Senior Digital Engineer
Senior Digital Engineer
Location: GGP - GWNC: Grimsby to Walpole Enabling Works & Grimsby
Grimsby to Walpole is a 140 km overhead line between Northeast Lincolnshire and North Norfolk.
Sector: Power
Are you a talented Senior Digital Engineer with experience in project Digital Engineering strategies? Have you contributed to the consistent application of Digital Engineering processes, standards and best practices across projects?
If so, this is a great opportunity to join our Digital Team supporting the Great Grid Partnership, a major UK infrastructure programme helping deliver the Great Grid Upgrade.
In this role, you'll be the go-to digital specialist, creating data-driven solutions that improve decision-making, streamline processes, and unlock the value of project data.
The role
The role sits within our Power Sector portfolio supporting the Great Grid Partnership (GGP) for National Grid, a critical national infrastructure programme delivering the UK's Great Grid Upgrade. Along with our Laing O'Rourke delivery teams, you will work closely with our delivery partners and National Grid stakeholders to support.
The successful delivery of complex energy projects through the intelligent use of data and digital tools. You will play a key role in advancing digital maturity across the programme, supporting consistent data capture, developing and maintaining Power BI insights aligned to the Build Twin, automating processes, and upskilling site teams to help drive adoption.
You'll contribute to the continuous improvement of Digital Engineering capability across the business while supporting the adoption of innovative digital solutions that improve project outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver Digital Engineering solutions that support project and business objectives across all project phases.
- Assist project teams in applying Digital Engineering processes, standards, protocols and best practice.
- Produce and develop project-specific Digital Engineering deliverables in accordance with the Digital Engineering Deliverables Menu.
- Author, develop and coordinate high-quality 3D models, ensuring agreed Levels of Information Need and data accuracy are achieved.
- Provide technical guidance and support to Digital Engineers and wider project teams.
- Work collaboratively with Regional and Lead Digital Engineers to deliver consistent Digital Engineering standards across projects.
- Monitor compliance with project protocols, quality assurance procedures and company Digital Engineering standards.
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Support project reporting and demonstrate compliance with minimum Digital Engineering requirements.
- Contribute to the development, continuous improvement and sharing of Digital Engineering best practice and lessons learned across the business.
- Build strong working relationships with project leadership, design teams and supply chain partners to promote collaborative project delivery.
Essential
- Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction or a related discipline.
- Industry-recognised BIM or Digital Engineering qualification, accreditation or equivalent structured training.
- Experience coordinating Digital Engineering activities across multidisciplinary project teams.
- Strong working knowledge of industry-standard BIM and Digital Engineering software.
- A proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.
Why join us?
This is an opportunity to work on some of the industry's most exciting and technically challenging projects while helping shape the future of Digital Engineering.
If you're passionate about Digital Engineering and want to help transform the way major projects are delivered, we'd love to hear from you.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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