Trainee Draftsperson

Beschreibung:

About the role

As a Trainee Draughtsperson, you will play a key role in supporting our Design & Engineering function by producing high-quality 2D and 3D AutoCAD drawings for use across tendering, construction, and as-built project stages. Working closely with Project Managers, Engineers and Estimating Teams, you'll help translate technical information into accurate, compliant drawings that meet both client and legislative standards. You'll gain hands-on experience across multiple projects, maintaining drawing records, completing composite route drawings, and using tools such as Trimble GPS to convert site data into precise CAD outputs. This role offers an excellent development pathway for someone with strong attention to detail, a passion for technical drawing, and the drive to build a career in the engineering and utilities sector.

What you'll be doing

* Create, modify and manage 2D and 3D AutoCAD drawings to support Operational Teams (Project Managers, Project Engineers), Cabling System Engineering Design Teams and Estimating Teams.

* Produce high-quality drawings for tendering, construction and as-built stages, ensuring adherence to required timescales.

* Work with multiple clients, producing drawings that comply with their specific standards.

* Assist the draughtsman as required.

* Liaise closely with Project Managers, Site Engineers and Estimators.

* Create and maintain drawing records/registers.

* Complete composite route drawings.

* Use Trimble GPS systems (or similar) to transpose collated site data into accurate as-built CAD drawings, ensuring precise plotting and coordinate recording.

* Ensure all work produced is of high quality and compliant with strict client and-where relevant; legislative specification.

Who we're looking for

Essential

* Strong understanding of AutoCAD software.

* Ability to work to strict deadlines.

* Confidence working with a broad range of teams, as well as independently.

* Experience working with grid reference coordinates.

* High attention to detail and strong awareness of required quality standards.

Desirable

* C&G Level 2 Certificate in CAD (enrolled or complete).

* ECITB SAFE Passport (complete).

* BEAM Training.

* Experience using Google Earth Pro.

* Understanding of the electrical industry.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

As a business Balfour Beatty are committed to supporting our staff in attaining and maintaining their chosen professional accreditation., along with reimbursing annual Professional membership fees.

About us

Our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from 50,000 schemes to 100 million plus major projects.

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions. With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the world's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at value everyone.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also 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.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found on our website. <a class