Contracts Engineer - UK Wide - Derby

BALFOUR BEATTY; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure contractor is seeking a Contracts Engineer to oversee projects focusing on structural repair and refurbishment. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Civil Engineering and experience in structural projects. Responsibilities include managing teams, ensuring project compliance, and upholding health and safety standards. This position offers the chance to work on high-impact infrastructure across the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience in structural or specialist repair projects.
• Background in infrastructure schemes involving concrete structures.

Responsibilities

• Leading internal teams and subcontractors to deliver efficient, high-quality work.
• Ensuring compliance with drawings, specifications, and project plans.
• Managing site setting-out and dimensional control.
• Preparing and reviewing method statements for safe and effective delivery.
• Producing key site documentation (PMP, ITP, Construction Phase Plan, etc.).
• Developing and tracking programmes to monitor progress and productivity.
• Championing Health, Safety, and Environmental standards and culture.

Skills

Strong understanding of quality control and assurance

Excellent organisational and team management skills

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

About the role

Build the Future of UK Infrastructure with Balvac

Are you ready to take your engineering career to the next level? At Balvac, we don’t just work on infrastructure—we transform it. Join us as a Contracts Engineer and become part of a team that’s redefining how vital assets are repaired, strengthened, and protected across the UK.

We specialise in sustainable structural solutions that extend the life of bridges, tunnels, and other critical infrastructure. Every project is a chance to innovate, lead, and make a lasting impact.

What you'll be doing

• Leading internal teams and subcontractors to deliver efficient, high-quality work
• Ensuring compliance with drawings, specifications, and project plans
• Managing site setting-out and dimensional control
• Preparing and reviewing method statements for safe and effective delivery
• Producing key site documentation (PMP, ITP, Construction Phase Plan, etc.)
• Developing and tracking programmes to monitor progress and productivity
• Championing Health, Safety, and Environmental standards and culture

Who we're looking for

• A degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering
• Experience in structural or specialist repair projects
• Strong understanding of quality control and assurance
• Background in infrastructure schemes involving concrete structures
• Excellent organisational and team management skills

Why work for us

As a Contracts Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of our delivery team, ensuring projects run smoothly, safely, and to the highest standards. Your role will include:

• Leading internal teams and subcontractors to deliver efficient, high-quality work
• Ensuring compliance with drawings, specifications, and project plans
• Managing site setting-out and dimensional control
• Preparing and reviewing method statements for safe and effective delivery
• Producing key site documentation (PMP, ITP, Construction Phase Plan, etc.)
• Developing and tracking programmes to monitor progress and productivity
• Championing Health, Safety, and Environmental standards and culture

About us

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

Our core business is the structural repair strengthening, protection and refurbishment of existing civil and building structure across the UK. We are active in highways, rail infrastructure, power including nuclear licensed sites and industrial facilities.

Specialist capabilities include: Concrete repair, including wet and dry spray concrete, Crack injection, Leak sealing injection, Structural strengthening including the use of FRP composite materials, Corrosion Protection and Cathodic Protection, Post tensioning to bridges, tanks and nuclear reactor vessels, Concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques.

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, but because 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. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/