Contracts Engineer

Balfour Beatty plc; Leiston; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary package

Leave + holidays

Company car

Pension scheme

Maternity/paternity policy

Refer & Earn

Salary reviews

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering is seeking a Contracts Engineer for the Sizewell C project in Leiston, Suffolk. The role focuses on on-site management, technical administration, and commercial oversight within an integrated delivery team.

Key tasks include budgeting support, subcontractor coordination, and maintaining detailed site records to ensure safe, efficient progress on civil works. Strong communication and IT literacy are essential.

Qualifications

• CFA, LDA, Secant and support fluid piling techniques.
• Commercial knowledge awareness.
• IT literate.
• Basic understanding of geotechnics and pile design.
• Good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• On-site management of projects covering technical administration and commercial aspects of the project.
• Liaise with plant yard regarding costs and damages.
• Liaise with workforce teams to ensure sufficient labour for tasks.
• Support budgets to ensure profitable execution and no shortfalls.
• Visit site before start to verify piling platform and welfare facilities; FPS attendances.
• Prepare contract and site files for each contract.
• Prepare job-specific contract plans/ITPs & RAMs.
• Organise subcontractors (setting out, excavators, muckaway, steel fixing).
• Liaise with purchasing on ordering materials for sites.
• Keep clients updated on site works and cost changes/ext/time/extra work.
• Ensure detailed site records are maintained.

Skills

CFA piling

LDA piling

Secant piling

Commercial awareness

IT literacy

Geotechnics basics

Pile design

Communication skills

Job description

About The Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a

Leiston, Suffolk.

Be part of this 'once in a generation' project that will deliver clean energy to 6 million homes for the next 60 years. Sizewell C will see the creation of a 3.2 Gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast to provide reliable load low-carbon electricity.

About The Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Contracts Engineer to join our GroundEngineering team working on the Sizewell C project in Leiston, Suffolk.

Be part of this 'once in a generation' project that will deliver clean energy to 6 million homes for the next 60 years. Sizewell C will see the creation of a 3.2 Gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast to provide reliable load low-carbon electricity.

The Civil Works Alliance is an extended delivery enterprise involving Sizewell C and three international construction companies: Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Laing O’Rourke.

We are more than just an alliance; we are bringing together a single delivery organisation with years of learning and experience from other major complex infrastructure programmes worldwide.

What you'll be doing

The successful candidate will have the following key tasks and responsibilities:

• On-site management of projects covering technical administration and commercial aspects of the project;
• Liaise with plant yard regarding costs and damages;
• Liaise with workforce teams to ensure that the sites have sufficient labour workforce capable of carrying out tasks;
• Support preparation of budgets to ensure that the job will return sufficient money and to ensure that there has been no shortfalls within the estimate;
• Visit the site before the job starts to ensure the piling platform is sufficient and welfare facilities are in place, run through FPS attendances;
• Prepare contract and site files for each contract;
• Prepare job specific contract plans/ITPs & RAMs;
• Organise sub contractors as required (setting out, excavators, muckaway, steel fixing etc.);
• Liaise with purchasing on ordering materials for the various sites;
• Liaise with clients keeping them up to date on site works and any changes in costs/extension of time/extra work;
• Ensure detailed site records are maintained.

Who we're looking for

The Successful Candidate Will Have The Following

• A good understanding of CFA, LDA, Secant and support fluid piling techniques;
• Commercial knowledge awareness;
• IT literate;
• A basic understanding of geotechnics and pile design;
• Good communication skills.

Why work for us

Our people are our biggest asset and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package in addition to a competitive base salary and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level.

Some Of Our Key Benefits Are

• An attractive/negotiated salary;
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays;
• Company car (or car allowance);
• Pension savings schemes;
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and family friendly policies;
• Access to our Refer and Earn scheme;
• Discretionary annual salary reviews.

About Us

Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering is one of the UK’s leading specialist geo-technical contractors, providing innovative piling and ground improvement solutions across all sectors.

Our comprehensive ground engineering capabilities, equipment and experience provide the solid foundations for infrastructure and buildings of any height, ranging from city skyscrapers to cross-country rail and road projects.

Our reputation as one of the UK’s leading specialist geo-technical contractors is earned through the delivery of ground engineering solutions on some of the UK’s largest and most prestigious projects including HS2, The Shard, Wembley Stadium, Reading Station Viaduct, Marble Arch Place, Battersea Power Station redevelopment and the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement project.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone D&I Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are 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. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

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