Plant Engineer

HS2 Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Vinci is seeking a Plant Engineer for a key project in Birmingham. The role involves coordinating plant operations, ensuring safety compliance, and supporting various delivery teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in construction plant administration and possess strong documentation and communication skills. Join a team committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience in plant admin/co-ordination on construction projects is essential.
• Strong communication skills and multitasking capabilities are required.
• Basic understanding of maintenance and safety standards like LOLER and PUWER needed.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily plant operations ensuring compliance with safety and policies.
• Manage maintenance schedules and records for plant and equipment.
• Liaise with site teams and assist with cost control and updates.

Skills

Multitasking

Documentation

Communication

Tools

MS Office

Plant/Vehicle Systems

Job description

Plant Engineer - Curzon Street - Birmingham City Centre

Balfour Beatty Vinci has an exciting opportunity for a Plant Engineer to join our team based in Birmingham on one of our flagship project areas. As a Plant Engineer you’ll coordinate all plant, equipment, ancillaries, and inspections required in support of BBV delivery teams at Curzon Street.

Some of the duties you will have include:

• Coordinate daily plant operations and ensure compliance with safety and BBV policies
• Manage records, reports, and maintenance schedules for plant and equipment Support procurement, inventory, and contractor coordination
• Oversee facility upkeep and assist with issue resolution
• Liaise with site teams, support cost control, and share updates across departments
• Assist with meetings and general plant admin tasks as needed

The ideal candidate for the role would have the below:

• Experience in plant admin/co-ordination, ideally on construction projects
• Strong multitasking, documentation, and communication skills
• Basic understanding of plant machinery, maintenance, and safety standards (e.g., LOLER, PUWER, HSWA)
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, Power BI, PowerPoint) and plant/vehicle systems
• CSCS card and valid driving licence
  

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI’s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:

• 9.3km of viaducts
• 35 cuttings
• 56 culverts
• 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels
• 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses

Diversity and Inclusion

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.

We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements.