Engineering Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Penrith; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days paid annual leave

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the design and engineering management on the A66 NTP scheme based in Penrith, Cumbria. The role requires strong leadership of a multi-disciplinary team and robust design integration across development and construction phases.

The successful candidate will drive design coordination, ensure build-ability, and collaborate with Supply Chain, clients and designers to maximise project efficiency and safety.

Qualifications

• Chartered status or willingness to pursue ICE is preferred.
• Engineering degree is the minimum requirement for the role.
• Experience leading highway design and construction teams is essential.
• Willingness to work unsociable hours as required to meet project needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and design management for a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensure design integration and build-ability during development and construction.
• Facilitate links with internal and external teams to deliver projects efficiently.
• Support engineering strategy and engage with supply chain, clients and designers.
• Provide on-site training for new recruits and site engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering mgmt

Stakeholder comms

Design coordination

Team leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered ICE

Job description

About The Role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a fantastic opportunity for an Engineering Manager to join our team on the Highways A66 NTP Scheme. This role will be based at Penrith, Cumbria.

Balfour Beatty Highways maintains, manages, and operates major highway networks across the UK and supports local authorities in creating communities where people want to live, work and play. We provide high quality asset strategy, management and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector customers, offering specialist, reliable, sustainable and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation in the UK. We put our customers first and prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently and to a high standard.

What You Will Be Doing

Provide engineering and design management, strong leadership and control of a multi‑disciplinary team comprising engineering resources at project level.

Ensure full design integration between all design disciplines is achieved and assessed for all build‑ability aspects during both the development stage and construction stage of a scheme.

Facilitate strong links with other teams within and external to the project to ensure efficient delivery of the project.

Support the overall engineering strategy for the business and BB clients. Engage with the Supply Chain, Clients, Designers and other framework delivery partners to maximise knowledge sharing and provide efficiencies that assist the National Highways in achieving the National Highways Roads Delivery Programme.

Utilise engineering team specialists to provide on‑site training for new recruits and site engineers.

Who We’re Looking For

• Takes ownership of tasks and communicates outcomes with clarity, direction and purpose, including managing others in this regard.
• Strong work ethic with flexibility to work unsociable hours and nights.
• Able to frequently work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility and lead and manage others in this regard.
• Preferably Chartered with ICE, Engineering Degree as a minimum.
• Holds a current driving licence, CSCS Card or SMSTS qualification.
• Excellent team player and team leader, able to work competently and independently without supervision. Reports back as necessary to update Project Director.
• Able and willing to make decisions following consideration of options based on best available information.
• Strong communication skills with a track record of solution‑oriented approach to issue resolution.
• Excellent role model for the development of junior staff and demonstrates required behaviours to align to business, project and team objectives.
• Provision of assistance and expert knowledge to reinforce the objectives of the work‑winning teams.
• Champions and develops collaborative behaviours within and external to the team.

Health Safety & Environmental

• Good working knowledge of current H & S legislation.
• Proficient in the application of company systems.
• Innovative approach to enhancing safe systems of work.
• Good working knowledge of current CDM legislation.
• Good working knowledge of operational and maintenance requirements following handover of a scheme.

Engineering Control

• Experience of overseeing the management of design teams, and engineering support function teams.
• Experience in design co‑ordination and temporary works design.
• Provides technical support to the project team with the capability to resolve complex technical problems in a timely manner as and when they arise.
• Identifies and champions lessons learned to ensure continual improvement in the business.
• Detailed understanding of highways design details and temporary works.
• Construction experience required to ensure build‑ability aspects are considered at all times during design reviews.

Quality

• Understands, implements and champions the organisational business management systems and processes involved alongside the projects quality manager.
• Clear understanding of the specification for highways works requirements.
• Clear understanding of the requirements for handover documentation and self‑certification of the works, including management experience of the same.
• Clear understanding of the handover and operational maintenance requirements; experience of the process.
• Implements audit process to ensure compliance with the BMS and the scheme quality plan.

Productivity

• Experience in the management of a wide range of construction operations, including phasing and contingency planning, together with testing and handover.
• Experience in the management of technical support functions to enhance and support production team requirements.

Commercial

• Identifies elements for cost recovery from others.
• Working knowledge of the NEC and other relevant forms of contract.
• Experience of design change and early warning process and risk reduction meetings.

Why Work for Us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

• 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/partner’s leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s high‑ways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong order book and a positive pipeline of opportunities, putting the road user at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and add social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion 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 information, visit How to sign up to the Disability Confident employer scheme – GOV.UK.