Engineering Manager - Enabling & Earthworks

BALFOUR BEATTY; Leiston; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working up to 40% remote

25 days annual leave pro rata

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects team is delivering SZC enabling works on the Suffolk coast. We seek an Engineering Manager to lead construction engineering for Earthworks and Enabling Works on site.

You will coordinate across Methods, Temporary/Permanent Works, Digital Engineering, Quality and Survey, establishing delivery structures to meet project needs. The role requires collaboration with client and stakeholders for robust project management.

Qualifications

• Essential: Civil engineering degree or equivalent.
• Experience of managing temporary works.
• Experience of managing surface water and groundwater in earthworks.
• Desirable: Chartered or working towards chartership.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and coordinate construction engineering for the Enabling Works and Earthworks portions during the delivery phase.
• Site based role to ensure Engineering Delivery Excellence through engineering processes, procedures and best practice.
• Coordinate across disciplines: Methods, Temporary/Permanent Works, Digital Engineering, Quality, Materials and Survey.

Skills

Marine structures

Deep foundations

Surveying on construction sites

Education

Civil engineering degree or equivalent

Chartered or working towards chartership

Job description

About the role

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 Sizewell C (SZC) project requires an Engineering Manager to lead, manage and coordinate construction engineering for the Enabling Works and Earthworks portions during the delivery phase. The role is site based to ensure Engineering Delivery Excellence through adoption of engineering processes, procedures and best practice. The scope of the Earthworks and Enabling works forms the initial portion of the Civil Works Programme for the SZC project and includes the construction of significant civil engineering elements critical to the construction and operation of SZC. These include access bridges, sea defence, retaining structures, environmental barriers, TBM Launch Shafts and marine delivery structures.

The Engineering Manager will manage right first‑time delivery of engineering activities, coordinating across the disciplines of Methods, Temporary/Permanent Works, Digital Engineering, Quality, Materials and Survey. The Engineering Manager will be required to establish the organisation and resource structure with the skills and experience to deliver the project technical requirements for a section of these works.

Successful management will involve working alongside technical leads for pre‑construction and engineering disciplines, client and stakeholders to manage complex technical interfaces. The complexity of the works will require that the Engineering Manager is able to work in collaboration with support functions including procurement, commercial, information management, digital engineering and project controls to ensure that robust project management principles are in place to support efficient delivery.

The Engineering Manager will be required to establish and manage a delivery strategy in accordance with the procedures set out by the industry, the Civil Works alliance and Sizewell C.

Who we’re looking for

Desirable

• Marine structures.
• Deep foundations.
• Surveying on construction sites.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Civil engineering degree or equivalent
• Experience of managing temporary works
• Experience of managing surface water and groundwater in earthworks

Desirable

• Chartered or working towards chartership

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.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.

- 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/partners leave

- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK’s most complex and iconic infrastructure projects including HS2, the new high‑speed railway and the first nuclear power station in a generation, Hinkley Point C. Using the latest technology, we’re driving productivity and creating a lasting legacy by delivering sustainable solutions that strengthen communities.

From consultancy and design, to all aspects of construction and maintenance. We have the proven expertise to deliver large‑scale projects safely and successfully.

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

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

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]