Balvac - Methods and Proposals Engineer - Leeds

BALFOUR BEATTY; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Balfour Beatty's Balvac team as a Methods and Proposals Engineer where you will play a crucial role in delivering complex engineering projects. You'll collaborate with various teams, develop plans, and produce essential technical documents while leveraging your civil engineering expertise. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to significant infrastructure projects in challenging conditions and advance your career in civil engineering.

Qualifications

• Experience with a contractor or consultant.
• Awareness of specialist construction techniques.
• Desirable experience in structural concrete repair and strengthening.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Technical, Preconstruction, and Operations teams.
• Develop delivery plans and documents like technical proposals.
• Conduct buildability reviews ensuring safety and quality.

Skills

Civil engineering experience

Knowledge of industry standards

Structural repair techniques

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Professional membership (IEng MICE, CEng MICE)

Job description

About the role

Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test, and develop your expertise. Join our Balvac team as a Methods and Proposals Engineer and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business and the world around you.

What you'll be doing

• Report to the Engineering Lead; collaborate with Technical, Preconstruction, and Operations teams
• Review enquiry documents and prepare internal briefing material
• Submit technical queries as needed
• Maintain document control of all technical information
• Develop delivery plans with clear deliverables and timescales
• Assist with cost and time estimates when required
• Research and support engineering solution development and buildability
• Identify and recommend techniques/methods for engineering tasks
• Conduct buildability reviews, ensuring programme, budget, safety, and quality considerations
• Produce documents such as technical proposals, reports, sketches, method statements, and test plans
• Support in drafting and reviewing design briefs

Who we're looking for

• Civil engineering experience (with a contractor or consultant)
• Engineering degree (or equivalent); professional membership (e.g., IEng MICE, CEng MICE) preferred
• Specialist experience (desirable, not essential) in areas such as:
• Structural concrete repair
• Strengthening & protection
• Cathodic protection
• Sprayed concrete
• CFRP strengthening
• Waterproofing
• Post-tensioning
• Resin injection (vacuum-assisted)
• Grouting
• Leak sealing & water management
• Bridge jacking & bearing replacement
• Bridge refurbishment
• Awareness of industry standards, specifications, and specialist construction techniques is a plus.

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.

About us

Balvac is a leading specialist contractor in structural repair, strengthening, and refurbishment, and part of the Balfour Beatty Group. We extend the life of our nation’s infrastructure by delivering innovative solutions to return assets to full capacity and extend their working life.

We operate across the transport, energy, and power sectors, focusing on highway infrastructure, and offer a complete professional service from scheme development and design to project delivery. Our expertise includes structural concrete repair, crack injection, leak sealing, structural strengthening with FRP materials, corrosion protection, bridge bearing replacement, concrete rehabilitation, testing, inspection, and structural health monitoring.

Our ambition is to create a platform for career development through diverse civil engineering projects, expanding our industry-leading expertise, and nurturing the next generation of specialists.

At Balfour Beatty, we are committed to diversity and inclusion, fostering an environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan outlining proactive steps to make this a reality. Read it at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone.