Contracts Engineer -UK Wide

Medirest Signature; Derby; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Contracts Engineer, where you'll manage complex infrastructure projects focusing on structural repair and refurbishment. The role involves supervising teams, ensuring compliance with project specifications, and maintaining safety in construction practices. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Civil Engineering and relevant project experience, contributing to vital community developments.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivery of structural repair/specialist repair projects.
• Good QC/QA experience.
• Previous experience working on infrastructure schemes on concrete structures.

Responsibilities

• Manage internal resources and subcontractors.
• Ensure adherence to contract drawings and specifications.
• Produce and review construction methods statements.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Quality Control

Project Management

Education

Civil Engineering Degree or equivalent

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 Contracts Engineer, where you'll deliver complex work that really matters to our business and the world around you.

As a trusted expert, Balvac's sustainability extends 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:

• Manage internal resources and subcontractors
• Ensure that the works are constructed in accordance with the contract drawings, specifications, and Project Management Plan
• Manage site dimensional control, ensuring that contractors have the facilities for setting out of the works
• Produce and review construction methods statements to ensure that the works are constructed efficiently and safely
• Produce all site documentation for delivery of the works, including PMP, PVPMP, ITP, Construction Phase Management Plan, etc.
• Develop and work to programmes, measuring progress and productivity outputs
• 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 delivery of 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 impactful 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 in structural repair, strengthening, and refurbishment, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Balfour Beatty Group. We value diversity and believe 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, nuclear sites, and industrial facilities.

We specialize in concrete repair, crack injection, leak sealing, structural strengthening with FRP materials, corrosion and cathodic 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 WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, and AFBE. We are also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and encourage applications from armed forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are dedicated to supporting applicants with disabilities and long-term health conditions, offering interviews to those meeting the role's minimum requirements. More information can be found at Disability Confident.