Building Lead

BALFOUR BEATTY; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Building Lead for Hinkley Point in Bridgwater. You will oversee the construction process, ensuring safety, quality, and timely delivery. Ideal candidates will have a relevant engineering background and preferred experience in nuclear projects. The role offers a competitive package and flexible working arrangements, ensuring a positive work environment for ambitious professionals.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Proven track record in nuclear power preferred.
• Experienced in delivering and operating within major construction projects.
• Capability to achieve Security Clearance (BPSS or Higher).

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day aspects of construction and site engineering.
• Lead, manage and motivate the building construction team.
• Ensure the building is delivered on time, budget, and quality.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

HSE compliance

Collaboration

Education

Relevant engineering qualification

Professional Accreditation (PM, Construction, Engineering)

Job description

About the role

Our work matters to millions. It’ll matter to you too. Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a Building Lead on Hinkley Point and you’ll be a big part of a fascinating, complex project.

About Hinkley Point C / MEH Alliance

The first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in over 20 years; Hinkley Македоние C in Somerset will provide low‑carbon electricity for around 6 million homes, create thousands of jobs and bring lasting benefits to the UK economy.

Marking a significant milestone in the revitalisation of our nuclear power industry, Hinkley Point C will make a major contribution to the UK’s move to reduce carbon emissions. The electricity generated by its two EPR reactors will offset 9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year, or 600 million tonnes over its 60‑year lifespan.

What you’ll be doing

• Provide and demonstrate a positive HSE leadership, building a strong and compliant HS&E culture throughout the whole construction life cycle of the Project.
• Ensure the building is delivered on time, budget and quality, and reported as per the HPC requirements.
• Manage all of the day‑to‑day aspects of construction and site engineering ensuring that safe systems of work are adhered to.
• Manage the interfaces between the MEH partners and subcontractors to ensure building delivery.
• Lead, manage and motivate the building construction team through implementation of best practice.
• Ensure productivity reviews are being carried out and reports are available.
• Ensure weekly & monthly reports are produced for the building scope & issued to the Area Manager in line with the reporting calendar.
• Review of engineering design deliverables, procedures & RAMs.
• Ensure Management of Change for all_STA activities are identified, justified and issued promptly via the Change Process.
• Ensure the early implementation of Completions (ORBIT) with direct interfacing with Completions leads.
• Assure Project CDM compliance.
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Who we’re looking for

• Relevant engineering qualification in subject matter.
• Relevant Professional Accreditation (PM, Construction, Engineering).
• Can achieve Security Clearance (BPSS or Higher).
• IOSH Managing safely.
• Proven track record in nuclear power preferred.
• Experienced in delivering and operating within major construction projects including experience working within Joint Ventures.
• Strong leader with collaborative nature.
• Ability to gain a security clearance.

Why work for usprodukte

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.

Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise.

We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and off‑site manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.

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,apata that 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.

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.