Hybrid Section Engineer – Highways Civil Infrastructure

Balfour Beatty plc; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies (maternity/ad

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Section Engineer for highways and civil engineering projects across the North East. You will lead setting out activities, manage quality records, and coach junior engineers to ensure works meet specifications and tolerances.

You will develop activity control plans, interpret drawings, and handle NCRs/TQs while coordinating temporary works, MSRAs, and safety inductions to support safe project delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience working within a robust permit-to-work system, with the ability to raise, manage, and comply with permits for site activities.
• Strong awareness of health, safety and environmental requirements, with a proactive approach to identifying hazards and implementing effective control measures.
• Demonstrable experience promoting a positive safety culture and ensuring safe systems of work are followed on site.
• Ability to interpret and utilise information contained within short and medium-term construction programmes, including 13-week stage programmes.
• Experience coordinating site activities to ensure works are delivered in line with programme milestones and productivity targets.
• Good understanding of construction contracts and key project documentation, with the ability to work within contractual requirements.
• Experience working with subcontractors and suppliers, ensuring works are delivered in line with agreed specifications, outputs, and performance expectations.
• Strong commercial awareness, with an understanding of how programme performance, resource utilisation, and subcontractor management contribute to successful project delivery.
• Previous experience within highways, civil engineering, or major infrastructure projects, working in a Section Engineer, Site Engineer, or similar role.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across delivery, commercial, and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Leading complex setting out activities across highways and civil engineering works, ensuring all work is delivered to the required specifications and tolerances.
• Establishing and maintaining primary setting out control, selecting optimal locations for installation and verification of engineering control points.
• Coaching and supporting Site Engineers and junior team members in setting out techniques and engineering best practice.
• Producing and managing Activity Control Plans to ensure works are delivered in line with project quality requirements.
• Using project specifications, drawings, and technical documentation to ensure compliance throughout delivery.
• Maintaining accurate and comprehensive quality records, ensuring all inspections and documentation are completed and stored correctly.
• Identifying, raising, and closing out Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and Technical Queries (TQs), providing practical engineering solutions where required.
• Producing Method Statements and Risk Assessments (MSRAs) to support the safe execution of project activities.
• Preparing and raising Temporary Works Briefs and coordinating with relevant stakeholders to ensure safe implementation.
• Delivering visitor inductions and promoting a strong health, safety, and environmental culture across site operations.
• Supporting incident reporting requirements, including completing accident reports and associated documentation when required.
• Producing weekly programmes and monitoring progress against project milestones and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Communicating work plans, targets, and priorities to site teams to ensure safe and efficient delivery.
• Collating weekly measurement data and monitoring productivity, materials usage, and wastage against budget allowances and project KPIs.
• Completing labour and plant reconciliations to support accurate project controls and reporting.
• Identifying additional works, variations, and change requirements, ensuring the appropriate commercial notifications are raised.
• Managing and coordinating subcontractors and suppliers, ensuring works are delivered in line with agreed specifications, outputs, and contractual requirements.
• Supporting the successful delivery of major highways and infrastructure projects by providing technical leadership, quality assurance, and engineering expertise throughout the construction lifecycle.

Skills

Permit-to-work system

Health & safety awareness

Safety culture

Programme interpretation

Site coordination

Construction contracts understanding

Subcontractor management

Commercial awareness

Highways / major infrastructure

Excellent communication

Job description

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Section Engineer for highways and civil engineering projects across the North East. You will lead setting out activities, manage quality records, and coach junior engineers to ensure works meet specifications and tolerances.

You will develop activity control plans, interpret drawings, and handle NCRs/TQs while coordinating temporary works, MSRAs, and safety inductions to support safe project delivery.