

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What you would do

• Bridge design.
• Bridge strengthening, repair, inspections and assessments.
• General civil and structural engineering support to other teams.
• Feasibility studies and options appraisals.
• Preparation of specifications, reports and health and safety risk assessments.
• Preparation of fee estimates.

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What you would do

• Advocate for health, safety, and wellbeing to cultivate a mature safety culture.
• Apply health and safety protocols, systems, and procedures with project teams.
• Engage and collaborate with clients and delivery partners.
• Deliver and support health and safety initiatives and campaigns, tracking results and evaluating program effectiveness.
• Provide health and safety advice, support, and guidance to project personnel.
• Represent AECOM in health and safety matters in project meetings.

Skills

What you would do

• Produce primary plant layouts for HV substations.
• Lead engineering design input to major infrastructure projects.
• Undertake project development/pre-construction activities, including developing optimum cable routes considering length, thermal conditions and land use.
• Undertake equipment specifications for HV plant and associated equipment.
• Develop specifications with technology-specific specialists and external project partners.
• Develop tender specifications and undertake tender evaluations.

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