Contracts Engineer - England

BALFOUR BEATTY; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading specialist contractor as a Contracts Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in delivering vital infrastructure projects. This position offers the opportunity to manage diverse teams, ensure compliance with safety and quality standards, and contribute to the sustainability of our nation's infrastructure. Embrace the challenge of working on complex structural repair projects that make a real difference in communities. If you're passionate about engineering and looking to grow in a dynamic environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering structural repair projects.
• Ability to manage multiple teams efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Manage internal resources and subcontractors effectively.
• Ensure compliance with contract drawings and specifications.
• Produce and review construction method statements.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Project Management

Quality Control

Team Management

Education

Civil Engineering Degree

Job description

About the role

Our projects are more than just opportunities to make your mark. They are a chance to stretch, test, and develop your expertise. Join our Balvac team as a Contracts Engineer, where you'll deliver complex work that truly matters to our business and the world around us.

As a trusted expert, Balvac's sustainability efforts extend the life of our nation's infrastructure. We deliver innovative structural repair, strengthening, protection, and maintenance solutions to restore our customer assets to full capacity.

What you'll be doing

As a Contracts Engineer, you will:

1. Manage internal resources and subcontractors.
2. Ensure that the works are constructed in accordance with the contract drawings, specifications, and Project Management Plan.
3. Manage site dimensional control, ensuring contractors have the facilities for setting out the works.
4. Produce and review construction method statements to ensure efficient and safe construction.
5. Produce all site documentation for the delivery of the works, including PMP, PVPMP, ITP, Construction Phase Management Plan, etc., as required.
6. Develop and work to programmes, measuring progress and productivity outputs.
7. Understand and apply procedures and processes detailed in the project Health, Safety, and Environmental plans, promoting a safe working culture.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

• Civil Engineering Degree or equivalent (preferable).
• Experience in delivering structural repair/specialist repair projects.
• Good QC/QA experience.
• Previous experience working on infrastructure schemes on concrete structures.
• Ability to organize works and manage multiple teams efficiently.

Why work for us

Our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions, developing, managing, and maintaining vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies, and communities rely on.

About us

Balvac is a leading specialist structural repair, strengthening, and refurbishment contractor, wholly owned by the Balfour Beatty Group. We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps us grow as a strong, dynamic, and innovative organization.

Our core business involves the structural repair, strengthening, protection, and refurbishment of existing civil and building structures across the UK, including highways, rail infrastructure, power (including nuclear sites), and industrial facilities.

Our specialist capabilities include concrete repair, crack injection, leak sealing, structural strengthening with FRP composites, corrosion protection, post-tensioning, and concrete rehabilitation techniques.

At Balfour Beatty, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan and are members of organizations like WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, and AFBE. We actively encourage applications from armed forces personnel, veterans, reservists, and individuals with disabilities, offering support and ensuring equal opportunities.