Marine Sub Agent - Sizewell C

Balfour Beatty plc; Lowestoft; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working up to 40% remote

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Sub Agent to join the Marine and Tunnel team for the Sizewell C project in London, with mobilisation to Suffolk. You will help develop construction methods and assess delivery risks to enable offshore dredging, rock placement, heavy lifting and monopile installation.

Reporting to the Marine Preconstruction Manager, you’ll coordinate with designers, subcontractors and clients, ensuring readiness and safe delivery across complex marine works on this landmark UK

Qualifications

• Experience in marine or preconstruction environments.
• Experience with contractor or principal contractor on engineering/construction projects.
• Good appreciation of programme, cost and risk in planning and delivery.
• Strong organisational skills with multiple interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Develop construction methods and assess delivery risks.
• Ensure readiness for offshore dredging, rock placement and heavy lifting campaigns.
• Coordinate with designers, subcontractors and clients to manage interfaces.
• Support monopile installation, drilling and grouting campaigns.

Skills

Marine environment experience

Programme & cost awareness

Risk management

Strong communication

Ownership of tasks

Collaborative working

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 Civil Works Alliance (CWA) is delivering the critical civil works for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant project. Within the Marine and Tunnel (M&T) portion, we are seeking a Sub Agent to join our marine preconstruction team in London initially ahead of mobilisation to Suffolk. This role offers the opportunity to be part of a dynamic alliance of world‑class contractors, working on one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects. Reporting to the Marine Preconstruction Manager for the Marine and Tunnel Portion, the Sub Agent will play a key role in developing construction methods, assessing delivery risks and opportunities, and ensuring readiness for offshore dredging, rock placement, heavy lifting, monopile installation, drilling and grouting campaigns in the North Sea

Who we’re looking for

Essential

• Experience within a marine or preconstruction environment.
• Experience working within a contractor or principal contractor organisation on engineering or construction projects.
• Good appreciation of programme, cost and risk considerations during project planning and delivery.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and interfaces simultaneously.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, designers, subcontractors and clients.
• Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and deliver them with limited supervision.

Desirable

• Experience of marine operations, offshore construction, ports, coastal or major infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM).
• Experience contributing to subcontractor procurement and tendering activities.
• Understanding of marine logistics, vessel operations or offshore construction techniques.Professional accreditation or working towards chartership with a relevant institution.
• Relevant qualifications such as SMSTS, SSSTS, BOSIET, GWO

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 want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier‑free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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